DIY glass candle holders

Do-it-yourself candlesticks from glasses are, first of all, an element of decor that helps to bring a romantic, festive or calm atmosphere to the interior of the house. Especially in this matter, individuality is valued. You can make beautiful candle stands from any materials, for example, from glass jars and bottles, plastic, thick branches, gypsum and much more. We decided to devote our article to the creation of candlesticks from glasses. Let's figure out how to make such decorative elements.

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Christmas candle

Today, there are many different techniques that can turn an ordinary glass goblet into a luxurious candlestick. The main thing is a little free time and a desire to create.

To create a Christmas theme candlestick, you will need the following materials:

• Glass goblet.
• Decor (sparkles, pine cone, beads, any toy New Year's heroes).
• A piece of foam.
• Glue.
• Candles
• Cardboard.

Production Sequence:

1. Scissors cut a circle from the cardboard with a diameter equal to the circumference of the glass bowl.
2. Apply glue to the edges using foam rubber and glue a small piece of cotton wool, sparkles, beads and other that was previously prepared for work.
3. “In the center of the cut circle“ plant ”a bump.
4. Glue a small layer of cotton and toy characters on the sides. Apply glue to the edges.
5. “Put” the glass goblet on top of the composition, and put a candle on the base of the leg.

Important! Such a candle stand can be made not only on the New Year theme. For a marine-style interior, New Year's accessories can be replaced with shells or small pebbles. For the Provence style, a candlestick decorated with a string and dry herbs will be appropriate.

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Beautiful candlestick with thuja

To make an original candlestick from a glass with your own hands with a thuja, you need the following:

1. Glass cup.
2. Small branches of thuja.
3. Newspaper or sheet of paper.
4. Scissors.
5. Ordinary glue or spray.

The manufacturing sequence is as follows:

• Cut the thuja branches to the desired size and lay them on paper.
• Apply glue to them.

Important! If it is not in the form of a spray, then use a brush to apply it.

• Tape with a sprig of thuja glass in a circle trying to do it quickly so that the glue does not have time to dry.
• After the glue dries, carefully cut off all the excess with scissors.
• Find a suitable candle and place it inside.

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Some more ideas

There are many different options to transform a glass goblet and use it as an original candlestick, among them are the following:

• Painted with acrylic paints. Incredibly beautiful things can be done with acrylic paints. Having painted the glass as you wish, as a result you will get excellent candlesticks in the form of snowmen, funny penguins, flowers - everything will depend on the ability to draw and your imagination.
• A floating candlestick is a very romantic option. At the bottom of the glass you can put rose hips, decorative balls, twigs, flowers, sea pebbles, Christmas tree needles, fern leaves, and then pour water. On the surface, you need to put a small candle-pill.
• With pebbles and beads. Candlesticks are very beautiful and tender, if you place pearl beads in a glass and place a candle in them.In this case, the glass can be filled with absolutely any decor that suits the theme of the evening, for example: dry maple leaves, seashells and pebbles, acorns, twigs.

Important! It will also look very original if you make several layers of different types of grains.

• With lace. The candle stand looks incredibly elegant if you glue a small glass with beautiful lace or a lace napkin.
• Salt candlestick. If you put glue on a glass and then dip it in salt and leave it to dry, you will get a very original thing.

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There are a lot of options for creating candlesticks from glasses with your own hands. We have presented you only a few. Using your imagination and spending quite a bit of time, you can do a really beautiful and unique thing to decorate your home.