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DLTK's Crafts for Kids
VOTIVE CANDLE
HOLDER CRAFT
Materials you will need for this craft are:
- one small baby food jar, cleaned with label
removed. The lid is not needed.
- tissue paper or paper napkins (solid colours and
patterns both work)
- mod podge or white glue
- a votive candle... if you actually plan on burning
the candle, a tealight candle would likely be better as the jar won't be
as likely to break from the heat.
- paint brush, q-tip or popsicle stick
- OPTIONAL: a printer, paper, scissors and something
to colour with
Instructions:
- If using white glue you will need to thin it; mix
1/2 glue and 1/2 water in a container (like a margine container).
- If using paper napkins, separate the plies.
- Rip tissue paper or napkins into pieces about 1
inch by 1 inch. It is good if the pieces are jagged. Patterned tissue
paper or napkins work nicely. Ripping the tissue paper is good motor
control practice for the kids (and is a lot harder than it looks for
some!)
- Using your paint brush, cue tip or popsicle stick,
paint the baby food jar with the mod podge or thinned glue. Only paint
the main jar area (not the part where you would screw the top on -- we
don't want any paper to catch fire).
- Paste tissue paper all over the jar. Feel free to
overlap pieces or use different colours or patterns on the same jar. I
keep lots of different tissue paper from gifts and when it comes time to
do a craft, I let Tasha pick the ones she wants to use.
- Paint more glue over the top of any pieces that
look a bit loose.
- Let dry.
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