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