Candlesticks with their own hands on a lathe. Master class: we make candlesticks with our own hands from glasses, wood, cans, gypsum and plastic bottles. Candles in a bar

Any interior looks more interesting and cozy if it is filled with various accessories and details. It can be paintings, candles, decorative pillows. If you decide to decorate the room with candles, you can not do without candlesticks. In this article we will tell you how to make a candlestick out of wood with your own hands.

Materials and tools for making a candlestick:

• trimming timber 50 × 50 mm of different lengths (the cross-section of the timber may be different)
• shells or any other decor (buttons, pebbles)
• wood glue
• hot glue gun
• sea ​​green paint
• drill bit, the diameter of which corresponds to the diameter of your candles
• drill
• clamps

How to make a stylish candle holder

Pick up pieces of timber of different lengths, or saw the whole timber into pieces. Try to arrange them so that you get an interesting shape blank.

Glue the blocks with wood glue, tighten them with a clamp and let dry.

Drill holes for candles on the upper edges of the bars. In our case, the diameter of the holes is 22 mm, the depth is about 25-30 mm.

Finish all surfaces, corners and edges sandpaper. Decorate the candlestick. We chose a marine theme, so we used turquoise paint. You can choose the paint of your choice.

Paste the lower part of the candlestick with shells or other decorative elements. For this, it is best to use a hot glue gun.

Insert the candles into the holes. A stylish wooden candlestick is ready.

Original article in English.

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In this article, we will look at a few interesting options making a candlestick out of wood. The tree gives the house warmth, comfort, fills it positive energy. In combination with a bright flame, the tree will become a real talisman for your home.

Candlestick options

From tree roots

Every time you go for a walk or a picnic, pay attention to snags, old tree roots. Many of them are suitable for creating a candlestick. To do this, you only need to clean the snag from the bark, rub it with sandpaper, use a tool to make a small indentation to secure the candle.

And you can use the bark of the tree itself or part of a large trunk, something like this option may come out, as in the photo:

A good option will come out of the numerous rods of the tree. For this on wooden stand you need to fix in a chaotic manner a lot of branches of various thicknesses, but approximately the same length.

From logs

Do-it-yourself wooden candlesticks can be made using ordinary logs. If you are in the country or visiting the village, ask to be given a few round wooden firewood to create beauty. Bars will need centimeters 10-15. Use a drill to make a hole for the pill candle. Be sure to finish the edges with sandpaper. Now it remains only to install the candle and find a place for a new environmentally friendly candlestick.

But what can come out if you use a log sawn in half. Also make a few holes in the bark and install candles.

An even more original candlestick will turn out if you use a driftwood of an imperfect shape.

From a bar

Wood in this regard can be disposed of as we please. Let's take, for example, ordinary timber. The most elementary option is not to process the beam in any way, attach horseshoes on both sides and install small lamps from glass jars on top. As photo:

The beam will also be needed to create a whole chandelier. So, you will need several wooden blanks, they can be the same width, but different lengths. In each of the bars you need to make a hole for a candle. Then the bars are interconnected with glue. They can be painted and decorated, or they can be left in their original form so that the texture of the tree is visible.

Do-it-yourself wooden candlesticks come out the most sincere, because the tree retains the energy and warmth of your hands.

With wax

For example, a wooden candlestick can be made using its saw cut. You will need to melt a sufficient amount of wax in a water bath, prepare a few wicks, and then pour the wax into the cut. As a bottom, you can use some kind of metal substrate or a wooden plank.

Wooden twigs as decoration

Wooden twigs, well cleaned and well selected, can become a decorative finish on the glass base of a candlestick. Each branch can be glued to the base with a glue gun, or gently attached to glass container and tie with thread. You need to carry out such a procedure with each of the branches, it will turn out very original.

But such candlesticks will compete with any piece of contemporary art. They can be installed both in a hi-tech room and in a country style, they will also fit well into classic or modern.

From clothespins

Wooden clothespins? Wooden! So, the candlestick of them will also turn out to be wooden. As a base, you can use a pate tin. Then clothespins can simply be strung on a jar. And if you use a glass goblet or a glass, then it is better to attach clothespins with glue.

Such a candlestick can always be additionally decorated with dried flowers, stones, twigs and ribbons.

Something similar can be done using small plates of bark.

Arrangements with candles and wood

After all, it is not necessary and not always that candles should be dressed in some kind of special shell. On glass coffee table you have the right to create a composition from a saw cut of a tree, fragrant herbs and candles.

There can be any number of options. It can be an interesting snag, some scattered sand, shells, pebbles and candles.

It can be a composition from different cuts different trees, roots, cones and moss. Just make sure that there is no direct contact of materials with fire to avoid ignition.

You can also decorate a vase or a large glass with stripped driftwood, flowers, dried citrus slices.

Other decorative elements

This means that you can use all the derivatives of the tree and everything that is connected with it and may resemble it. For example, a large wide candle can be decorated with small cones, fixed directly on the candle itself. Or with cones, you can decorate the vessel in which the candle is placed.

Corks can be used in the same way, nicely placed around the vessel.

Candlesticks can also be made from plywood. This will take a little more effort and time. What will be required:

• plywood sheet;
• jigsaw;
• sandpaper;
• sketch template;
• old ballpoint pen.

Of course, this work also requires special skills, especially when working with power tools.

First you need to wipe the plywood well. Then transfer the stencil using a non-writing pen. This will be easy to do as the plywood will leave marks when pressed. You can also use special transfer paper for the sketch.

