Many people associate the New Year with a lot of lanterns, lit candles, sparkles, tangerines and Christmas decorations. Well, where there are festive candles, there should be elegant candlesticks. Fairy-tale candlesticks can be made with your own hands on New Year that will delight the household and create a warm cozy atmosphere.

Types of candlesticks

An original and elegant decor for a holiday can be built from a variety of various materials, embodying any most daring idea. What can be New Year's candlesticks:

  1. From glass. Transparent glass candlesticks - the easiest standard version decor. They will personally fit into any style, especially suitable for Minimalism or Loft. To create such a decoration, it is enough to take a transparent vase, wine glass, glass or glass stand, place a candle of any color suitable in size inside. Don't forget to put some melted wax on the bottom to secure the candle well. By placing candlesticks on a windowsill or a ceremonial table, you will create a unique fairy-tale atmosphere.
  2. Transparent glass with trim. This option is more complicated than the previous one, since here we will decorate ordinary glassware or jars with festive decor. It can be lace, ribbons, sequins, braid, bows or patterns. You can also cut out figures from plain paper and glue on glass. Keep your decor away from the edge of the jar to avoid fire.
  3. From polyurethane foam. Candlesticks can be made with your own hands for the new year and from polyurethane foam. We need old items in the form of small containers that need to be finished with foam on the outside. We let the structures dry for a day, at the end you can cut off the excess with an ordinary knife, giving the candlestick the desired shape. Then you can paint the resulting decoration in any color or decorate with sparkles, glitter, pebbles and bows.
  4. Gingerbread. This option is suitable for those who love to bake. Candlestick cookie - original solution, which can give even more home comfort. You can bake gingerbread cookies or gingerbread in the form of stars, houses, various animals or snowmen. You can decorate such a candlestick with food coloring, glaze.
  5. From branches. This decor is suitable for rustic style, Country and Eco. You can use small twigs, brushwood, hay and pieces of logs. We collect a bundle of any size and shape, decorate with cinnamon sticks, tangerine peel, ribbons, berries or small New Year's toys. Candles in this design must be installed on metal stands so that the festive decoration does not catch fire. Stands can be cut out of cans on their own, it is better to mark candles short and stable.
  6. Snow covered. Candlesticks can be made with your own hands for the new year, using painting. We will need acrylic paints, brushes and a transparent glass container. First you need to degrease the jar, and then proceed to create a New Year's drawing. You can depict snow-white houses on a blue background, snowmen or a beautiful Christmas tree. On the neck, you can create an imitation of icicles with glue or wax. Also, glitter, pieces of cotton wool or beads can become decorations.
  7. From needles. Here you can use New Year's wreaths as a frame, place coniferous branches inside and place stable candles for reconciliation. You can decorate with multi-colored ropes, ribbons or beads.
  8. Citrus. Use tangerine or orange zest and cut additional holes in it. Try to carefully remove the zest so that you can easily place the candle. A dried slice of orange, cloves, cinnamon sticks and star anise can serve as a decoration. This decor will give a unique citrus aroma, reminiscent of the upcoming holiday.
  9. Floating lights. To do this, we need a wide beautiful container where you need to pour water and place small candles. This design suitable for creating a romantic and mysterious atmosphere in the room. Outside, such a plate or vase can be decorated with tinsel, ribbons or beads using glue.
  10. Country style. The photo below shows how to make such candlesticks with your own hands for the new year. This design will give a feeling of closeness with nature, make the atmosphere in the apartment cozy and comfortable. To create such a candlestick, we need ordinary thick candles and thick ropes. We wrap the ropes around the candle, first apply a layer of glue on it. You can decorate this design with small cones, sprigs of needles, clusters of mountain ash or beads.
  11. Festive tin. In a jar, you can cut out any pattern and ornament using a sharp clerical knife. From above, we cover the future candlestick with a layer of acrylic paint, you can additionally glue the handle to make a festive lantern.
  12. Decorate candles. A candlestick can also be created using coffee beans, dried berries, beads or nuts. To do this, we only need a small glass or metal stand where we place the candle.
    From below we fix all the decoration with glue and let it dry. It turns out something like a New Year's application.

