Ghoulish Glow Candles
 Create a spooky scene with these ghoulish candles. |
These frighteningly fun candles are a great way to add moody lighting to your Halloween scene.
What You'll Need
- Scissors
- 4 assorted pillar candles
- Ball-head stylus
- Paintbrush
- Black acrylic paint
- Craft eyelets
- Star brads
- Straight pins
- Colorful ball-head quilting pins
- Wire cutters
- Seed beads
- Using this Ghoulish Glow Candles PDF pattern, cut out inside of letters to create a stencil. Place
each stencil on a candle, and mark outline with stylus. Use stylus to make
groove about 1/8-inch deep. You may need to do a few passes over letters to get
a good groove. Remove stencil. Don't worry if it looks less than spooktacular
at this point -- paint will cover faults. Use dry paintbrush to brush out
shavings from grooves.
Use the stylus to outline the letter on the candle. - Paint in letter grooves with black acrylic paint; let dry. Repeat if necessary.
Use the black acrylic paint to paint the letter you outlined. - Push eyelets and star brads randomly into candles. Shorten straight and
quilting pins with wire cutters so they are about 1/2 inch long. Randomly push
quilting pins into candles. Place seed beads on straight pins, and push them
into candles.
Push the pins and seed beads into the candle.
Note: Never leave a lit candle unattended.
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