Decorating wedding candles is not just a fun and interesting process, but also symbolic. Traditionally, a candle is considered a kind of symbol of the family hearth, which is an integral attribute of the ceremony of removing the bride’s veil. Exquisitely decorated candles also decorate banquet tables, creating a beautiful romantic atmosphere for a wedding celebration. By decorating such an important accessory yourself, you will fill the product with hidden meaning and turn it into a real amulet of family happiness and well-being.
Rules for decorating wedding candles
Decorating the banquet hall begins with decorating the main table of the bride and groom. The style and colors used when decorating the central place in the hall should be in harmony with the rest of the decorative paraphernalia. Professional graphic designers highlight several recommendations in this regard that will help maintain the overall style of the wedding ceremony and festive celebration:
- The overall design should be in harmony with the details of the candle decoration. In other words, the decor of glasses, champagne bottles, balloons and tablecloths should be in the same style.
- You should take into account the size of wedding products - they should not be too thin or long. To decorate the family hearth, it is recommended to use a low, wide candle.
- Decorative elements on the product must be made with high quality so that when burning, nothing begins to melt, fall off or catch fire.
Necessary materials
Decorating candles is an interesting and exciting process. When decorating them, all kinds of materials are used, such as chains, lace, polymer clay, fabric, satin ribbons, pearls, wrapping paper, coffee, cold porcelain, shells and much more. Among the popular ways of decorating wedding attributes are modeling, decoupage, and painting.
How to decorate wedding candles with your own hands?
Decorating candles for a wedding with your own hands is an ideal option if you want to turn a decorative detail into a real symbol of family happiness. When preparing a sketch, it is necessary to take into account the type, size of the products, as well as the presence of a candlestick. As a rule, I decorate banquet tables with tall candles. To do this, experts advise using a beautiful candelabra, which is additionally decorated with delicate flowers.
Ribbons
Satin ribbons are perfect for elegant decoration of candles for a wedding. There are many options for decorating wedding accessories using this versatile material. First, you need to decide on the style of the decor, and then proceed to choosing a color and design. Check out this short tutorial on decorating candles using satin ribbon.
- satin ribbon;
- glue "Master";
- scissors.
- thread;
- needle.
Decoration steps:
Flowers
Floral arrangements are an integral decorative attribute of any wedding. It would be inappropriate to use live buds to decorate candles. Over the evening, the flowers will wither and also become deformed due to burning. In this case, many use artificial elements or make flowers themselves using various materials. For example, polymer clay. The wedding candles in the master class below are decorated with flowers made from this material.
Required materials and tools:
- polymer clay of two colors;
- seven pins;
- rhinestones;
- glue;
- nail scissors;
- toothpick.
Decoration steps:
In a nautical style - using blue candles
Often, newlyweds choose a marine theme for their wedding decoration. This topic becomes especially relevant in the summer. Design artists offer many ideas for turning a special event into a sea fairy tale. Take advantage of the small master class below on how to decorate candles in this style to add some zest to your formal table decor.
Required materials and tools:
- blue and white satin ribbons;
- rough rope;
- scissors;
- transparent jar or decorative container;
- shells;
- sand;
Stages of registration:
Decoration in silver style
All kinds of styles are chosen to decorate wedding accessories (candles). If you are planning to decorate your wedding in silver tones, the paraphernalia should be decorated accordingly. To do this, you can use beads that imitate pearls, as well as satin ribbons and decorative delicate roses. Check out the silver style wedding candle decorating tutorial below.
Required materials and tools:
- ribbon made of pearl beads;
- satin ribbon;
- decorative satin roses;
- scissors;
- glue.
Stages of registration:
Ideas for decorating a wedding table with candles with photos
There are a lot of options for decorating banquet halls using elegant wedding attributes. Figured candles in the shape of hearts will look impressive on the edge of the table, alternating with delicate bouquets. Thick, low products are also suitable for this type of decor. Currently, the minimalism style is especially popular. A table design with a large number of candles of different sizes, but without the rest of the wedding paraphernalia, will look fresh and creative.
