Mod Podge Candle Holder
These easy DIY votive candle holders are made from old glasses and use Mod Podge – you won’t spend a lot of money for this pretty, vintage inspired home decor.
Yield: 3 votives
Cost: $2
Equipment
- Sandpaper fine, 220-grit
- Bottle for holding the glasses
Materials
- Drinking glasses preferably with straight sides
- Ephemera an old poetry book, a fiction magazine, and old postage stamps
- Mod Podge
Instructions
- Wash the glasses inside and out with mild soap and warm water. Let dry.
- Select some of your favorite papers to cover your votive holders. Old wrapping paper, books, magazines, craft paper work great.
- Cut the paper so it is slightly larger than the glass. The paper should hang over the top and bottom edges a little bit.
- Spread Mod Podge onto the back of the paper.
- Turn the glass on its side, and lay the paper over the top of the glass, letting the excess paper hang off the top/bottom edges.
- Roll the glass on the table until the paper covers the glass.
- Smooth the paper onto the glass, working from the center outward to the edges.
- If you have a gap, cut another piece of paper to cover it. Keep the design in mind; here's a chance to add a little interest. Let dry thoroughly.
- Trim the excess paper off the top by using an X-Acto knife. Repeat along the bottom edge.
- If needed, touch up areas along the bottom of the glass (where it curves) with Mod Podge. Gently press down/in with fingers, working your way around the glass.
- Let Mod Podge dry thoroughly. If the edges are a little rough, you can take fine sandpaper and gently touch up the edges, sanding in an inward direction.
- Place the glass upside-down on a stand of some sort (we used a bottle) and apply a coat of Mod Podge to the outside. Let dry and repeat.
- Add tealights - either real or LED - to finish. Never leave any real flames unattended.