Unusual ideas

With the help of modern fresh ideas, you can create candlesticks for every taste with your own hands. Here are the original ones:

  • From plastic. Candlesticks can be made from a plastic jar or bottle with your own hands, which is just right for the new year. We cut off the upper part from a plastic jar or bottle, at the bottom you can cut out petals, a beautiful ornament or lace. We paint the container with a dense layer of acrylic paint, decorate with glitter or beads.
  • Glass lantern. We need a common glass jar, paint and masking tape. We cut out any figure from the masking tape (star, heart, deer, snowman, etc.), glue it on a jar, paint on top with a dense layer of thick paint. When the paint is completely dry, carefully remove the masking tape, place the candle inside, and the New Year's lantern is ready.
  • In the form of angels. Figurines of angels need to be made of thick paper, covering such beauty on top with paint from a spray can of golden or silver color. Paper angels can be created different sizes and shapes, and candles are suitable for both conventional and safe LEDs.
  • Paper cones. To create such a candlestick, we use multi-colored thick paper sheets. On paper, we mark the fold lines of the cone with a pencil, draw figures of Christmas trees, stars or hearts at the same distance, make cuts without finishing. Then we twist the sheet of paper into a tube and fix the edges with glue. Creating candlesticks with your own hands for the new year is shown below in the video master class.
  • Dot perforation. You can decorate a New Year's candlestick not only with curly cuts on paper, but also with small punctures. Thus, you can create any pattern and depict any pattern. In this case, carnations, a sharp awl or thick needles are used. On thick paper, first we outline the boundaries of the future pattern, make holes, and then turn it into a cone. Here, by the way, figures of Santa Claus, snowflakes, deer, stars or dogs will come in handy. Sometimes such candlesticks are made in the form of a house, depicting a roof and snow-covered windows. It makes a very nice Christmas present.
  • Quilling. This technique involves the creation of paper twists. various shapes and sizes. To create such a candlestick, you will need multi-colored paper, cut into thin strips. We wrap thin pencils, pens or toothpicks in stripes. Then we place the resulting spirals inside small cones-blanks, give any shape with our fingers (for example, pointed petals) and fix with glue. We glue such twists together, creating a small circle. You can use elements of different sizes and colors, arranging them with each other. We use beads and sparkles as decoration, put a candle in the middle and an elegant quilling candlestick is ready.
  • CDs. Candlesticks can also be made from disks with your own hands, such a decoration for the new year is suitable for Hi-Tech, Futurism, Modern or Loft style. To implement this idea, we need several CDs, glue and New Year's holiday decor of your choice (twigs, sparkles, artificial snow, ribbons, beads, etc.). We place a candle on the disk, fix it with glue or wax, around the candle around the perimeter of the disk we begin to glue the decor.
  • Knitted decor. This design is suitable for crochet lovers. Use a star or snowflake template. It turns out an original candlestick in the style of Hand-Made, which can be presented as a New Year's gift.
  • Cinnamon frame. Use cinnamon sticks to create a New Year's candlestick. To do this, simply glue the cinnamon to each other in a circle, place the stand with the candle inside, and the candlestick is ready. Outside, the sticks can be decorated with strings and a bow, dried berries, star anise or cloves can be glued. You can also cut out figures from orange peel or glue dried slices of tangerine or orange. This option looks simple and not pretentious, but it gives a unique aroma and a sense of an approaching fairy tale.
  • A simple technique for sculpting from ordinary dough. You can create holiday candlesticks from salt dough with your own hands, this is a great New Year's gift for friends and family. Knead the dough (flour, sunflower oil, salt, soda, water) and gently roll out. Now it remains to cut out the New Year's figures, you can use templates or cut by eye. To prevent the dough from breaking and cutting easily, do not forget to periodically moisten it with water. We put a small candle in the center of the resulting figure and press lightly to create a notch. Then we leave the dough candlesticks to dry on the windowsill, after which they can be painted in any color. Artificial snow, beads, sparkles are used as decor, and you can also draw a beautiful ornament or patterns yourself.
  • Country option. If you decorate country house or an apartment in American or Country style, you can use a wooden snag or log as a candlestick. In skillful hands, even these items will acquire a beautiful shape and become an excellent addition to the interior. Small recesses can be made in them, where small candles are later placed. As a decor, use spruce twigs, Christmas decorations or beads. This design will create a warm atmosphere of home comfort. In this case, even an ordinary snag can become a work of art, and everyone can make such candlesticks for the new year with their own hands.
  • From sea salt. Sea salt crafts are very popular when creating New Year's decor, as they resemble snow-white snowdrifts and ice crystals. To create a candlestick, it will be enough to paste over any container for a candle sea ​​salt. At the same time, you can turn on the fantasy by creating various New Year's figurines or icicles. Salt can also be poured into a transparent jar and inserted into several long candles. So it will look like the candles are placed in a small snowdrift. You can decorate such a candlestick from the outside with ribbons, cones or beautiful painting.
  • Glasses on legs. Glass goblets are also suitable for creating festive candlesticks. Outside, the container is decorated with green fir branches, artificial snow from a can, and sparkles. Inside you can put tinsel or a small LED garland. Sometimes inverted glasses are used, and candles are placed on top of the legs. It turns out the so-called dome at the bottom, under which you can create a beautiful decorative festive composition. For this, cones, berries, New Year's toys, glitter, tinsel fringe, origami, ribbons or coniferous needles are used. How to create beautiful candlesticks with your own hands for the new year from glasses is shown in the photo.

