Twig Candle Holder DIY
This gorgeous twig candle holder DIY makes fabulous fall or winter decor for your home! When you’re done with this, check out this pretty DIY wood trivet. This post contains affiliate links.
Fall requires an extra touch of warmth in the home. Thanks to gorgeous transitions, colorful leaves, and the harvest season, it’s a time to celebrate nature inside and out.
And what better way to do that than with a twig candle holder DIY project?
The perfect accessory for a mantel or sideboard, these twig candle holders are just so gorgeous. You can customize the size to what you need it for. You can line up a few of these on a table as a Thanksgiving centerpiece.
Since this twig candle holder DIY uses real branches, which is not a fire-safe material, I recommend only using them with LED candles and not a real flame. It’s just now worth the risk. You can get quite convincing results with the right LED candle, and it’ll be safer around the kids too.
When you’re done, check out these Thanksgiving place cards and thankful napkin rings for your table too.
What you need to make the Twig Candle Holder:
- LED candle – do NOT use this with a real flame. Make sure to get a candle that suits the size of your candle holder.
- Cardboard
- Cardstock – any color
- Hot glue gun with good quality glue sticks
- Scissors
- Hemp cord – optional
- A glass or other cylindrical item from your home to use as a template
- Twigs cut to about 10-12 cm lengths. I recommend a clean, relatively straight twig, with some variation in thickness among your twigs.
- Craft or utility knife
How to make the Twig Candle Holder:
1. Start by cutting your twigs to size. Use a craft or utility knife to help you do this.
They should be about 10-12 cm. in height. They’ll stand a bit taller than your base of your twig candle holder.
2. Cut a piece of cardboard about 8×23 cm and set it aside for now.
3. Trace the bottom of the glass on a piece of cardstock.
4. Draw another circle around it, leaving about 1cm between the inner and outer circles. Cut out around the outer circle.
5. Use the glass to shape your cardboard. Simply bend it around the glass and glue the two ends together to form the base of your twig candle holder. Don’t glue the cardboard to the glass. When the glue has set, slip out the glass to form the base.
6. Cut a few slits in the outer border of the circle, through to the inner circle, and fold it up to form some tabs. Glue the circle into the bottom of the cylinder you formed in the previous step to form the bottom/base. Note: you don’t really need a base, but this will make it easier to move around with the candle inside.
7. Start gluing your twigs in place around the perimeter of the cardboard cylinder!
Note: the tops can vary, but make sure the bottom is pretty much flush with the bottom of your cylinder to allow it to stand and be stable.
Glue them all around the perimeter until you meet the first!
8. If you’d like to, you can tie a piece of hemp cord around the candle to make it look like a gathered bundle of firewood. Total hygge!
Use only LED flameless candles in this twig candle holder DIY! It is not fire safe and you do NOT want to burn your house down.
How to make a DIY Twig Candle Holder:
Materials
- LED candle - do NOT use this with a real flame
- Cardboard
- Cardstock
- Hemp cord - optional
- A glass or other cylindrical item from your home to use as a template
- Twigs cut to about 10-12 cm lengths. I recommend a clean, relatively straight twig, with some variation in thickness among your twigs.
Instructions
1. Start by cutting your twigs to size. Use a craft or utility knife to help you do this.
They should be about 10-12 cm. in height. They'll stand a bit taller than your base of your twig candle holder.
2. Cut a piece of cardboard about 8x23 cm and set it aside for now.
3. Trace the bottom of the glass on a piece of cardstock.
4. Draw another circle around it, leaving about 1cm between the inner and outer circles. Cut out around the outer circle.
5. Use the glass to shape your cardboard. Simply bend it around the glass and glue the two ends together to form the base of your twig candle holder. Don't glue the cardboard to the glass. When the glue has set, slip out the glass to form the base.
6. Cut a few slits in the outer border of the circle, through to the inner circle, and fold it up to form some tabs. Glue the circle into the bottom of the cylinder you formed in the previous step to form the bottom/base. Note: you don't really need a base, but this will make it easier to move around with the candle inside.
7. Start gluing your twigs in place around the perimeter of the cardboard cylinder!
Note: the tops can vary, but make sure the bottom is pretty much flush with the bottom of your cylinder to allow it to stand and be stable.
Glue them all around the perimeter until you meet the first!
8. If you'd like to, you can tie a piece of hemp cord around the candle to make it look like a gathered bundle of firewood. Total hygge!
Notes
Use only LED flameless candles in this twig candle holder DIY! It is not fire safe and you do NOT want to burn your house down.
