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Kids Craft: Decorated Candles and Matches – Mothers Day Project

April 17, 2010 By Spoonful of Sugar - 27 Comments

Emily asked me for some ideas for crafts for Mothers Day. One idea that can be easily adapted for kids is Decorated Candles and Matches.

Here are some candles I decorated last year for a project I was working on. Simply wrap the candles with strips of paper – you can use scrap booking paper, wrapping paper, pages from old books etc. Affix the paper with double sided tape, and tie a piece of ribbon around the middle. Kids could embellish the candles with all types of details – buttons, stickers, chip board accents – to put their own stamp on the project! Candles are relatively inexpensive if bought in bulk or on clearance if it is a group project.


Safety Tips – Ensure the recipient removes the paper before lighting the candle; remove the matches before giving the box to children to decorate.

The latest Marie Clarie Idees has a picture of some matches that have been decorated. Some citronella candles for outdoor use could be tied together for gift giving.

Martha Stewart also has some candle inspiration.

The gift can then be easily wrapped with plain shipping tags, kraft paper bags, paper doileys, and Japanese washi masking tape.

If you have any brilliant ideas for kids Mothers Day craft or have received a sweet gift from your child, please leave details in the comments or link to tutorials. I will do a follow-up post next week with all the ideas.

Posted by Lisa

Filed Under: Miscellaneous, Mother's Day, Uncategorized Tagged With: children's craft

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  1. suzitee says

    April 17, 2010 at 1:01 am

    The candles look great…simple yet so effective!

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  2. Linda says

    April 17, 2010 at 2:08 am

    I need to get my nearly grown up children to check out this post to give them some money saving ideas, off course they would be using my supplies! Then they will probably give me a card they i have made myself.
    LOL
    XX

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  3. Cathy says

    April 17, 2010 at 2:13 am

    These are great ideas Lisa. I love the candles especially. The chocolate chip cookie mix (all the dry ingredients) layered in a jar with the recipe wrapped around the outside of the jar is always a favourite around here! xo

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  4. Liesl (Hoppo Bumpo) says

    April 17, 2010 at 2:41 am

    The candles look really beautiful – what a lovely idea.

    Last year, our kindergarten got the kids to make a sweet papercraft gift. The children traced and beautifully decorated two cardboard hands, which were held together with a piece of ribbon the width of their armspan. One of the cutouts had a little “I love you this much” written on it. Definitely something sentimental to keep!

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  5. KaHolly says

    April 17, 2010 at 5:15 am

    Fun ideas! Thanks for sharing. I will,in turn, pass this along to others that I KNOW will appreciate your cleverness!

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  6. Heleen says

    April 17, 2010 at 7:41 am

    Lovely! great ideas!

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  7. Thimbleanna says

    April 17, 2010 at 8:16 am

    Another fun project Lisa — you always have the best ideas!

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  8. Tracy says

    April 17, 2010 at 10:10 am

    Such lovely treatments to dress up simple things! I like having a prettily covered match box handy–much more cheerful to look at, pick up, etc.! Thanks for always having so much fun here. :o) Happy Weekend ((HUGS))

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  9. Terriaw says

    April 17, 2010 at 10:12 am

    Lovely candle projects! I especially love the pink and black combo. These would make such great hostess gifts to have on hand.

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  10. Mandy says

    April 17, 2010 at 10:40 am

    Yet another colourful, interesting and inspiring post! Thank you for sharing. 🙂

    Reply
  11. Fiona @ Dragonfly-Crafts says

    April 18, 2010 at 1:53 am

    Great idea girls…..Thanks for the safety tips too.

    Reply
  12. Amanda says

    April 17, 2010 at 8:48 pm

    These are very pretty, never would have thought to decorate matchboxes 🙂

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  13. Maree: says

    April 17, 2010 at 11:51 pm

    lovely Ideas…You Girl’s are soo Clever..
    cheers

    Reply
  14. Jos says

    April 18, 2010 at 5:38 am

    Brilliant in it’s simplicity!

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  15. Noelia says

    April 18, 2010 at 8:13 am

    Just brilliant! When is the mother´s day there?

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  16. Melissa @ So Sweet Stationery says

    April 18, 2010 at 11:37 am

    Very Cute! I love the idea of decorating candles. I am throwing my sister a French Bridal Shower and the Pink, Black and White Candles would be perfect! Thanks for sharing!

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  17. myriamkreativ says

    April 19, 2010 at 5:29 am

    Wonful idea for mothers day gifts. I decorated wooden cigar boxes with scrap things last year with my day care childs and they loved it. I just stopped by with my latte an read every post I was missing and got lots of inspiration, thank you and have a great week Hugs Myriam

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  18. Lucy says

    April 19, 2010 at 2:03 pm

    I love your blog! We are a Mother and daughters blog also. 🙂

    Lucy, Molly, and Caroline
    http://www.mysticalrosedesign.blogspot.com

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  19. Suzie says

    April 20, 2010 at 12:26 am

    You always have great ideas! I like the gift bag with the tag, it is sweet!

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  20. Carrie P. says

    April 20, 2010 at 12:33 pm

    great ideas.

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  21. Handmade in Israel says

    April 20, 2010 at 10:20 pm

    The candles look beautiful – as always! Your blog is always so full of great ideas! Thanks.

    Reply
  22. Margaret says

    April 21, 2010 at 12:06 am

    Fantastic easy to do presents especially the matchboxes.

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  23. Jenny says

    April 21, 2010 at 4:18 pm

    Great idea-one i could easily do with the kids at school-thanks for sharing:)

    Reply
  24. Wendy says

    April 22, 2010 at 8:08 am

    Great ideas as usual! Really love the doll sleeping bags in your last post, Sophie’s doll might want to go camping with her this year…

    Reply
  25. Dogwood says

    April 22, 2010 at 10:19 am

    Very, very sweet and creative. I love all you ideas. I may be a “copy-cat.”

    Reply
  26. Anonymous says

    April 11, 2011 at 9:09 am

    the candles look nice, pitty one cannot lite them like that!

    Reply
  27. Anonymous says

    December 13, 2011 at 10:51 pm

    I will add this blog to my favorites, it is great.

    Reply

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