Do you want to decorate your house for the holiday or just create an atmosphere of comfort in it? Then just decorate the dining table, shelves and consoles with candles. And to save on buying a lot of candlesticks, we recommend making them yourself. In this material, you will learn 7 ideas for making candlesticks from easily accessible, improvised and even waste materials in just one evening.

Idea 1. Candlestick made of wooden cuts

A saw cut of a tree is an almost ready-made candlestick, beautiful, environmentally friendly and versatile. It will be appropriate in or interior design all year round, including New Year's Eve.

How to do it: You can make your own saw cuts, but it's faster and easier to buy ready-made saw cuts, which are sold in many online stores and craft stores. "Ready" saw cuts are good because they do not have splits and cracks, they are properly dried and can already be sanded. You can pick up saw cuts of different diameters, heights, different types of wood and make a whole set of candlesticks. You can make a cell for a candle in a saw cut using a drill with a forstner drill (about 150 rubles) or another drill that can make a blind round hole of the diameter you need (for example, it can be a “ballerina”, a wood crown, a spiral or drill bit, etc.).

Idea 2. Wooden block candlestick

And here is another idea for making a candlestick out of wood with your own hands, however, this time from a bar. However, you can replace the bar with a dried log or board right size.


How to make it: To make a large wooden candlestick with your own hands, you will need:

  • Dry planed or unplaned wooden block (better wider so that the candlestick is stable). In this master class, a 100 × 100 mm bar was used.
  • A drill and a Forstner drill of a suitable diameter (for your candles) or any other drill that can cut a blind round hole of a small depth of 0.5-1 cm or more. A drill with a diameter of 50 mm was used here.
  • Square.
  • Roulette.
  • Pencil.
  • Hammer.
  • Stain of the desired color, rags or brush.
  • Latex gloves.

Step 1. First of all, you need to cut a piece of the desired length from the bar with a saw or jigsaw. In this project, the candle holder was made to decorate a large table, so it is 90 cm long. Think about how many candles your candle holder will hold, and how much space there will be between them. Then mark the cut line, cut off the bar and lightly sand its end with sandpaper.

