Make an Autumn Candle
All the darkness of the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.
St. Francis of assisi
Make an Autumn Candle. October 17, 2024.
The trees are beginning to adorn themselves in colorful autumnal coats. For the next month we will watch their leaves turn a cornucopia of vivid shades of crimson, vermillion, orange, golden yellow and brown before finally allowing the early winter winds to carry them away. The colors of the season inspire us endlessly as we seek creative ways to take the spirit of the season into our homes. Inside Hidden Bluff our mantle is decked with autumn leaves, fairy tale pumpkins, chunky gold candle holders in a baroque autumnal themed display. As I decorate Hidden Bluff other ideas come such as this favorite diy of mine. Embedded candles are a wonderful way to include coziness into your home. They are also easy to make. Today, I will show you how to make this easy embedded candle and preserve some of the fall beauty for your home.
Fall leaves are the star of this post, so collect some beautiful smaller leaves that will fit on a pillar candle. It is also recommended to use soft leaves as opposed to dry, crunchy ones for a better result. For my candle I used autumn-hued rose leaves and surrounded it with the large rose hips I had been admiring outside. Rose leaves are easy to work with and arrange beautifully on the candles. However, feel free to use the leaves you like. There are many varieties that will work wonderfully. Small maples or aspens will work. I have also used ivy, hydrangeas, ferns and other botanicals to make embedded candles. The trick is to keep the items flat and soft, so they embed quickly and easily into the candle wax.
Make an Autumn Candle
Make an Autumn Candle
Equipment
- pillar candle of choice
- assorted leaves -small, thin leaves that aren't crunchy yet work best for this.
- wax paper
- heat gun
- glue gun
- scissors
Instructions
- First flatten your leaves by placing some heavy books on top of them for a couple hours.
- Snip off thick parts on stems of leaves.
- Arrange your leaves on the candle using the hot glue gun to affix leaves in place. Note: one tiny dab on a single leaf should be enough. Too many big big glue bumps will affect results.
- When you have your design finished, take a piece of wax paper that is large enough to go around the candle plus some extra for holding.
- Tightly grab the wax paper from behind as shown in the photo and hold in place.
- While holding the wax paper turn on your heat gun and blow it evenly on the design until you see the wax soften and cover the leaves.
- Turn off heat gun and continue to hold wax paper in place to let cool a minute or two.
- Remove the wax paper.
- My surface isn't perfectly smoothly, but you have to look pretty close to pick up on that!
- Enjoy your candle!
Notes
- Don’t go thick on the botanicals or things get globby.
- Heat evenly on the surface to avoid overheating in certain places resulting in an uneven surface from too much melting.
- If you find some parts aren’t covered repeat the steps with the wax paper and heat some more.
- The surface will likely not be perfectly smooth, but smooth enough.
Happy Autumn!
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