I am having a ball getting ready for Thanksgiving this year! I've decided that I needed a great Thanksgiving Candle all dressed up for the occasion with the help of Elmer's products…
Before I could start, my daughter and I traveled to our local Wal-Mart to find some fun new Elmer's tools to use for the candle. If you would like to follow along with us on our trip click here for the fun shopping play-by-play.
Here are the fun items that we just had to include in our Elmer's #gluenglitter tool box…
Among other things, we purchased some Elmer's foam board, an X-ACTO Knife, X-ACTO cutting mat, an Elmer's tape runner and a Elmer's Spot Stamper. This is my new favorite find! No more glue dots stuck to this girls fingers. We also used some Elmer's extra strength glue stick which is not pictured here. Sorry glue stick!
Here are the items we will be working with…
A fabulous three wick candle, some fabric and kraft paper leaves that I cut on my new Silhouette Cameo. The leaves look great, but I really wanted them to pop off the candle and have more of a 3D effect. We all know everything is cooler in 3D!! I also used heavy duty hemp twine, a rubber alphabet stamp and brown ink for the project.
To begin, I cut the fabric into a four inch wide band to wrap around the candle and secured it with the Elmer's extra strength glue stick…
With that done I got to work on my Thanksgiving leaves. I used my Elmer's tape runner to affix the leaves to the Elmer's foam board like this…
I then took my X-ACTO knife and cutting mat and carefully carved around my leaf…
This take a little finesse, but I PROMISE it is worth it!! Once the leaf is cut out I used my alphabet stamp to add things that we are thankful for on one of the leaves, and "Give Thanks" on the other one. Then I treated the edges of the leaves with the stamp ink. I actually just used my finger…
Fingers can be such great tools! Next, I punched holes in the top of the leaf and then attached the leaves to the candle with some heavy hemp twine and the glue dots using the Spot Stamper, LOVE that thing!!
Voila! We now have a fun and festive Thanksgiving Candle all thanks to Elmers and their fun family of products!!
What are you guys planning on making for the holiday? I would love to hear your fun ideas!!
This project has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Elmer's #gluenglitter #collectivebias #CBias
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Oh my goodness, that is BEAUTIFUL! 🙂 Great job… looks like you bought this at Pottery Barn! 🙂
Oh WOW! Thanks sweet Monica. You totally made my night!
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heather
Woah Heather! This knocked my socks off! SO gorgeous!! Great job, girl!
XOXO, Kelli
Heather that’s really pretty!!! I do the same thing with candels but with paper! The Fabric looks really pretty;) good job
BEAUTIFUL! What a great way to dress up a candle.
Adorable! I would love to have one of these on my table this Thanksgiving!
Thanks so much Tonia!
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heather
Beautifully done! I LOVE your fabric.
I LOVE it! You always do such a beautiful job no matter what you do 🙂
What a creative way to dress up a candle!! The stamping details (including your finger)added the perfect touch. Well done! 🙂 AJ@queenofmynest
super fun, heather. of course it is a masterpiece.:)
I love the leaves. So simple but says so much.
That is amazing! It looks so cool and professional! Did you buy the candle at Wal Mart as well?
So gorgeous! I’m always so inspired by you!
Jo-Anna
Heather, this is absolutely lovely!! I love beautiful holiday craft ideas like this 🙂
So gorgeous Heather! I have some of that foam board that I haven’t yet played with but now I have all kinds of ideas thanks to you!
Amazing! What a simple project, and it looks so elegant!
Saw you on the CSI project. That’s awesome! Did you get that candle at Walmart? Love it as is but after you jazzed it up – it’s even more fab!
Oh yea… you’ll have to come over and say hello this week! Sheepishly I say no, I actually got the candle at Hobby Lobby. I bought one at Wal-Mart but it just did have the right look. When I saw the green one and Hobby Lobby it just spoke to me.
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heather
Love this! So beautiful and super simple – thanks for sharing!
The candles are gorgeous!
Thanks sweet Maria!
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heather
I love how they turned out! Looks so classy now!
really pretty Heather! love it!! 🙂
This is gorgeous!
Holy cow, impressive! So creative!!
Thanks Amy! I had a ball playing with the fun Elmer’s products!!
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heather
I am really impressed– that fabric on that candle– cool colors! Loved it—and I need that spot stamper. I will be buying one this week. Love the pics of your shopping trip.
Thanks so much! You should get the spot stamper… I adore mine!
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heather
Oh wow, I WANT THIS CANDLE! This is so pretty. You did a fabulous job!
That is a fabulous three wick candle & you made it even more amazing! Love it. Thanks for the inspiration I am pinning this! Happy holiday season to you!