Birthday Candle

Birthday Candle

An easy to make, personalized and quick gift idea for birthday is to paint a special birthday candle for your friend or loved one. It does not take up too much of artistic skills and even older kids can prepare it with ease. It is loved by both children and adults and makes perfect gifts on holidays such as Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas. You can even adapt it for Halloween. It takes only about half an hour to prepare.

Things You Will Need:
Acrylic Paints or Candle Paints
Makeup Sponge
One Medium-sized Fragrant Vanilla Colored Candle
Paintbrush
Paper Hole Punch
Q-tips
Raffia
Wrinkled small brown paper lunch bag
Method:
Dip makeup sponge in light yellow acrylic or candle paint and dab it gently all over the surface of the candle, working on 4 to 5 inch of segment at a time.
Let the candle dry after each dip and dab process, so that you don't get paint all over your hands.
Color the entire candle like this except for the candle tip where the wick is.
When the paint dries completely, touch up for any imperfections and bare spots for better results.
Use a Q-tip in any desired darker or brighter color to write 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY' on a candle. Calligraphy can come to your rescue for this.
You may also write the name of the birthday boy or girl on the candle.
Once the lettering is done and the paint is dry once again, add a homemade gift tag to the candle.
Write the birthday message on the gift-tag-size piece of wrinkled up paper sack and punch a hole to its top.
String raffia through it and tie it around the candle.
Add 'Hand Painted Just For You' to the gift tag, so that the person can really appreciate it.

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