Video: master class on making a home fireplace
The video below demonstrates step-by-step the process of turning a candle into an exquisite home hearth. For decoration, satin ribbons, rhinestones, and decorative flowers are used. Try to make the same gentle and romantic family hearth for your wedding; it will become a wonderful symbol of love, happiness and prosperity in the family.
A wedding is a celebration that can only happen once in a lifetime. Therefore, it is important that everything goes perfectly. Every detail is important when decorating a wedding. Therefore, the choice of candles that participate in several rituals is very important for newlyweds. You can buy ready-made candles in a specialized store, or you can order a craftsman to bring your decorative ideas to life. It would be better and cheaper to make them yourself.
DIY wedding candles
At a wedding, candles are used to mark the wedding and light the family hearth. For a wedding, they should be simple, with modest decoration. A candle that symbolizes a family hearth should be decorated luxuriously. After all, there is a belief that the richer the “family hearth” looks, the richer the family will be. The main candle should be lit from two small ones that the couple will have.
To make a candle for the hearth, you will need:
- plastic juice or ketchup bottle;
- regular candles (4 pcs.);
- container to melt paraffin;
- beads, pins with beads and roses;
- acrylic paint, nail polish, glue.
Try making your own candles for a wedding, following the instructions step by step:
1) Cut off the top of the bottle. Cut teeth evenly across the top of the cut container.
2) Connect the triangles by inserting a wick in the middle. It can be taken either from one regular candle or from a new one. Secure the structure with tape.
3) Wrap the assembled end of the bottle in polyethylene, turn it over and place it in a glass.
4) Tie the end of the wick to a pencil so that it does not move anywhere. Grease the walls with vegetable oil.
5) Grind 4 candles. Melt the paraffin and pour it into a cut-off bottle.
6) Let the candle cool. If necessary, add paraffin.
7) When the candle hardens, carefully pull it out of the bottle by the wick. The candle is ready.
Time to decorate
Stock up on beads, glue and other decorative elements and follow the instructions that describe how to decorate your candles:
1) Draw a heart on the candle.
2) Cover the contours of the heart with beads, randomly insert hairpins with beads and roses. To insert them without harming the candle, it is better to heat the tip of the pin.
3) Additionally, you can decorate candles in this style for the newlyweds, with which they will light the hearth.
4) Glue beads and beads, arranging them in a romantic mess.
5) Paint curls with golden varnish or paint. Tie ribbon around the base of the candles.
This decoration of wedding candles looks quite luxurious, revealing good taste. In this style you can decorate both candlesticks and glasses of the newlyweds.
Another option for decorating wedding candles with your own hands
To decorate the newlyweds’ candles, you can use other decor:
1) Cover the bottom of the candle with a ribbon made of beads. Wrap it around several times, secure it at the middle level.
2) Glue satin ribbon around the candle. Cover the border between the beads and the ribbon with satin roses of different sizes. These beads and roses can be used to decorate other items of the newlyweds.
There are many options for decorating candles for a wedding. Check out the simple but romantic candle decor this tutorial shows you:
1) Make roses to decorate the candle: use a needle and thread to form two satin shells, one of which is a shade darker. First, wrap the light frill into the shape of a rose and sew it well. Wrap the dark frill around the light rose, forming new petals. Make 3–5 of these flowers.
2) Tie a thick candle with a thin satin ribbon, gluing the ends.
3) Attach the bow to the joint with a pin and bead.
4) Glue the candle onto the stand. Place and secure the flowers on the stand near the candle. The symbol of the family hearth is ready.
5) Paint the candles that the newlyweds will hold with nail polish or a special outline, decorate with a ribbon and a bow.
This mk is quite simple, but even such modestly decorated candles in stores are quite expensive. By making decorative elements for a wedding, you can not only enjoy the process, but also save your budget.
Educational video lessons to help the craftswoman
Decorating candles with your own hands- This is certainly a creative process that brings a lot of pleasure to both children and adults. The main thing is to know the basic principles of decoration.
