How to Make a Gardener's Candle

Enjoy a little summer with a flowerpot candle or give one to your gardening friend.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Artificial Fuzzy Honey Bees
• Brushes
• Raffia
• Aleene's Instant Decoupage
• Dried Flowers
• Duct Tape
• Garden Hand Tools
• Garden Trowels
• Gardening Gloves
• Old Seed Packets
• Planting Containers And Dish
• Seeds
• Silk Flowers
• Scissors
• Scissors
• Gardening Magazines
• Sandpaper
• Duct Tape
• Sandpaper
• Seeds

1. Purchase a clay flowerpot and dish.

2. Place duct tape over hole in bottom of flowerpot.

3. Follow instructions from "How to Make Candles" to make a candle inside your flowerpot.

4. Lightly sand outside of pot and dish to remove any wax or dirt.

5. Wipe with a soft rag to remove dirt.

6. Seal outside of flowerpot and entire dish with a water-based sealer such as Aleene's Instant Decoupage, Glue, Sealer, and Finish.

7. Cut fronts from empty seed packets.

8. Attach seed packet fronts to flowerpot using a water-based decoupage glue. (Follow manufacturer's instructions.)

9. Smooth cutouts with fingers, working all air bubbles from under pictures.

10. Let dry.

11. Apply a water-based finish decoupage over cutouts.

12. Glue silk or dried flowers and a fuzzy honeybee around outside of dish.

13. Arrange filled seed packets or packets of seeds from your favorite plants in dish.

14. Tie gardening hand tools and a pair of gardening gloves to sides with raffia.

Tips & Warnings

• To present your gift, place dish on top of flowerpot candle (like a lid). Tie lid to pot with raffia and attach tools and seed packets with raffia bows.
• Use only water-based products on your flowerpot for fire safety.
• Remove all attached decorations prior to burning your candle.
• Do not place any cutouts or decorations inside flowerpot.

[asimps]

on 5/2/2008 I made this as a gift for a gardening friend and it was a HUGE hit at her party! Everyone wanted one. It wasn't hard, and it was fun to make.