How to Make Christmas-Themed Floating Candles

These Christmas Themed-Floating Candles are a simple candle craft project that is perfect for the winter holidays. The Christmas shaped floating candles are simple to make and look great floating in a beautiful glass dish on the coffee table. I also like to place some in the bathroom in a rectangular clear glass dish on the back of the toilet seat. They add a nice glow and a fresh scent when you are having guest over for a holiday or Christmas party!

You can make these simple floating Christmas candles in less than an hour. They will require some cooling and curing time, but you can move on to other projects, like cooking all the food for your Christmas party while they set.

This simple Christmas candle project should cost you less than $25 and you will have a bunch of floating candles.

For a romantic touch on the dinner table you could float a candle in a glass at each place setting. Use glasses in a variety of heights. Fill them with water to different levels. You could also add some food coloring to the water and make your Christmas floating candles out of white wax. This is a simple and affordable way to set a Christmas dinner table on a budget.

To Make Some Christmas Floating Candles You Will Need:

Clay
Hawaiian theme cookie cutter
Wick
Wax or old candles
Tin can
Popsicle sticks
Scissors

To melt the wax bits or pieces of old candle take a clean tin can and bend a spout in the top so you can easily pour the melted wax out later. Put wax into the can.

Now, place the can in a shallow pot of boiling water until the wax is melted. (You can also melt your wax in a microwave safe glass measuring cup or bowl with a spout. Microwave in 15 second intervals so you do not over heats the wax.)

While the wax is melting roll out the clay about ¾ inch thick and wide enough to fit your cookie cutter. Place the cookie cuter in the center of the clay and push in a little, but do not make the cutter cut all the way through the clay.

Set a wick in the center of the cookie cutter and lay a Popsicle stick flat across the cookie cutter to lean the excess wick against so it doesn't fall in.

Pour in the melted wax.