Fake Candles

I was so excited to see this post yesterday on Sawdust and Paper Scraps Blog because I needed candles for the candelabra that I made.

Which was also inspired from her blog & I posted about it here.

I didn't have any toilet paper rolls lying around, so I decided to make my own candles with cardstock and tape. I learned that tape doesn't paint very well, so either completely cover the tape with glue or don't use tape. By using cardstock, I was able to make my candles wider and taller than toilet paper rolls.

  You can rip the top of the roll into any shape you want to & then cover with lots of glue. I would recommend a larger glue gun rather than a small one like I have. It takes a lot longer when you're using little glue sticks :)

    I used the paper at the bottom so I could keep the glue from dripping too far down.

This is what they look like before they're painted. You could definitely use even more glue than I did, but I was running low on glue sticks, so I stopped here.

I painted mine white, stuffed them with plastic grocery bags (another great way to recycle the use of those) & placed a battery operated tea light in the top.

I think I love them even more than real candles!! Especially since all the candles I looked at today were more money than I wanted to pay for them. These were free because I had everything on hand already. Love that!