Decor: Christmas Candles

Christmas is a time for warmth and light, so what better way to add some festive decoration to your house than with holiday candles? Here are four ways to create your own decorative Christmas candles.

The Shopping List

4+ Tea Lights

½ Bag Fresh Cranberries

White Glitter

5 Cinnamon Sticks

White Styrofoam

3 Glass Jars

Clippings from Christmas Tree

Peppermint Essential Oil

Ribbon

Super Glue or Hot Glue Gun

Candle #1:

Take jar and fill almost to top with cranberries. Place tea light in middle and surround edges with cranberries, leaving room for two cinnamon sticks. Sprinkle with ground cinnamon for an espresso looking candle. Decorate with ribbon.

Candle #2:

Fill jar ½-¾ way with cranberries. Sprinkle a thick coat of white glitter over top, along with 10 drops peppermint essential oil.  Add water to jar until cranberries have almost reached the surface. Add two sprigs of Christmas or similar tree. Place tea light in jar and decorate with ribbon (optional).

                                                      Candle #3:

This was inspired by a friend of mine who used three traditional sticks and had this design for her nativity. I use cinnamon sticks for the smell. Glue two cinnamon sticks into a slightly overlapped “V” and allow to dry. Take a third cinnamon stick and glue over the ends of both cinnamon sticks, creating a sort of triangle; allow to dry. Place tea light on top.

Candle #4:

Poke three sprigs of Christmas of similar tree into Styrofoam and hot glue to bottom of jar. Pour 1-2Tbs of glitter onto bottom. For extra greenery, pull clusters of pine from another sprig and drop into jar.  Add 10 drops of peppermint essential oil. Fill almost to the rim with water and add tea light to top. Use ribbon to decorate.

There are tons of other ways to decorate candles for around your home or office, so experiment and have fun!

16 Days Until Christmas!