How To Make Floating Candles From Ceiling

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.

How to make floating candles from ceiling. Use a push pin to secure them to the ceiling with the fishing line. Next pour your melted wax into molds such as cookie cutters or muffin tins give them a. My kids oohed and aahed for a while over these harry potter floating candles. In how to make floating harry potter candles starry sky i show you step by step the process i did to make my dining room into the hogwarts great hall.

I am in love with how easy these are to make and how cute they turned out. You can also add some dye chips to the wax to give your candle a bolder color. Then throw a dinner party. This way your candles have a staggered effect when you hang them.

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. I wanted to re create that look for a party i held so let. If you re starting to think about halloween costume and decorating ideas here s a really fun and easy bit of decor or a costume prop to consider haunted harry potter floating candles. Start collecting your tubes early because the more candles you have floating the cooler it will look.

It s so simple and yet so breath taking. Just a tip if you do make this and the candle falls and wax gets on your carpet. Just grab paper lowels fold 4 sheets and put it on the wax go over the wax with a hot iron. 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.

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. These fake candles cost me 4 to make and are a perfectly spooky yet somehow pretty addition for halloween. The possibilities for your harry potter floating candles are endless.