How To Make Party Favors With Small Candles
Candles are popular, and many people choose to make candles the focal point of their party favors. Whether you are throwing your best friend a baby shower, or you are getting married, party favors made from small candles will be a hit with all your guests.
Things You'll Need
- Tealight candles
- Gift cards
- Printer
- Hole punch
- Ribbon
- Scissors
- Votive candles
- Labels
- Tulle
Instructions
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British Candle Party Favors
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Purchase small china tea cups with matching saucers, tealight candles, small cards and ribbon in one of the colors chosen for your party decorations.
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Place one tealight candle in each cup.
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Write or print out what you'd like to say on the small cards. If the candle favors are for a wedding, you could put the couple's names and the date of the wedding.
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Punch a hole in each card and then thread a ribbon through the hole. Make sure the ribbon is long enough to go around the tea cup and be tied in a bow.
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Tie a ribbon with a card around each tea cup.
Votive Candle Party Favors
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Purchase votive candles, tulle and ribbon in one of your party's colors and labels with a sticky back that are small enough to fit on a votive candle.
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Print the labels out on your printer with an appropriate message. The date of the party or something related to the theme will work as the message.
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Attach a label to each votive candle.
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Cut a piece of tulle to fit around each votive candle and still have some on top. Cutting the tulle in circles can make this easier.
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Cut pieces of ribbon to tie around the excess tulle at the top of each candle and then tie up the tulle with the ribbon.
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Tips & Warnings
Instead of tea cups, try small ceramic containers, such as small garden pots, small ceramic animals or ceramic eggs.
References
Resources
- Photo Credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/43027029@N00/1077727051/
