Did you know that you can make your own candlesticks? Yep you can make fluted candle sticks from dowels and other inexpensive supplies. Time to indulge my love for big chunky candlesticks.
Supplies needed to make your own candle sticks:
- random small candle sticks
- some prepackaged, precut dowels from the dollar store
- hot glue
- spray paint
- jute twine (optional)
Okay I am hoping I am not the only one that picks up random candle sticks at thrift stores and garage sales. I was looking for a way for make them taller, more substantial, and of course fabulous. So I started putting on dowels with hot glue.
Worked my way all the way around.
You may need a smaller dowel to cover up the gap left at the end. And boy they sure looked like a mess at the top huh?? This is the point when you say “what was I thinking”.
But I pressed on. Using hot glue on the inside like so….
Made the dowels looks tons better….yep this is the point where you think this might actually work…
Then when you go to put another candle stick on top and realize this is not going together right so you change to a larger chunkier one…
Yep that will work fine…more hot glue required….
Now it is spray paint time! But before I spray paint this one I decided to try another. This time using…a toilet paper roll…
Yep you read that right. This time I glued my sticks to the toilet paper roll.
Work them all the way around and put on the “bottom”.
Just add your top.
And after the spray paint…
Which one is easier you ask? They were both about equal really. So pick your method…
I felt it was missing a little something — plus I needed to hide my seams.
Yep jute fit the bill. So what do you think? Are you gonna try to flute?
Wow! I would never have thought of this! They look great.
Found you over at CSI. I love this project! Great idea!