It's Monday Again, and Time for Another Homemade Gift Idea!

Hello again, I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend.  Since the holiday season is here, I am going to share yet another holiday craft idea with all of you.

This is takes an old idea and changes it up a little bit.  Today we will be doing Homemade Candle Holders.  They will be using baby food jars, but instead of using tissue paper, like we all did when we were younger, I decided to use glitter on ours.  I know what you are thinking..  You are thinking "what a mess glitter makes, it will be falling off everywhere."  BUT, we also coated the jars in glue after we glittered them, this saves you from losing the glitter all over, and it looks really pretty.  Much nicer than the traditional tissue paper idea. 

We started making the tissue paper candle holders, but I wanted something that looked a little bit nicer, than the tissue paper.  As you can see in the photo it is quite shiny, and we tried a few different glues, but they all looked this way when dried. 

So, then I thought glitter would work well.  So with some thin glue (we used puzzle glue, because it is nice and thin) and with a big paintbrush we painted the glue on, then poured glitter over the top of the glue. 

Once the glitter and glue had dried to the jars, we carefully painted another layer of glue over the top of the glitter.  This was to keep the glitter from falling off of the jars. 

After that was all dry, we took some 3/8inch ribbon that coordinated with the glitter on the baby food jars, and wrapped it around the neck of the jar.

Here is our finished product:

As you can see, they look quite nice with candles in them as well:

We made these as gifts last year, since at the time we had so many baby food jars on hand.  If you don't have a baby in the house, check your local Craigslist or Freecycle.  You can usually find some on there, if there aren't any listed, post and ask for some.  You are bound to find someone willing to give them to you. 

We made sets of two for all of our family members and they were a big hit, everyone loved them. We put tea light candles in them, and I do recommend using the LED lights so you don't have to worry about burning candles.  But this is an inexpensive homemade gift that kids of all ages can help make. 
So enjoy making these candle holders with your children or grandchildren, and if you have any questions, please feel free to send me a message! 

THANKS for visiting my blog, and HAPPY CRAFTING!!