One of the simplest and most accessible methods of decorating candles is to decorate them using ordinary three-layer napkins. These napkins are sold in almost any supermarket. You can choose a design that best suits the upcoming holiday. For example, for the New Year You can choose napkins with Christmas trees, Santa Claus or snowflakes. You will also need white candles. You can buy flowers, from which you can take leaves, petals, parts of twigs, so that the decor is even more unusual and original. But candles decorated with fresh flowers will not last long, only for one holiday. But they look absolutely amazing.
Cut strips with ornaments or individual figures from napkins. It can be any images, flowers, animal figures.
White candles are best suited for decoration, because they will be practically invisible on colored napkins. Now you will need to do a fitting by placing the candles on the side surfaces of the candles. If you are satisfied with everything, let's get to work.
Light a small candle prepared in advance and heat a teaspoon on it. It needs to be heated from the inside. This will allow you to keep the back clean so you can use it to melt the main candle. First, remove the decorative parts from the napkins from the lower layers, leaving only the layer with the pattern.
Now place your blanks on the side of the candle and iron the top several times with the back of a hot spoon. The wax will melt and the paper elements will stick tightly to the candle.
Another way to decorate is to decorate candles with beads or stones. For this you can also use a hot spoon heated on an additional small candle. Using a spoon, melt the wax on a large candle. In this case, the candles can be of any color. We gradually apply the beads to the heated surface, trying to drown them in the melted wax. You can use candles of different shapes and sizes.
Here's a great way to decorate with candles. festive table. To do this, you can take small candles and place them on the stand of glasses turned upside down. You can put green leaves, flowers, or spruce branches inside the glasses. It all depends on the holiday that is to be celebrated.
Sometimes we want to bring a fairy tale into our home and decorate the interior in a special way. New Year's Eve - is it possible to find a more suitable time for this? Add some sparkles to the New Year 2020 in the form of a festive panel of candles.
Tradition of four
On New Year's holidays, it is customary to decorate the house with four candles. This custom appeared because of Christmas, and not the New Year. In the period until December 25, Catholics observe something called. While it lasts, one new candle is lit every Sunday, resulting in exactly four of them. Their color is traditionally red, and the stand is decorated with spruce branches.
As a result of cultural mixtures, today a panel of four candles can be seen in both Orthodox Russia and Muslim Turkey. Compositions are made for the purpose of interior decoration.
You can make the fiery symbol of the New Year with your own hands - it’s even more interesting than buying ready-made decorated coasters. Find an example in a magazine that makes your eyes light up, arrange the decor in the same style or to your own taste. For your convenience, we will provide some tips on how to prepare such decoration for the holiday.
Candle fire
Large, tall New Year's candles look truly solemn. They should be given a solo part, set up in the living room. Place the composition in the center of the table, let the fire become the heart of the holiday.
Thin tall candles surrounded by gold balls and beads look elegant and delicate. And the figurine of an angel will add a touch of joy to the ensemble.
The composition can be performed by arranging the fire in a circle on a large plate, in a square or diagonally on. In the latter case, it turns out simple and beautiful at home. At the same time, instead of special stands, you can adapt an ordinary box, supplementing it with flowers in pots. Among the plants, thuja is perfect. This is a decorative coniferous analogue of spruce. A real plant always looks more advantageous than cut branches or simply artificial substitutes.
You can place cinnamon sticks, dried orange slices, walnuts and cookies on a Christmas plate with an Advent symbol. As a result, the holiday will turn out to be warm and family-friendly. Each nut from such a plate will be a hundred times tastier than its counterpart from the buffet.
Pine cones will be a traditional decoration for the New Year's panel. They can be used as the main decorative element, placed around wax decorations. And if you approach the issue like a real designer, you will get a work of art: place candles in a hanging basket, attach pine cones of different sizes at the bottom. There will be a comic chandelier that looks more appropriate than a real one on New Year’s Eve.
As a dear guest, any New Year candle deserves special attention. You can, for example, create a separate composition for each candle by making. Subsequently, place these mini-fireplaces side by side or in different rooms. Even one candle can change the atmosphere in the house beyond recognition. It can be single, installed in a glass vase, or complex, where several wicks are poured into one thick wax rod.
