Homemade Gift Ideas: Pressed Flower Candle

Make a beautiful pressed flower candle for a lovely homemade gift. The women in your life will love this luxurious candle that's easy and inexpensive to make at home. Press your own flowers for use in this homemade gift idea or purchase pre-pressed flowers to make the pressed flower candle.

Homemade Gift Ideas: Pressed Flower Candle - Materials Needed

You'll only need a few simple materials to make this homemade gift. The first thing you'll need to make a pressed flower candle is, of course, a candle. You can use any size and color candle you like. In my experience, a white pillar candle looks the best for this homemade gift.

The other materials you need to make a pressed flower candle are pressed flowers, pressed greenery, tweezers, a toothpick, craft glue, decoupage glue and a paint brush.

Pressed flowers and greenery can be purchased at craft and hobby stores or you can press them yourself. There are numerous articles detailing how to press your own flowers so I won't go into it here. Look in the resources section for more information on pressing your own flowers and greenery to use with this homemade gift idea.

The other materials such as glues and paintbrush can be found at your local craft and hobby stores or ordered online.

Homemade Gift Ideas: Pressed Flower Candle - Step #1

The first step to make a pressed flower candle as a homemade gift is to pick up the pressed flowers and greenery with the tweezers. Then, using a toothpick, apply craft glue to the back sides of the pressed greenery and the pressed flowers.

Homemade Gift Ideas: Pressed Flower Candle - Step #2

The next step to make a pressed flower candle as a homemade gift is to arrange the pressed flowers and greenery on the front of the candle. Make this arrangement carefully in an aesthetically appealing manner. Once the arrangement is as you like it, allow the glue to dry completely before moving on.

Homemade Gift Ideas: Pressed Flower Candle - Step 3

The final step to make a pressed flower candle as a homemade gift is to apply the decoupage glue over the pressed flowers and pressed greenery on the front of the candle. Use the paintbrush to apply using the manufacturer's directions.

Now you've made a beautiful homemade gift: a pressed flower candle! Anyone would love to receive this gorgeous candle during the holiday season. Enjoy!