Step 2. Next, you need to draw markings on the bar for placing candles. To do this, first determine the length of the indents from the edges of the candlestick (in this MK there are indents of 7 cm), then simply place the candles on the bar with equal intervals, circle them and mark the center of each circle with a dot.

Step 3. Using a drill and a Forstner drill, cut blind round holes of small depth. Do not worry if the edges of the cells turn out to be rough, for our rustic candlestick this is only a plus.


Step 4. Give the tree an aged and sloppy look by tapping the ends of the candlestick with a hammer. You can make dents in only a few places or on all visible sides of the bar.

Step 5. Now you need to give the tree color, while maintaining the visibility of its pattern and beautiful texture. To do this, simply rub the stain with a soft cloth into the surface of the product in one layer, and then let it dry.

Here's what you should get.

Idea 3. Candlestick from a bottle

Glass bottles make not only elegant or vintage candlesticks, but also caps. Here are some ideas that you might like and that are very easy to implement.

Such candlesticks, made by hand from cut bottles, can be beautifully packaged and presented to loved ones.

How to do it: There is nothing easier than making a candlestick from a bottle with your own hands, as in the photo above, because for this you just need to cut it and fill it with wax with a wick, or just put a small candle. There are two ways to cut a glass bottle.

  • Method 1: Soak a thick cotton thread in alcohol (eg nail polish remover), then wrap it around the bottle. Light the thread with care and immediately begin to rotate the bottle around its axis so that the fire spreads along the entire length of the thread. Now immerse the bottle in boiling water for 3 minutes, and then immediately transfer it to a container with cold water. Due to a sharp temperature drop, the glass will crack where the burning thread was tied. True, if the glass is too thick, for example, like a bottle of champagne, then the procedure will have to be repeated 2-3 times.
  • Method 2: If you have a glass cutter or glass drill, then you can use them. Wrap the bottle with a hair tie, and then draw a line along its contour with a glass cutter. Burn the cut line, immerse the bottle in boiling water for 3 minutes, and then quickly transfer it to cold water.


When the bottle breaks, sand the sharp edge first with coarse sandpaper and then with fine grit.

Now that the candlestick is almost ready, you can insert the wick into it, fix it in a vertical position (eg, with Chinese sticks as shown in the photo) and finally fill it with pre-melted paraffin.


Idea 4. Candlestick from a glass or tin can

Banks are another improvised material from which you can quickly and easily make a candlestick. In this collection of photos you can get ideas for decorating Christmas candlesticks.

In this video you can see a master class on how to make a New Year's candlestick with your own hands from a glass jar.

And here is an example of candlesticks that you can make with your own hands from a tin can.

You can see a detailed master class on making a candlestick from a tin can in the next video.

Idea 5. Gypsum or concrete candlestick

Concrete or gypsum poured into any container, drying, takes the form of a container. Thus, to make a candlestick with your own hands, you only need to find the right one. disposable container, For example, plastic bottle Or a yogurt box.

These cute concrete candlesticks were poured into yoghurt cups.

Concrete candlestick made with a plastic bottle

This candlestick was made of plaster in the shape of a balloon.

Gypsum candlesticks are made using disposable cups

You can learn the principle of working with mounting mixtures from the following master classes.

Idea 6. Candlestick-flashlight made of polymer clay

Polymer clay (plastic) is great for making figured or openwork candlesticks, in which the light from a candle decorates the walls with fancy patterns or plots. If you need to make a themed candlestick, say, for Halloween or New Year, or you just have an original idea, then we advise you to experiment with this material. Next, we present a selection of photo ideas for lanterns and candlesticks made of polymer clay.

Who said that all beautiful products for New Year's decor must be purchased ready-made? We use numerous practical ideas, we will create a special and stylish New Year's candlestick with our own hands. Today, the editors of the site decided to help their readers in this pleasant and not too troublesome business with useful tips.