Modern technologies make it possible to produce New Year's candles that burn for a certain number of hours, do not melt, but slowly burn out. Increasingly, natural ingredients and flavors are used in products. This is a real gift for the owners of the house and a joy for their guests. Give your light with bright accessories. Happy New Year! 
A real atmosphere of magic, home comfort and an enchanting fairy tale for the New Year cannot be created without candles. This small decorative element remains a permanent attribute of any festive interior. You can make it more original and attractive by using your design skills and making candles with your own hands.
You can use homemade candles as a separate decoration for furniture or windows, as an element (for example, in a bouquet of pine needles and flowers), or you can give them a place of honor on the New Year’s table, pleasantly surprising guests with an original and exquisite table setting.
We bring to your attention useful master classes and tips on making and decorating candles with your own hands.
Master class 1. Quick and easy
In order to make a classic version of homemade candles, you will need the following:
- Molds. They must be made of a material that does not absorb wax/paraffin. Rubber, metal, plastic or glass containers are ideal for this. You can use iron boxes (such as tin candy boxes) or thick plastic cups. Also keep in mind that if you still can’t get the candle out of the mold, you will have to break it or cut it.
- Material. Candles can be made from paraffin, wax or stearin.
- Wick. You can get it from factory candles melted in a steam bath or weave it yourself from any cotton threads.
- Small metal container. This will be needed to melt the wax.
- Tools. You will need pliers (or something similar to them in order to reach the hot container), tweezers and a thin wooden stick.
- Foil. We will cover the table with it to protect it from fire or grease stains appearing on the surface.
- Wooden stick. With its help we will mix the wax.
- Pigments. They can be very different: wax-based crayons, leftover colored candles, decorative cosmetics, acrylic or gouache paints. You can buy colored pigments in specialized stores.
- Baking soda. It is usually used to extinguish paraffin if it catches fire. So, we hope you won’t need it, but you still need to have it just in case.
- Pot.
Have you collected everything you need? Then let's get started.
You can see a similar method in the video of making a multilayer candle with vertical colored layers.
In this case, a cardboard form is used. The good thing about this method is that it’s easy to find suitable milk or juice boxes for candles of different sizes.
If you made a single-color candle, then you can choose a different decor option. You can apply a layer of uncolored wax to the candle and attach glitter, beads, grains and other decorative elements to it.
More details about decor ideas are written at the end of this material.
Master class 2. Scented soy candles.
Soy candles are considered the most environmentally friendly, and they burn much longer than usual. They cost a lot and are considered an expensive pleasure, but making them yourself will cost you several times less.
For this we need:
- Soy wax flakes (about 60 g per candle).
- Wicks.
- Dyes (optional).
- Aromatic oil.
- Glass containers for candles (you can clean old ones with hot water), cups or small pots.
After you have completed all the preparatory steps, you can safely start making candles:
You can make a classic, single-color version of the candle and decorate it as desired (more on that a little later).
Now see how you can cast colored, very beautiful soy candles from colored soy wax. The photographs clearly show the whole process.
Master class 3. Fashionable version of a candle decorated with decoupage
Decoupage on candles looks 100% advantageous! This is an incredibly beautiful decoration that gives them a luxurious and sophisticated appearance. In addition, there can be a million design options, which makes each such product unique in its own way.
The technology of applying decoupage has a special specificity, and therefore it needs to be given special attention, introducing you closer to this popular art today.
When starting to create such an exclusive candle, you need to prepare the following:
- Dried flowers (herbs) at your discretion.
- Candle (you can make it yourself, based on the tips from the first and second master classes).
- Spoon, tweezers and scissors
- An ordinary candle (you will need it to heat the spoon).
- Paraffin.
- Empty tin can.
Feel like a jeweler. Why? Yes, because you will have to work with dried flowers very carefully and painstakingly. However, this task is not difficult, but interesting and requires perseverance.
All is ready? Then we begin our creative process:
If you have smoothed the dried flowers tightly, it will be enough to dip the candle in paraffin once. If not, then we do it again. After the coating has hardened, you can enjoy the fruits of your jewelry labors by placing it on a holiday table, home furniture, or decorating a fireplace with it.
