How To Make Floating Candles From Ceiling

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How to make floating candles from ceiling.

Just grab paper lowels fold 4 sheets and put it on the wax go over the wax with a hot iron. If you really want to be true to harry potter hang them over your dining table just like the floating candles in the hogwarts great hall. All you need is some old paper towel and toilet paper rolls hot glue fishing wire and flameless tea lights to make these floating candles. I am in love with how easy these are to make and how cute they turned out.

This way your candles have a staggered effect when you hang them. It s so simple and yet so breath taking. Next pour your melted wax into molds such as cookie cutters or muffin tins give them a. These fake candles cost me 4 to make and are a perfectly spooky yet somehow pretty addition for halloween.

To make floating candles start by placing wax in a double boiler or hot plate and heating it to 150 degrees fahrenheit or until a thin film forms around the edges of the pot. Then throw a dinner party. Use a push pin to secure them to the ceiling with the fishing line. The wax will get obsorbed by the paper towls just make sure to change them often if the carpet starts to get too hot the wax will seep down intead of up.

These were hung from the ceiling with fishing line to emulate the floating candles of the great hall at hogwarts but this technique can be used to create faux candles that can be used in many other. The possibilities for your harry potter floating candles are endless. I don t know about you but one of my all time favorite scenes from the harry potter series is the one in the grand hall with the floating candles. Don t let this craft scare you.

My kids oohed and aahed for a while over these harry potter floating candles. You can also add some dye chips to the wax to give your candle a bolder color. Just a tip if you do make this and the candle falls and wax gets on your carpet.