How To Make Floating Candles From Ceiling

These fake candles cost me 4 to make and are a perfectly spooky yet somehow pretty addition for halloween.

How to make floating candles from ceiling.

I don t know about you but one of my all time favorite scenes from the harry potter series is the one in the grand hall with the floating candles. My kids oohed and aahed for a while over these harry potter floating candles. All you need is some old paper towel and toilet paper rolls hot glue fishing wire and flameless tea lights to make these floating candles. Then throw a dinner party.

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. This way your candles have a staggered effect when you hang them. 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. Use a push pin to secure them to the ceiling with the fishing line.

Don t let this craft scare you. 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. Just grab paper lowels fold 4 sheets and put it on the wax go over the wax with a hot iron. 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.

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. I am in love with how easy these are to make and how cute they turned out. Next pour your melted wax into molds such as cookie cutters or muffin tins give them a.

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. You can also add some dye chips to the wax to give your candle a bolder color.