How to Make a Wire Candle Snuffer

Making a wire candle snuffer is one of many ways to be creative with everyday items. By adding your special touches to the structure and decor of your candle snuffer, you are gaining a piece of art as well as a usable object. Candle snuffers protect the area surrounding your candle from wax. Wax gets blown all over the place when you blow out a candle. Also, when you blow on a wick that is in a hot candle, the wick changes direction and weakens. Candle snuffers are a safe, decorative alternative to blowing on candles.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Wire cutters
• 5 feet of 16-gauge craft wire (any color/metal)
• Needle-nosed pliers
• Beads (with a large enough hole for the 16-gauge wire to fit through)

1. Start at one end of the wire and grab it with the pliers.

2. Curl the wire very tightly into a circle, so that the end touches the wire section directly under it, and do the same thing over and over, making each circle a little larger. The circles should be on top of each other to form a bowl shape.

3. When the bowl shape that you have formed is about 1/2-inch deep, straighten the rest of the wire.

4. Cut the wire to the desired length. The part attached to the bowl shape will be your handle.Your straight section of wire should be at least 4 inches long, or longer if you desire.

5. Slide decorative beads onto the handle in any order you wish, until the handle is covered with beads. Twist the end of the handle into a small circle to secure the beads.

Tips & Warnings

• You can add a trinket to the end of your handle if you wish. You can use this same process to make a matching candle holder.
• Candles should not be left unattended. Do not use anything flammable on your candle snuffer.

References

• Artistic Wire Ltd.
• HGTV