Painted Candle/Candy Tray

Painted Candle/Candy Tray

 This week we decided to tackle a project we saw here. The one we saw was just a simple black tray with black candles and candy corn. While we loved the look and simplicity, we decided to take it a step farther.

First we gathered our supplies.

Mod Podge

Paint (We used acrylic paint that we found at Michael’s for $0.89 each. DO NOT SPRAY PAINT CANDLES OR ANYTHING THAT WILL BE CLOSE TO AN OPEN FLAME)

Paint Brush (We used foam brushes that we bought at Michaels for $0.05 each)

Candles (We used 3 for each tray, one tall pillar candle and two shorter candles.)

Tray (We found trays at the Dollar Store.)

Candy Corn or other candy of your liking

Glitter (Everything needs a little sparkle!!)

Ribbon (NOT PICTURED)

Glue Gun (NOT PICTURED)

Any other decoration you want to use. (NOT PICTURED. We used a silk leaf and a 3-d skull sticker.)

 

After we got all of our supplies together, we discussed a few different themes that we wanted to try and finally decided on fall and Halloween.

Paint your candles or just buy ones that are the right color and skip this step. If you do decide to paint them it will probably take a few coats to get the color right. Our candles took 3 coats each till we liked how they looked.

***Be careful not to paint the wick. If you do you will need to pull some of the paint back to make your candle burn right.

Let them dry…this takes time. You can speed it up by using a hair dryer or even a heat gun. Just be careful not to melt your candle or bubble your paint. If you are texting while you are using a heat gun you may get distracted and cause your paint to bubble a little. In case this happens don’t worry just peel the paint off and touch that spot up.

While you are letting your candles dry, paint your tray. Skip this step if you have a tray in the color you like. Again you can speed up the drying process with a heat gun or hair dryer.

Decorate your candles!! This was the most fun/messiest part of the whole project. We took our small candles and let mod podge run down the sides to create an upward drip effect then we covered the glue in glitter.

***When using glitter, make sure to have a piece of paper or something to catch your excess glitter. This will make clean up a breeze.

For our large candles we wrapped ribbon around them and hot glued it in place. We also added theme appropriate elements; these are hot glued on to keep them in place.

 

(Make sure you hold your finished candle up and pronounce its beauty to the whole world.) 

Once everything has dried completely, arrange your candle on your tray. Once your candles are placed how you like them, sprinkle your candy around them on to the tray. Make sure you eat a few just to make sure they are as yummy as they look.

We hope you enjoyed this week’s project. Check in next week to see how we make tutu dresses for our daughters’ Halloween costumes.