These Halloween tea lights are so cute!! Did you know that you can transform a battery-operated candle into a charming Halloween character with just a bit of paint?! It’s so easy!
Grab some flameless candles from the dollar store and create festive figures like a black cat, jack-o-lantern pumpkin, witch, ghost, and vampire. These Halloween tea light candles are perfect for adding a warm and friendly glow to your fall decor. So let’s get (witch)crafty!
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How to Make Halloween Tea Lights
Materials:
- Battery operated tealight candle
- Acrylic paint (black, white, and yellow)
- Black felt
Equipment:
Watch the step-by-step video tutorial:
Instructions:
Step 1: Find what you need
- Gather your supplies and materials.
Step 2: Paint the base colour
- Paint black around the “flame” of the tea light candle. Cover the top and the sides.Allow to dry.
- Add a second coat of paint and, again, allow to dry. Apply a third coat, if necessary.
Step 3: Paint the cat face
- Use white paint to add 2 cat’s eye shapes.
- Then add a rounded mouth and lines for whiskers.
- Once the white paint is dry, add lined pupils with yellow or green paint.
Step 4: Cut out the ears
- Fold a 1 by 2 inch piece of black felt in half.
- Cut out a triangle shape with a rounded bottom.
- The double layer of felt will give you 2 ear shapes.
Step 5: Attach the ears
- Add a thin line of glue to the bottom of a felt ear.
- Attach the ear on the side of the candle, above one of the eyes. Repeat with the second ear above the other.
- Your black cat Halloween tea light is complete!
- Now have fun painting a jack-o-lantern, a ghost, a vampire, and a witch!
Helpful Tips:
- Add 2 to 3 base coats of paint until the tealight is well coated and you can’t see white anymore.
- You can stick a piece of painter’s tape around the “flame” while you paint the base, to avoid getting colour on it.
Where can I buy flameless tealight candles?
You can buy battery operated candles at the dollar store, Walmart, or any home decor store. You can also buy larger packs on Amazon. Some of them are even remote activated!
Can I make Halloween tea lights if I’m not an experienced painter?
Yes, we promise these Halloween tea lights are really easy to make. But if you don’t feel comfortable painting the finer face details, use paint markers! Paint pens make it really simple to draw fine lines and patterns.
Can I make a Halloween tea light without felt?
Yes, you can make the jack-o-lantern pumpkin, the ghost, and the vampire using only paint! But you can also make the witch and black cat without felt. Try cutting the witch’s hat and the cat’s ears out of craft foam or cardstock.
We love using flameless tea lights for our candle crafts. They’re inexpensive and, most importantly, they’re kid and pet safe! These Halloween tea lights are a fun craft for the whole family, and they look so cute decorating the mantle or a party table!
Here’s even more fun Halloween craft ideas:
Our book Low-Mess Crafts for Kids is loaded with 72 fun and simple craft ideas for kids! The projects are fun, easy and most importantly low-mess, so the clean up is simple!
Where to buy:
You can purchase Low-Mess Crafts for Kids from Amazon, or wherever books are sold:
Amazon | Barnes and Noble | Books-A-Million | Indiebound | Amazon Canada
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