| All you need is... | | | | |
| | | | You will need a container that is as tall as |
| Some flowers, leaves, confetti, sequins, | | | | the candle and which can hold boiling water. |
| beads, cheap household candles, hot water and | | | | A plastic jug would do. Fill the jug with |
| greaseproof paper. The flowers, leaves and | | | | boiling water. |
| any other greenery need to be pressed. To do | | | | |
| this, simply place the flowers and leaves | | | | Taking great care, hold your candle at the |
| between sheets of newspaper and put this | | | | top or the wick end, lower the candle parcel |
| between the pages of a big book. Put it | | | | into the water so that all the decorations |
| somewhere flat and stack other heavy books of | | | | are under the water line. Hold it there for |
| top of it. If a week they should be pressed | | | | about 20 seconds. |
| enough to work with. | | | | |
| | | | Take the candle parcel out and wrap it up in |
| Take a piece of greaseproof paper, it doesn't | | | | a towel. Roll the sausage of towel and candle |
| need to be very wide, just enough to wrap | | | | parcel back and forth as if it were a rolling |
| around the candle a couple of times. | | | | pin. Do this for about 20 seconds. |
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| Arrange the candle decorations (leaves, | | | | Carefully unwrap the candle from the towel |
| flowers, beads, confetti, sequins and other | | | | and from the greaseproof paper. |
| bits and bobs) on the greaseproof paper. | | | | |
| Don't put on too many and don't overlap them | | | | Finally holding the wick, dunk the candle in |
| too much. There is only candle wax to stick | | | | the hot water for 5 seconds or so. This |
| it to the candle. | | | | smoothes the surface and applies a thin layer |
| | | | of wax over the design to fix it into place. |
| Put the candle on top of the decorations. | | | | Hold the candle by the wick and give it a |
| Roll the candle up in the paper so that all | | | | minute or so for the wax to cool and harden |
| the decorations are in direct contact with | | | | before setting it down and to not alter the |
| the candle. Twist the ends of the paper to | | | | shape. |
| keep the candle tightly wrapped. It will look | | | | |
| a bit like a long thin Christmas cracker. | | | | Easy! |