I bought my pillar candles at the dollar store and you can find vellum paper at office or craft supply stores.
1. Print out image of your choice onto vellum paper and cut out.
2. Use double-sided tape to adhere edges of the image onto the candle.
3. Cut out a piece of wax paper to fit around the candle.
4. Wrap wax paper around the candle (waxy side facing in) and use double-sided tape to hold ends down.
5. Heat with blow dryer (hold about 3in from candle) for 2-3 minutes.
6. Allow candle to cool, then remove wax paper.
A thin, waxy layer is now melted over your image which will keep it in place. Light and enjoy!
What a great DIY! Love the end result, so beautiful :)
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Oh, I love everything Halloween. These are so cool and look simple enough for even me to make! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeletethis is such a cool idea! I love how you take us through all the steps and I love that it is your own unique fun idea!! So cool def have to try it out :)
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This is so cool!! Thanks for the instructions. I definitely want to try this out. It would be fun to make different ones for each season/holiday.
ReplyDeletelove it! what a great idea! I hate spending money on those things too!!
ReplyDeleteLove it! what a great idea!! I hate spending money on those things too!
ReplyDeleteCute! Seems like a fairly easy DIY. I agree, I tend to spend the money for the "holiday" candles and then don't end up using them more than once or twice!
ReplyDeleteThat's a really cool DIY for Halloween!!! Thanks Megan!
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Megan, this is AWESOME! We have 3 candles sitting on our entertainment stand along with some pumpkins I painted and I'd love to make it even more festive with some halloween candles. I already have 95% of this stuff at home so I'm gonna try this this week! Where did you find the images you used for yours?
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I love this, it's exactly my kind of Halloween decor DIY! It looks totally do-able and affordable, which are my main DIY criteria. Thanks for this idea!
ReplyDeleteI've yet to see any DIY like this before- verrrry creative!
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That is a genius idea! I absolutely love it. You could do something like that for every holiday!
ReplyDeleteHow cute! Thanks for sharing! Definitely starring this in my Reader and will make some as gifts for the holidays!
ReplyDeleteThese are so cute for Halloween! Love how they turned out!
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This is such a great idea and would look absolutely amazing clustered together as a table centerpiece!
ReplyDeleteGreat DIY, Megan! Must try it out!
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such a cute idea!!
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SO CUTE! AH you just have the BEST DIY projects.
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How cool!
ReplyDeleteOooohhh... I LOVE Halloween decorations and am totally digging these candles!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great DIY! I'm literally on my way to buy candles now!
ReplyDeletexo Rach
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these turned out SO COOL! if i had anyone over on halloween, i'd make these for sure. as it is. no one visits me
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What an easy way to jazz up a candle! I can see this technique used with any picture :)
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These are so great!
ReplyDeleteHow cool are those candles?! Well, I should say candle, singular, because that spider one makes me want to run away screaming :) Love this DIY Megan!
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Cool! This is a really neat idea!
ReplyDeleteThose are so amazing--you are inspiring even me {self proclaimed world's laziest DIYer} to want to try!
ReplyDeletexo Mary Jo
Love this idea! So fun, I love decorating for Halloween!
ReplyDeleteThese are so fantastic! I looked for black candles online forever before I gave up, since it just seemed so dumb to spend a lot on something if barely ever use. And these look so pro! Totally doing it.
ReplyDeleteI am so lazy! I never decorate. I don't even decorate for Christmas (Curtis does)! Isn't that terrible? However... I think this is an awesome idea, and I think I might see if I could scan some of Sean's abstract art work and transfer it on a candle. Curtis's mom would eat the sh*t up with a spoon! I really love the artwork you chose- super vintage and creepy!
ReplyDeleteOkay that is seriously such a great idea! I'm a candle freak and will need to add this to my growing DIY list :-)
ReplyDeleteSuch a fun way to spice up an ordinary candle :)
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Yes Yes Yes! So easy! Love this idea! I hate spending too much money on holiday decorations too... All I bought were $2 placemats from Bed Bath and Beyond
ReplyDeleteWhat a neat idea! Pinning this for later! I want to try this with Christmas pictures!
ReplyDeleteThese are so creative and fun, I think they'd also make great gifts!
ReplyDeletethis is such a great idea
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These are amazing candles! You should sell these on ETSY or something! I love the skeleton candle!
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the last one is definitely my favourite. so cool! :)
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This is such a great idea! I always ruin holiday candles because once I put them in the attic or in storage they wind up getting deformed from temperature changes. But, if I only spent $1, I wouldn't mind so much.
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What a cool idea! I love that you could do this for any holiday, too!
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You always have a lot of beautiful ideas!! I'd really like to see Halloween time in USA!
ReplyDeleteI love your DIY's they always have a touch of vintage in some zoological or botanical form! So neat!
ReplyDeleteThese are sooo cool! They are really chic looking Halloween candles (I have some pretty lame looking Halloween stuff at my place right now but I'm still a kid at heart I guess ;) ) I will have to make these next year!
ReplyDeleteOMG, what a fabulous and easy idea! I definitely need to try that!
ReplyDeletexo Jenny
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This is so smart!!!! It came out amazingly
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Cool! Where did you find your prints? They look so appropriately old-fashioned and spooky.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea! Love the photo's xxx
ReplyDeleteThanks! I just did Google image searches for vintage Halloween images and eventually found these. I didn't bookmark them unfortunately :( Just saved to my desktop and printed.
ReplyDeleteHaha, yes! Sean's artwork on one would be so cute. Just scan it in and print it on the paper - it would work perfectly.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I just did Google image searches for vintage Halloween images and eventually found these. I didn't bookmark them unfortunately :( Just saved to my desktop and printed.
ReplyDeleteThis is so fun Megan. I'm having a Halloween party this weekend and I just bought tons of that spiderweb crap to put all over my house. Your version is legit Halloween for grown-ups!
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