VIDEO: Make your own christening candles

Noteworthy information about christening candles

A christening candle is a nice gift for baptism. The basic candle is cylindrical and white. It should be at least 25 inches high and seven inches in diameter. You can get white candle blanks for handicrafts in the handicraft shop.

If you would like to make a christening candle yourself, choose a color scheme. The decorations on the white candle have a predominant color such as blue, pink, or green. These colors are best complemented with silver or gold.

Use decorative wax sheets for flat decorations. In well-stocked craft shops you can also get ready-made wax motifs to apply to the candle blank. Round off your design with a gel pen for wax in gold or silver.

For a christening candle you need:

• a white candle blank
• colored wax sheets
• Gel pen for wax
• optionally ready-made applications

Make a beautiful christening candle yourself

Baptismal candles are with the date of baptism, the name of the person to be baptized and Christian symbolism decorated. You will find the baptismal motto on elaborate models. This is hard to do when you make the candle yourself. The cross, which is usually narrow and high on christening candles, a fish or a dove, is a symbol.

1. Print templates. Find yourself beautiful on the Internet, in books or magazines templates and zoom in or out as needed.

   

2. Cut out. Cut out the templates.

   

3. Place template. Place the wax strip on the countertop and the template on the right side of the same.

   

4. Trace the template. Run a pencil around the template with gentle pressure so that the pencil tip leaves a trace.

   

5. Cut out the wax part. Cut out the wax element with a craft knife or scalpel.

   

6. Stick on. Glue the cut out shape where you want it.

   

You have another option for designing and decorating with special wax design glue and smaller objects that are not flammable. Nice examples are small giveaways made of metal foil or garlands made of glass stones.