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How to Make a Painted Candle Centerpiece for Thanksgiving! #GlueNGlitter

11.11.2011 by Girl on Fire // 20 Comments

I love Thanksgiving!  The best foods of the year are served at Thanksgiving!  Candied Yams are my favorite!  Homemade stuffing coming in a close second…

We got a head start on dinner table decor today by making a centerpiece with painted candles!  It was a really fun project and I was able to get the kids involved.  It turned out pretty fantastic!  Looks like something you would spend a pretty penny on, but didn’t cost much at all to make.

We were able to get everything we needed at Walmart.  You can see our shopping trip on my Google+.  Feel free to add me while you are there.

You will need:

  • Candles of your choice.  We used Better Homes and Gardens.
  • Something to put the candles on.  I used a discounted Better Homes and Gardens decorative Charger that was in with the Thanksgiving decor at Walmart.  It was only like $2.00.
  • Decorative fall items.  Mine were in the Holiday decor.  Dried Fruit & Pinecones from Better Homes and Gardens  There was so much crammed in the box that I was able to decorate our mantle with the left over items.
  • Flake Sand
  • Elmer’s Paint Markers
  • Glitter Pens

The kids were super excited to get started.  Lauren was waiting very patiently, what a great kid!
Painting Candles #GlueNGlitter

First step is to prepare your candles by unwrapping them and making sure they are nice and smooth as Emma is doing.
Painting Candles #GlueNGlitter

Next get your Elmer’s Painters ready…
Painting Candles #GlueNGlitter
Painting Candles #GlueNGlitter
Painting Candles #GlueNGlitter

I started out by painting a simple tree on the largest candle.
Painting Candles #GlueNGlitter
Painting Candles #GlueNGlitter

On the two smaller candles I painted a branch with fall colored leaves.  I did this by painting a small dot of green, then on one side I added orange and then yellow on the other.  I did all this quickly while the paint was still wet so that they would blend well.
Painting Candles #GlueNGlitter
Painting Candles #GlueNGlitter

On the larger candle I painted some falling leaves and a small pile of leaves near the tree at the bottom.  Be sure to watch where you hold the candle so that you don’t smear your paint, it may still be a little wet.
Painting Candles #GlueNGlitter

Next Lauren used gold and orange glitter paint pens to put dots of glitter on the candles.  This turned out so pretty and was easy for her to do!  We also added a little glitter paint to the top rim of the candles as well.  You will be able to see that in the assembled photos.
Painting Candles #GlueNGlitter
Painting Candles #GlueNGlitter
Painting Candles #GlueNGlitter

While that was drying we prepared the rest of our center piece.
Painting Candles #GlueNGlitter

Emma spread the gold flake sand over the surface of the charger, this looks so pretty and I hope you can tell from the photos how great this will look with candle light.
Painting Candles #GlueNGlitter
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Now put it all together! Prepare for photo overload…
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Painting Candles #GlueNGlitter
Painting Candles #GlueNGlitter
Painting Candles #GlueNGlitter
Painting Candles #GlueNGlitter
Painting Candles #GlueNGlitter
Painting Candles #GlueNGlitter
Painting Candles #GlueNGlitter
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So? What do you think?

This project has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Elmer’s #gluenglitter #collectivebias #CBias .  All photos, ideas and opinions are my own.

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Brandy is the wife to a carpenter/musician and the mother of 3 amazingly awesome homeschool/unschooled girls. Brandy is a Photographer as well as a Coach for the Weebellion as part of Rolling Rebellion Jr. Roller Derby. Brandy is passionate about many things and suffers from a very painful and degenerative neurological disease called CRPS/RSD.
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Comments

  1. Amanda Gilbreath says

    November 12, 2011 at 12:57 am

    great craft. i am so not crafty and love already put together crafts!

    Reply
  2. melissa says

    November 12, 2011 at 8:58 am

    This is amazing!!! Truly terrific. I might have to try this!

    Reply
  3. Donna Dale says

    November 12, 2011 at 3:53 pm

    That is so pretty.It would cost a alot of money to buy painted candles themselves, let alone the rest of the table decor. Very nice.

    Reply
  4. Tooth Fairy says

    November 12, 2011 at 7:28 pm

    Fairy Sweet and crafty idea!!
    P.S. Your wee hand model needs a new manicure L?L for a more professional photogenic look! Some glue and glitter maybe? Tee hee

    Reply
  5. holly ll says

    November 12, 2011 at 11:44 pm

    These are pretty…what a great centerpiece. I think I might need to try out my Painters on a candle now! Stumbling this!

    Reply
  6. Katie says

    November 13, 2011 at 6:18 am

    That is so neat…We are hosting Thanksgiving this year…My kids would love to do this! I am bookmarking it!! Thanks Brandy.

    Reply
  7. Amy @ The Mom Hood says

    November 13, 2011 at 7:35 am

    These are totally hostess gift-worthy! And I’m thinking they’d be great, inexpensive Christmas gifts too. Yay!

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  8. Mel says

    November 13, 2011 at 11:18 am

    It turned out beautiful!

    Reply
  9. Jen-Eighty MPH Mom says

    November 13, 2011 at 11:23 am

    These are beautiful! I’d be so afraid I would mess them up…but you and the girls did a great job!

    Reply
  10. Jessica says

    November 14, 2011 at 8:41 am

    Those turned out great! I’m not sure mine would turn out so well but yours is amazing!

    Reply
  11. Julie says

    November 15, 2011 at 1:19 pm

    Love it!! My girls and I are going to my brothers for the week so thinking about doing it for his table once we get there:)

    Reply
  12. Thankfully Thrifty says

    November 17, 2011 at 10:55 am

    Cute fall decor! Thanks for linking up!!

    Reply
  13. Lindsay says

    November 19, 2011 at 10:54 am

    Wow, those are beautiful!!

    Reply
  14. Shop with Me Mama (Kim) says

    November 19, 2011 at 9:24 pm

    I love that! Turned out sooo good!

    Reply
  15. Louise says

    November 25, 2011 at 3:52 pm

    This is amazing!

    Reply
  16. Trisha says

    October 30, 2014 at 9:25 am

    Great job brandy!!

    Reply
  17. Paulette Dodson says

    March 18, 2015 at 3:47 am

    beautiful beautiful beautiful

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