Paper Candles by Hannah

Paper candles are a brilliant idea for parties, not just for
children, but adults alike. You can get the spooky effect of a candle but
without the safety concerns of having lots of lit candles about.

They are very easy to make and use very little materials.

You will simply need some card, glue or double-sided tape
and some form of thick paint.

Cut a rectangle out of the card and roll into a tube shape.
I used double sided tape to adhere the edges, however glue would work just as
well.

Draw around your tube and then add another circle around
that slightly larger. Cut around the larger circle and then add little snips
going inwards towards the smaller circle. You will also need to cut a cross
slit into the centre of the circle, this will be important when adding your
flames.

Cutting the little snips all around the circle will allow
you to fold in the edges so that you can stick this circle inside of your tube
to ‘seal’ one end.

Cut out two flame shapes out of red/orange/yellow card or
even using the same colour card as you have been working in and then paint them
orange/yellow/red afterwards. Cut a slit in the top of one of the flames down
the middle and a slit from the bottom down the middle in the other. You can
then slot those together and push the base of the flame through the slit you
originally made in the top of your candle.

Once everything is put together you could leave it like
this, however I added some Tulip paint over the top of the candle and dribbling
down the sides to give the candle a bit more of a realistic look. You could use
thick acrylic paint or even a glue gun and once the glue is dry you can then
colour over it.

If you really want to achieve a realistic looking candle we
would suggest buying some battery powered, plastic tea lights and then sticking
those in the top of your tube instead of the extra card and card flames. You
would still be able to use tulip or thick paint to cover the top of it to look
like wax and you would then have a proper light inside your candle.