The theme will be complemented by a video of candle decoupage using napkins. And flowers are also present in the master class.
Master class 4: DIY gel candles
Such candles are considered super popular today, and therefore it is simply impossible to ignore them. So, we will need the following ingredients:
- Gel wax (can be purchased in candle making kits).
- Wick.
- Aroma oils and dye (optional).
- Insert (also at your discretion). This can be any non-flammable decorative material: pearls, shells, pebbles, dry fruits, coffee beans, etc.
And of course, you will need to choose a container for the candle. The most suitable option is a glass cup, jar or glass.
The procedure for making such a candle is almost identical to those described above (see master class 1 and 2). However, it is necessary to take into account its specifics.
For example, the temperature when heating the gel should be about 93° C and no more, since overheated gel wax loses its transparency and elasticity. And one more thing: before placing the inserts in a container for the finished candle, they must first be dipped in the gel, and only then placed in the prepared container.
One of the options for making a gel candle is presented in the following video. It shows how to work with the gel by heating it in a regular oven, placing pieces of gel filler and liners in a glass dish at the same time.
New Year's creativity: how can you decorate a finished candle?
Nothing emphasizes the coziness of a home like candles, especially if you made them yourself. Such products - unique in their kind - will become an exclusive “highlight” of the New Year’s decoration.
You can decorate ready-made homemade candles in different ways. It all depends on the flight of fancy of the master. We offer you several bright ideas that will certainly inspire you to achieve a design feat, and your candles will become a charming attribute of the festive interior.
So, you can decorate the finished candle using the following materials:
- Coffee beans. As you can see in the picture, coffee beans are added to the paraffin itself. This is a very successful option for decorating a homemade candle for several reasons: firstly, it looks really attractive, secondly, the grains will be securely fixed with paraffin (or wax) and will not fall off, and thirdly, they will emit a pleasant aroma during the burning process candles. Coffee beans can also be applied to the surface of the finished candle by dipping it in paraffin.
- Ice pieces. Fire and ice are a strange and contradictory combination. However, if you want to give the candle an unusual look, use ice. It will need to be crushed and added to the heated paraffin during the candle making process. When it melts and the candle hardens, its surface will resemble snow or porous ice.
- Original containers. For candles, you can choose not only classic glass cups, but also more original containers: a tea cup on a saucer, hollow wooden stumps, interestingly shaped wine glasses, shells, jars, eggshells, orange (lemon) zest, tree bark, etc.
- Inserts for gel candles. Gel wax is a very convenient material for candles, because it makes the product completely transparent. You can place a wide variety of decorative figures in it. Candles stylized with a marine theme are very popular today (and you can pour the gel into a real aquarium, putting shells, algae, toy fish, etc. in it). Gel candles can also be decorated with pebbles, dry fruits, flowers, pine needles, tiny cones, figurines fairy-tale characters (for example, Santa Claus).
- Glass pebbles. Adding colored aquarium stones to paraffin or wax is just a great idea! True, they must be proportionate to your product so that the whole composition looks harmonious.
- Shells. They can also be added to paraffin during the melting process, or placed at the bottom of the container, and only then poured. By the way, you can decorate the candle container itself with shells.
- Decoupage. The principle of its application was described in master class No. 3 (we will only add that you can also use special napkins for decoupage). Therefore, to inspire you to create such masterpieces, we will share with you several photo ideas for such decor.
- Dry fruits and cinnamon. They will give your candles a New Year's atmosphere and originality. There can be several options for decorating using these materials: they are either added to the wax itself, or they are attached to the surface of the candle (container). Cinnamon sticks are usually simply tied to a candle, and there are many options for decorating such candles.
- Sequins. Well, where would we be without them? Especially if you are making New Year's candles! Such a decorative twist will make them festive and bright.
As you can see, there are a huge variety of options for decorating candles. Or maybe you will be able to create your own, inimitable and unique type of design? Or will you like a combination of several decorative elements?
Try, dare and experiment! On the eve of the New Year, you simply must try something new and original!