Read in the article

Candles for the New Year: a decorative and useful role

What gives us the light of a New Year's candle? This is a combination of magical shimmer with and green needles, with and the rest. This is a truly festive dim light, perceived by us as something unshakable and traditional. Our task is to provide this fabulous radiance with a worthy frame.

Key zones are decorated with candles, so it makes sense to awaken the creator in yourself and create with your own hands such a useful and thematic thing as a New Year's candlestick.

How and from what materials you can make a New Year's candlestick with your own hands: choose the best way

It may very well be that you don’t even need to leave your home to create a creative product: depending on the method chosen, you probably already have everything you need at hand. But if a couple of some components are missing for a future miracle, this is no reason to give up. Consider best options candlesticks and plunge headlong into the work.

Making a candlestick with your own hands: we use glass goblets

In any kitchen there are several glass goblets. For a while new year holidays they are destined for a solemn role, so we prepare candles and suitable material- Tonight, a lovely luminous craft will appear in the house!





glass candlestick

A do-it-yourself candlestick is easily obtained from a glass. The height of the dishes is not important; you can make a memorable craft from any glass cup.






How to cut a glass bottle - look at the video:


Magic and beauty with floating candles

To create DIY New Year's candlesticks with floating candles, you need not a master class, but impressive photos. Seeing once is worth a thousand words. From a small number of components, a special charm is obtained.




Forest gift for the New Year

Cones are full under everyone coniferous tree, and those who had cone stocks in the winter were completely lucky. Cones can be used to decorate a holiday in eco-style, rustic style and rustic. Also, this natural material is easily colored and thus fits into any style.


Fir branches plus candles

A chic New Year's candlestick with your own hands is obtained from spruce branches. In early December, it’s too early to do such a craft - the needles quickly crumble, but closer to the holiday date, it’s worth going for a sprig of spruce. As an option, you can use artificial spruce branches, then the product will remain decorative for many years.





DIY citrus candlesticks for the New Year

Orange and lemon can be used not only for food: they are a fragrant base for candles. For manufacturing, you will also need a template for decorative elements.



Salt Dough Candlestick

Take a glass of flour, a glass of fine salt, a tablespoon sunflower oil and 125 g of water. It turns out a dense and pliable dough, from which you can make a lot of amazing and durable gizmos. If you plan to dry the product in, then the craft will turn out to be more durable and beautiful. Air drying will take a long time.


Making your own wooden candlestick

Working with wood is fun, but not easy. If you want to certainly decorate the house with a wooden candlestick, then you may need a drill with a special nozzle, as well as sandpaper.




Let the light from the candles in the candlesticks made by you be warm and magical!

It's time to direct creative impulses into a practical direction with a festive flavor: we suggest using the editors of the site to make a fabulously beautiful New Year's candlestick with your own hands.

Shops offer such a wide variety that the expected question arises: why decorate candlesticks if the candles themselves are amazingly beautiful? But not every person is ready to purchase an unusual candle, but traditional New Year's wax products of white, gold, red and green flowers in need of a proper fit.



Perforated paper candlestick

To make a beautiful craft, you often need a minimum of materials. In this case, it is a glass jar, a simple pencil, scissors and a clerical knife. A cutter knife is best, but not every home has one.


bottle candlestick

As a convenient and non-standard do-it-yourself candlestick for long candles, glass wine candles are ideal.




The romance of floating candles

If there are no unnecessary careless movements next to such a product, then the beauty of the resulting candlestick with floating candles can be enjoyed for quite a long time.





Cone candlestick

Those who are not too lazy and have collected cones will be able to enjoy the gifts of nature in the form of a beautiful product. When working with cones, hot glue, a dense substrate, acrylic or water-based paint, brushes, sequins, ribbons. The list of decor is not limited by anything except the wishes of the creator.


