{"id":1946,"date":"2019-10-22T08:42:42","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T07:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1946"},"modified":"2019-10-22T08:42:42","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T07:42:42","slug":"paper-candles-by-hannah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/2019\/10\/22\/paper-candles-by-hannah\/","title":{"rendered":"Paper Candles by Hannah"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Paper candles are a brilliant idea for parties, not just for\nchildren, but adults alike. You can get the spooky effect of a candle but\nwithout the safety concerns of having lots of lit candles about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are very easy to make and use very little materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You will simply need some card, glue or double-sided tape\nand some form of thick paint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2-1.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1947\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Cut a rectangle out of the card and roll into a tube shape.\nI used double sided tape to adhere the edges, however glue would work just as\nwell. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/3.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1948\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1575\" height=\"2100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/4-1.jpg?fit=640%2C853&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/4-1.jpg 1575w, https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/4-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/4-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/4-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/4-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1575px) 100vw, 1575px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Draw around your tube and then add another circle around\nthat slightly larger. Cut around the larger circle and then add little snips\ngoing inwards towards the smaller circle. You will also need to cut a cross\nslit into the centre of the circle, this will be important when adding your\nflames. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/11.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1950\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/12.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1951\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Cutting the little snips all around the circle will allow\nyou to fold in the edges so that you can stick this circle inside of your tube\nto \u2018seal\u2019 one end. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1032\" height=\"1063\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/9-1.jpg?fit=640%2C659&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1952\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/9-1.jpg 1032w, https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/9-1-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/9-1-994x1024.jpg 994w, https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/9-1-768x791.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1032px) 100vw, 1032px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/7-1.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1953\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Cut out two flame shapes out of red\/orange\/yellow card or\neven using the same colour card as you have been working in and then paint them\norange\/yellow\/red afterwards. Cut a slit in the top of one of the flames down\nthe middle and a slit from the bottom down the middle in the other. You can\nthen slot those together and push the base of the flame through the slit you\noriginally made in the top of your candle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/8-1.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1954\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once everything is put together you could leave it like\nthis, however I added some Tulip paint over the top of the candle and dribbling\ndown the sides to give the candle a bit more of a realistic look. You could use\nthick acrylic paint or even a glue gun and once the glue is dry you can then\ncolour over it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/13.jpg?fit=640%2C832&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1955\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you really want to achieve a realistic looking candle we\nwould suggest buying some battery powered, plastic tea lights and then sticking\nthose in the top of your tube instead of the extra card and card flames. You\nwould still be able to use tulip or thick paint to cover the top of it to look\nlike wax and you would then have a proper light inside your candle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &#8230; <a title=\"Paper Candles by Hannah\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/2019\/10\/22\/paper-candles-by-hannah\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Paper Candles by Hannah\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-projects-craft"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/13-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}