Summer Lights: Make A Trio of Hanging Candle Holders

Bring the beach to your patio with sparkly hanging candle holders! With a simple hurricane candle holder, armature wire, and crystal beads, you can create a glamorous mood light for your deck. And for that seaside look, add sea glass, sand, or seashells.

Make three hanging candle holders to hang at different heights  and you’ll have the beginning of a romantic beach getaway in your own backyard.

How To Make Hanging Candle Holders

What You’ll Need (for one):

armature wire, 10 feet (1/8 inch diameter)
silver craft wire, 10 feet (26 gauge)
1 garden S-hook (3 1/2 inches long)
3 lengths steel jack chain, 1 foot long each (#16 size)
hurricane candle holder (5 1/2 inches tall)
white pillar candle (3 inches tall)
4 pieces of sea glass
1 cup of sand, shells, or sea glass
4 clear acrylic gems with holes for beading
12 clear iridescent bicone beads
needle nose pliers
wire cutters

What To Do:

Step 1:

Wrap the end of a five-foot length of armature wire around the top of the candle holder one time.

Lock the wire tightly into place by folding the end back on itself as shown. Continue wrapping in the reverse direction, twisting three loops into the wire equally spaced around the perimeter to serve as hooks.

Give each loop an extra twist to tighten as you go.

Finish wrapping the wire and lock the end as before.

Step 2:

Wrap the bottom of the candle holder with a two-foot length of armature wire and lock as before.

Fold the long end under the bottom of the candle holder and fashion a swirl.

Step 3:

Create the “S” shapes by bending a nine-inch length of armature wire.

Make four total. Attach a piece of sea glass to each “S” using craft wire. Wrap with abandon!

Step 4:

Create the gem danglies by threading a large gem onto a six-inch length of craft wire.

Fold the wire in half and feed both ends through three bicone beads. Twist the wire into a loop and wrap the ends to secure. Make four total.

Step 5:

Attach three lengths of chain to the garden S-hook.

Open the bottom link of each chain using pliers and hook onto each armature wire loop at the top of the candle holder. Hang the candle holder.

Step 6:

Embellish by hooking three of the “S” shapes to the top lip of the candle holder and hang the last “S” shape from the bottom swirl of the candle holder.

Then add a gem dangly onto the bottom link of each chain. Hook the last one onto the bottom “S” shape.

Finish your candle holder by pouring one-inch of sea glass (or sand or shells) into the bottom of the candle holder. Set the candle inside. Pour the rest around the sides.

Now grab your sweetheart and get those flames a-burnin’!Colorful Twist: If your look is more ocean blue than seaside green, try using copper wire and cobalt sea glass instead.Lip Tip: Make sure you select a glass candle holder with a lip at the top. That way the wire won’t slip off when you hang it.

Tip For The Landlocked: Is your nearest beach a thousand miles a way? Take a trip to your garden center for a bag of sand. Use the leftovers to make a sandcastle!

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