Paint
Quick-and-Easy Candlesticks
By Colette George for
Krylon
size: 9" tall
Materials
- BEACH CANDLESTICK:
- Wooden candlestick, 9” tall
- Lt. blue votive candle
- Flat pillar candle dish with lip, 4”
- Old postcard (or photocopy)
- Seashells and sand
- Coordinating ribbon
- CRACKLE NEST CHERISH CANDLESTICK:
- Wooden candlestick, 9” tall
- Brown rub-on transfers of choice
- Nesting shreds
- Iridescent grass, several strands
- BASEBALL CANDLESTICK:
- Wooden candlestick, 9” tall
- Baseball
- Optional: Create a base for candlestick the shape of home plate
Tools
- BEACH CANDLESTICK:
- Make It Stone: Charcoal Sand (Krylon)
- Optional: Deckle-edge scissors
- CRACKLE NEST CHERISH CANDLESTICK:
- Make It Crackle: Spanish Moss; Ballerina Pink (Krylon)
- Make It Last (Krylon)
- BASEBALL CANDLESTICK:
- Krylon Make It Suede (Burnt Sienna) and Short Cuts Aerosol Paint (Red Pepper), and black
- Beach Candlestick
- 1. Follow manufacturer's instructions to spray paint entire candlestick, including under rims.
- 2. Trim postcard edges with deckle-edge scissors if desired.
- 3. Glue glass dish to top of candlestick; let dry. Glue votive cup to center of glass.
- 4. Scatter shells around votive and fill votive bottom with sand; insert candle.
- Crackle Nest Cherish Candlestick
- 1. Follow manufacturer's instructions to spray paint candlestick Spanish Moss; let dry. Apply Ballerina Pink over Spanish Moss; let crackle.
- 2. Follow manufacturer's instructions to apply Make It Last.
- 3. Apply rub-on transfer to candlestick.
- 4. Make small wreath from nesting and iridescent shreds; slide over candlestick.
- Baseball Candlestick
- 1. Paint different tiers of candlestick with red, tan and black.
- 2. Create a bottom for your candlestick in the shape of home plate.
- 3. Place baseball on top.