The entire decor of the cones is first painted and then glued on hot glue. You can not paint the cones: pour the finished craft with PVA glue and sprinkle everything thickly with multi-colored sparkles or colored sand.




Spruce branches and candles

Before you go for spruce branches, it should be noted that such a candlestick will not stand for a long time - spruce needles tend to crumble quickly. Therefore, it is better to acquire beautiful products from spruce branches right under.



DIY fruit candlesticks for the New Year

You can try to install a candle in the cut parts of apples, smearing the slices lemon juice, but it is best to give a truly New Year's charm due to aromatic natural crafts - we need an orange.



Salt Dough Candlestick

Decorate the house in a simple way possible with . Only 125 g of water, a glass of flour, a glass of finely dispersed salt and a little cream or sunflower oil - unlimited possibilities of creation are in front of human hands! To work with the dough, you will need a base for a candlestick, and which one - this will already be suggested by the author's idea.


To make patterns, use any molds that give prints. Leaves can be made by cutting the dough with scissors, and flowers can be made by rolling a strip of dough between your fingers.


A beginner should not come up with a large-scale work with a lot of dough: in order to get a product of rare beauty, skill is required, as well as the ability to properly dry the craft.

The product is left unpainted, or painted and varnished.

Making your own wooden candlestick

The tree pleases the eye with its texture and naturalness. To be able to place a candle in a wooden candlestick, you must first make it. And for this you need a drill with a special nozzle and a means for fire-fighting wood treatment.




Important! Fireproofing will protect the house from accidental fire due to candle fire, and safety issues come first.

Creative mood, new ideas and beautiful design New Year!

The New Year is a wonderful time to prepare for in advance. By this time, many different crafts are created, which are used to decorate the house or for gifts. Most original decoration for the New Year - this is a candlestick from a glass, which is very easy to make with your own hands for the new year. Indeed, this interesting craft can cheer up everyone and decorate the New Year's table.

How to make a candlestick for the New Year

Candlestick with thuja branches.

If you study our master class, then you can easily make New Year's candlesticks from glasses. Now we will offer you a simple option for making a candlestick. We hope that you will be able to like this craft and you will do it with pleasure. In order to make this candlestick, prepare:

  • small thuja twigs,
  • newspaper or paper
  • tall glass,
  • scissors and glue.

Progress:

  1. Making a glass should start with the fact that the thuja branches must be cut to the required size.
  2. Lay them out on paper.
  3. Next, apply glue to them with a brush.
  4. Now these branches should be pasted over the glass in a circle. Get the job done quickly. The glue shouldn't dry out.
  5. If the glue has dried, then carefully cut off all the excess with scissors.
  6. Now you should find a candle of the right size to place in the glass. As a result, you can get a beautiful candlestick that will perfectly decorate your interior.

Reversed candlestick.

If you do not know how to make a candlestick from a glass with your own hands, but really want to decorate your interior with a similar product, then you should pay attention to the following original product.

It is easy to make an original decoration for table decor. You must turn the glass upside down. On the base of the glass, it is worth installing a candle of a suitable size. In this case, the glass can be decorated in any way. It can be some kind of twigs or Christmas balls. See how many options you can make with your own hands.

But to make this composition, take an old CD to which you stick 3 glasses. Place small Christmas balls inside the glasses.

A glass painted with paints.

If you carefully looked at the photo. They realized that candlesticks made of upturned glasses in the New Year's decor look very beautiful.

If you use acrylic paints, then simple glasses will become a real work of art. You just turn on your imagination and paint these glasses as you wish. It can be: snowmen and Santa Claus, as well as other fairy-tale characters. Look at all the options we offer you.

Candlestick with a candle that floats.

A candlestick with a floating candle looks romantic and very unusual. In the middle of such a candlestick, in this case, you place a variety of balls, berries and twigs. Fill everything with water, and on the surface it is worth putting a small candle tablet.


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