Now you need to cut holes in the details themselves, decorative holes. First of all, they cut them out, and then they cut out the details of the candelabra themselves.

After the parts are ready, they need to be cleaned. Now they are assembled, glued and varnished. As an additional decor, you can use burning or other techniques.

We offer you a sketch of the future candlestick, as well as a photo with its finished look.

Such a candlestick will certainly come in handy in the household and will be a beautiful addition to any interior.

We offer you to watch a video master class, get inspired, come up with something of your own, bring it to life and enjoy the beauty:

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Wood is an indispensable material for creating various original things that can decorate the interior of any apartment or house. Incredibly beautiful and stylish decorative elements are wooden candlesticks, which are quite easy to make with your own hands. Such candlesticks, even without a lit candle, always look very attractive and will attract attention if placed on an open shelf or coffee table.

wooden candlestick "heart"

Candlestick from old wooden bracelets

Designer wooden candlesticks are quite expensive, and the purchase of ordinary standard ones is not at all a reason for pride. Best Option will make wooden candlesticks with his own hands, and for this it is not necessary to have special skills.

Designer candlestick in the shape of a root

Candlestick "horseshoe"

From hazelnut branches

From thick wooden branches, saw cuts, snags and even thin twigs, you can quite easily make wonderful and very original candlesticks with your own hands, such as those shown in the photo. In addition to the fact that such an unusual element will become worthy decoration any room, a handmade wooden candlestick can be an excellent and unique gift for loved ones.

How to make a wooden candlestick with your own hands

One of the most simple ways to make an original candlestick out of wood is to use fairly thick branches; birch branches are perfect for this option.

birch candlestick

Operating procedure:

1. They need to be cut into pieces, about 10 centimeters high.
2. Inside each of them, using a drill, you need to make a recess for a candle.
3. The edges of the candlestick need to be processed with sandpaper, set the candle in the recess and you can enjoy the new decor in the apartment.

Making a hole with a drill

In addition to this method, there are also other options for how you can make a variety of wooden candlesticks with your own hands, without having to spend a lot of time.

5-6 candlesticks of different lengths create a beautiful effect

Gold plated wood

Just like the previous version, you can make candlesticks from any tree by peeling the bark from them and painting the base of the candlesticks with golden paint. Thus, you will give the candlesticks a more festive look.

Base painted acrylic paint from a can

From a thick whole branch

You can not cut a thick branch, but make a stand for several candles out of it. To do this, you need to lay it horizontally and make several recesses for small candles along the entire length. Such a stand will be an ideal decoration for the table, and will also look great above the fireplace.

From a solid cut of wood - looks great on the table

Candlestick from old driftwood looks great on the floor

From an old frozen tree

From a bar

Optional to create wooden candlestick you need to look for a suitable branch, you can make it using a piece of timber. It only needs to make recesses for candles in cups and attach metal horseshoes on the sides, which will serve as legs. The result will be very stylish element decor.

From a solid bar, and the old horseshoes on the sides are fastened with nails

If you were unable to find thick branches, this is not a reason to be upset. You can buy a candle in a glass jar and glue it around with thin twigs. Despite the fact that making such a candlestick is quite simple and fast, it looks just amazing!

Small branches are attached to the glass with "liquid nails"

Wood to wood is best glued with silicone glue

From old roots

From wood that has lain for a long time in water and from this has become very durable, and also acquired unusual shape, color and size, you can make just an incredible candlestick.

The principle of operation is quite simple:

1. You just need to connect together a few of these branches with silicone glue.
2. Glue metal bases for candles to the top of some.

This candlestick looks very beautiful and certainly will not go unnoticed.

Candlestick from old branches

Peeled and processed tree roots

Attaching the roots to each other with silicone glue

From wood that has lain for a long time in the water

Bark candlesticks

Openwork candlesticks made of wood look especially beautiful and bewitching, while making them is quite simple. In birch bark, you need to make holes of various shapes with a knife, and then insert a candle in a glass inside.

Birch bark candle holder

Candlestick made of thick branches

A very original and stylish wooden candlestick can be made quite simply with a minimum of effort.

1. To do this, you need to fasten the required number of candlesticks from branches to a stable stand.
2. In each of which, from above, you need to drive a nail and bite off the cap with pliers.
3. Then put candles on these pins, and decorate the candlestick with decorative elements.

Such a candlestick will become stylish decoration for any holiday.

Attaching a candle to a spoon

Attaching a candle to a regular nail

With hot wax

An unusually beautiful candlestick can be made from a small saw cut of a thick branch, making one large recess completely filling it with wax and inserting several candle wicks.

Set of candles made of apple wood

Wooden saw cut with wax

Candles with colored wax

In addition to the fact that unusually original and stylish handmade wooden candlesticks look especially beautiful, they will also last a very long time, delighting you with their appearance.

Do you want to decorate your house for the holiday or just create an atmosphere of comfort in it? Then just decorate dinner 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 varieties 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 a board of a suitable size.

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

• Dry planed or unplaned wooden block(preferably 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 segment from the bar desired length with a saw or jigsaw. In this project, the candlestick was made to decorate big table, so it has a length of 90 cm. Consider how many candles your candlestick will hold, and how much spacing 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. Cut with a drill and a Forstner drill blind round holes 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 just a few places or in all visible parties 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. crop glass bottle possible in two ways.

• 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.

A detailed master class on making a candlestick from tin can you can see 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 a suitable disposable container, for example, a plastic bottle or a yogurt package.

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 whimsical patterns or stories. If you need to make a themed candlestick for, say, 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.