**Full Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links.
I love candles! I enjoy their yummy scents, the way the light flickers & bounces in their holders and how they provide light if the power goes out.
What I don’t love about them, though, is the actual flame that comes with the candle. That’s why I love LED tea lights so much. But LED tea lights are kind of ugly by themselves and deserve beautiful candle holders, right? And that’s when I decided to make Glitter Candle Holders!
While I adore the glitter-covered candle holders, my husband is not a fan. I am still using them, though!
What You’ll Need:
- Glass Votive Holders (77 cents each at Walmart)
- Chunky Glitter (88 cents per tube/color at Walmart)
- Elmer’s Glue
- Paintbrush
- Bowl and Funnel, optional
- LED Tea Lights
- Clear Sealer (spray form works best)
- Wax Paper
- Masking Tape
Directions:
- Using a paintbrush, quickly apply Elmer’s glue to your votive holder in the design you want.
- Over a bowl, cover the glue with chunky glitter.
- Set on wax paper and let dry for at least 6 hours.
- Repeat as desired.
- After the glue is dry, wrap masking tape around the un-glittered parts of the glass.
- Outside, spray the glittered glass with a clear sealer.
- VERY CAREFULLY remove the masking tape.
- Let dry at least 24 hours.
- Put one LED tea light in each glitter-covered votive holder.
- ENJOY!
Notes:
- I made two candle holders with the glitter INSIDE the glass container and that helps to keep the glitter contained, but I didn’t think they were nearly as pretty. Also, when you put turn the LED tea light on and off, you knock glitter off the sides.
- I tried using Mod Podge to hold the glitter in place on the outside of the votive holder, but it made the glitter look flat. (It didn’t matter what kind of Mod Podge I used.)
- The glitter doesn’t sparkly as beautifully when the room is DARK, but I still love the way these glitter candle holders turned out!
Would you make glitter candle holders? What color glitter would you use?
These are too cute! I will have to make some of these in pink for my daughters room (because if I make anything else in glitter for our house my husband might kill me lol).
I have cats, and cats can be jerks with flames. So I use heated wax melters, and electric tealights. These look really sparkly!
I love a little sparkle in my home! These look adorable, and could be personalized to any holiday or decor.
These are pretty! I think if my husband didn’t have a heart attack every time we get glitter out, I would totally make something like this! Maybe I can talk him into once it’s warmer outside. 😉 Yours turned out so cute!
Beautiful candle holders! Of course I would use purple glitter!
They are great! I have a bunch of those flameless candles from my “supposed to bring to the hospital in labor” and never used them. This would be perfect for those!
Yes! I am sure your older girls would love them!
Those are super cute and I agree the LED look ugly this is a cute way to hide them!
These are so pretty! I love the different colors the red candle holder shows in your light!
I had a glitter spill in my house about 4 years ago and I am STILL finding glitter occasionally, so I have since banned it in my house LOL. I would love a pink one, if someone else made it for me 😉
Those are adorable! I think these would be great in my room. Thanks!
That is the cutest. My daughter would love this. She loves anything with glitter.
These are really cute. I would use purple glitter. This gives me a reason to restock my craft supplies.
Those are pretty. Like stealing a little Christmas joy without being overtly Christmas. I like it! 🙂
These are beautiful! I can see myself making them for every holiday. Great way to save $$ on holiday decorations, too.
I made glitter votives for my daughter’s Tangled birthday party using double sided tape. It worked ok, but there was a lot of glitter shedding. I need to try this method.
These glitter candle holders are so cool! My daughter would love something like this for her room.
I love the glitter! This is just in time for spring!
I love any type of DIY craft! I love anything that sparkles, so this is right up my alley :).
Those are really cute,They would look great in my office room.
I don’t use candles very often. Although I love glitter, I won’t make glitter candle holders.
Those look awesome! I know my daughter would love them!!
Very cute candle holders. I love having candles all around my house and it there is glitter, I like it even more.
LED tre lights are such a great thing. I have a couple in the house and I do not have to worry about the kids touching them. So much better then real candles.