LED Pressed Flower Candle
Level:
Beginner
How-To:
Home Decor
MATERIALS:
- Dried flowers
- Glue
- Led candle with wax coating
- Tweezers
Wax Pressed Flower Pillar Candle:
- Dried flowers
- Heat gun or hair dryer
- Wax paper
- Pillar candle
DIRECTIONS:
- Figure out the general design. (tip: some flowers have a front and back, so make sure you’re gluing the right side)
- Add small amounts of glue to the entire backside of the flower.
- Wipe off excess glue.
- Press to the candle and hold for a minute until it fuses. (tip: use tweezers for delicate flowers or work with heartier flowers)
Wax Pressed Flower Pillar Candle:
- Cut wax paper to the length of candle.
- Lay out design wrong side down.
- Take candle and roll wax paper around it and tape.
- Use a craft heat gun or hair dryer (high heat, low airflow) and heat the wax. You can roll the candle on a hard surface to make sure the flowers fuse into the wax.
- Allow to cool, and then peel off the wax paper.
