How To DIY Tea Light Holder By Cardboard | HobbyIndia

From Didi ki shaadi to the Diwali celebrations, India is the country of traditions. Now, this generation is always looking for new and creative culture in ethnic statements. Every celebration is incomplete without lights and floral fragrance. To make this happen, we have come up with the ideas to create the latest decorative tealight candle holders using cardboard craft.

You must have seen many fancy candle holders using glass jars, glasses, wooden, and MDF material, but this is surely something out-of-the-box. Here we will discuss the easy steps to create the fancy candle holder that will be an ideal fit for your every celebration. 

How to Make the Tea Light Holder with cardboard

• Make the candle holder using square jewellery box

With the square jewellery box, you can turn your craft as creative as you want. Make a pyramid box, make a cubical pole for long candle holders, try to create single fancy cubicle decorative tealight candle holders, and many more.

Supplies:

• 3 Small square jewellery box (use only cardboard)

• Plain paper gift wrapping paper

• Scissor

• Watercolor / acrylic colour (chrome yellow and rustic red)

• White stones

• Diamond studded lace/ any fancy lace

• Glue

• Four baby bangles

Steps:

• Seal the three empty square jewellery box with plain paper gift wrapping paper. You can also use any blank paper if you want to seal the box thoroughly.

• Paint two boxes with rustic red and one box with chrome yellow colour.

• Now, create a mini pyramid by fixing the yellow box on two red boxes. Make sure to keep the two to three finger distance among boxes before fixing the yellow box on it.

• Take the four red colour baby bangles that must fit on the yellow box. Stick the four bangles together and adhere them on the box. If you don't have red baby bangles you can make the round tea holder using red glitter foam sheet.

• Use the studded lace to cover the edges of the red and yellow box.

• Fix the white stone to the entire top base of both the red base.

• Make the heart shape candle holder

Here, we are using a pastry box to make a beautiful candle holder. You can also take any square cubicle box and cut one side in a heart shape.

Supplies:

• Pastry box with heart shape opening

• Scissor

• Glue

• Pattern Craft sheet

• Acrylic colours

Steps:

1. Take the pastry Box with one side heart shaped opening. Cut the closing lit of the box with the help of a scissor.

2. Use a pattern Craft sheet and fix them on the outer surface of the entire box. Make sure to use light colored pattern sheets. 

3. Using acrylic colour, paint the inner surface of the box.

4. Now, your tea light holder is ready to adorn the table.

Note: If you also make the four side opening using the same heart shape cutouts. Just make sure to fix the transparent white gelatin paper on the cutouts.

• Make the candle holder using Pringles packet

You might have eaten the potato Pringles, right? So why not turn the Pringle container into a fancy long candle holder?

 

Supplies:

• 3 Pringles containers 

• Scissor

• Sandpaper

• Green glitter foam sheet

• Cardboard sheet

• Glue gun

• Jute strings

Steps:

1. Take the three Pringles containers and cut them into 5", 6", and 7".

2. Using sandpaper rub the cutted edges to make it smoother.

3. Measure the size and shape of the containers and cut the foam sheet accordingly.

4. Fix the foam sheet around the container with the help of a glue gun.

5. Mark the three round opening of the container on the cardboard sheet and cut them properly.

6. Using the same cardboard sheet, cut the foam sheet of the same size. 

7. Now, fix the cardboard sheet on the containers and on the top of it, stick the foam sheet properly.

8. To hide the fixed edges, stick the jute string using a glue gun taking four rounds on it.

9. Your creative fancy cylindrical candle holder is ready to adorn your tables.

Enlighten the Festival Using Decorative tealight candle holders

You can place this candle holders on the living room coffee table, corner table, on the floor with rangoli, in pooja room, bedroom, balcony, and anywhere you want. Moreover, you can also gift the Pringles container candle holders to your dear ones. If you are looking for something more exciting, get creative and we'll engrave the MDF Candle holder to present something outstanding to your dear ones. 

MDF t light holder offers the sturdy base which is ideal for all type of artwork. You can paint the base with acrylic colour, oil paint, pasco markers, and resin art on it.

Lit the festival with latest craft Ideas:

Now make the crafty tea light candle holders at home effortlessly. Hobby India offers you the extraordinary range of candle holders and Diya cutouts. You can buy the laser processed MDF tea light holder and customize them as per your taste of decor.