Valentine's Day Candles

Makeover dollar store candles with paint and glitter for Valentine's Day!

Posted by Mark Montano

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It's easy to make Valentine's Day candles with chalky finish paint and glitter.

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You Will Need (7 things)

  • Scissors
  • White Glue
  • Large Hole Punch
  • Fine gold Glitter
  • Self stick Labels
  • Candles
  • Americana Decor Chalky Finish Paint in Romance and Innocence

Steps (4 steps, 60 minutes)

  1. 1

    Americana Decor Chalky Finish in Romance and Innocence
    Tapered and/or regular candles
    Fine gold glitter
    White glue
    Self stick labels
    Hole punch
    Scissors

  2. 2

    Paint the candles with chalky finish and let dry
    Trace and cut hearts from the self stick labels
    Glue them face down to the candles and let dry
    Peel off the protective backing to expose the label adhesive
    Roll in glitter and brush off excess

  3. 3

    See how I did it in this short video tutorial:

  4. 4

    For polka dots, use a hole punch
    Glue the dots face down to the candles and let dry
    Peel off the backing
    Roll in glitter and brush off excess
    For the tapers, paint stripes with white glue and sprinkle with glitter