Creating Fall-Inspired Cement Candle Holders: A Step-by-Step Guide

Hello and welcome to my channel, Cemon! Today, I'm excited to share with you a series of cool cement projects that you can try at home. If you're new to working with cement, I recommend checking out my DIY cement Planters video over on my Sea Lemon Channel. There are some tips in that video that will be helpful for this tutorial, such as what type of cement I like to purchase and how to use it.

For this project, we'll be making fall-inspired cement candle holders that are perfect for holding tealights or larger candles. You can customize the size of the holder by using a larger mold or adding multiple tealights. To get started, let's talk about our materials. For this single tealight holder, I'm using a paper coffee cup as the mold and craft foam to create a fall leaf design.

To create the leaf design, I'll draw out a couple of leaves with a pencil and then press hard on the lines that I made so that it creates an embossed look. Then, I'll trim those out and add pieces of double-sided sticky tape to the back of the leaves. With the leaf design facing in toward the center of the cup, I'll stick them inside. This will create a unique and beautiful fall-inspired design on our candle holder.

For the next candle mold, I'm using an empty Milk Carton and cutting the top off so that there's an easier opening to pour the cement into. To make the candle shape for the inside, I'll trace my candle onto a piece of craft foam and do this twice to fit two candles into the holder. I'll cut two circles for the bottom and then a strip to wrap around the candle to get its shape. With all the pieces taped in place with the candle inside, I'll use craft foam because it's much easier to remove when the cement is dry.

I'll do one more step to make it even easier to remove from dry cement - I'll brush on a coat of vegetable oil on any pieces of the craft foam. This will help prevent the mold from sticking and make it easier to clean. For the other candle holder, I wanted to see if masking tape would also remove just as easily, so I coated that one in vegetable oil as well.

Now, let's talk about mixing the cement. You'll need to pour your cement into a large bowl and add water as much as you need. There really is no perfect measurement - it's all about achieving a peanut butter consistency. With the mixture complete, you can then pour it into your mold and gently push the candle mold in.

You may also want to tap your container to release any air bubbles that might have formed during mixing. This will help ensure that your candle holder turns out smooth and even. For this particular mold, I'll add some weight on top of it so that it stays in place while it dries.

I did the same thing for the square mold but used fall-colored glass cut tiles to make a mosaic on top instead. To reveal our final holders after they've dried for 24 hours, we'll need to remove all of the molds and wipe any cement haze from the glass tiles with a wet paper towel. We'll also file off any rough sharp edges that may have formed.

The mold without craft foam was not as easy to remove, so I had to use a pair of pliers to kind of twist it out. But the rest of the mold came off pretty smoothly, and then I just filed down any rough edges on the top. I'm really excited to start using these candle holders with FAL scented candles - my personal favorite is apple or cinnamon and pumpkin. What's your favorite fall scent? Give this video a thumbs up if you liked it and don't forget to subscribe for more cement type projects.

If you'd like to see more of our handmade creations, be sure to add #httvhandmade to your posts and check out MaryAnn's concrete planters right here. I'll catch you all in the next video with another cool cement project. Bye!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhello it's Jennifer from cemon this week I'm bringing you a series of cool cement projects if you're new to working with cement I recommend checking out my DIY cement Planters video over on my sea lemon Channel there are some tips in that video like what type of cement I like to purchase and you can use those Planters as candle holders as well in this tutorial I'll show you how to make some fall inspired cement candle holders these are perfect for holding tealights or you can include a larger candle if you prefer or you can use a larger mold to customize it to hold multiple tealights okay let's get into it for this single tealight holder I'm using a paper coffee cup for the mold and craft foam to make a fall leaf design I'm going to draw out a couple of leaves with a pencil and then press hard on the lines that I made so that it creates an embossed look then trim those out and and on the back of the leaves add pieces of double-sided sticky tape then with the leaf design facing in toward the center of the cup stick them inside now for this next candle mold I'm using an empty Milk Carton and cut the top off so that there's an easier opening to pour the cement in to make the candle shape for the inside I trace my candle onto a piece of craft foam and did this twice so that I can fit two candles into the holder so I cut two circles for the the bottom and then a strip so that I can wrap it around the candle to get its shape and taped all the pieces in place with the candle inside I used craft foam because it's much easier to remove when the cement is dry you can remove the candle once your shape is all taped in place and then I'm going to do one more step which makes it even easier to remove from dry cement and that's vegetable oil so I'm just going to brush on a coat of vegetable oil on any pieces of the craft foam and for the other candle holder I wanted to see if masking tape would also remove just as easily so I coated that one in vegetable oil as well and did the craft foam ones but you will later see that the craft foam is better now to mix the cement pour your cement into a large bowl and just add water as much as you need there really is no perfect measurement it's just you want to keep stirring in water and cement until you achieve a peanut butter consistency pour the cement into the mold then push the candle mold in and you can also tap your container to release any air bubbles the candle mold might float up while it dries so you can put a weight on top of it so it stays in place I did the same thing for the square mold but for this one I'm using fall colored glass cut tiles to make a mosaic on top and added some weight to the tealight holders like nail polish bottles make the perfect size for these so I put those in and let the cement dry for 24 hours after those are dry now it's time to reveal the final holder so I removed all of the molds wiped any cement haze from the glass tiles with a wet paper towel and filed off any rough sharp edges the mold without craft foam was not as easy to remove so I had to use a pair of pliers to kind of twist it out but the rest of the mold came off pretty smooth and then I just filed down any rough edges on the top I really love FAL scented candles so I can't wait to start using these I would love to know what your favorite fall scent is mine is an apple or cinnamon and pumpkin I basically like all of the Fall sense really so give this video a thumbs up if you liked it and if you make any cement projects I would love to see your pictures so add a # httv handmade to those be sure to subscribe and for another cement Type Project Check out MaryAnn's concrete Planters right here and I will see you soon with another cool cement project byehello it's Jennifer from cemon this week I'm bringing you a series of cool cement projects if you're new to working with cement I recommend checking out my DIY cement Planters video over on my sea lemon Channel there are some tips in that video like what type of cement I like to purchase and you can use those Planters as candle holders as well in this tutorial I'll show you how to make some fall inspired cement candle holders these are perfect for holding tealights or you can include a larger candle if you prefer or you can use a larger mold to customize it to hold multiple tealights okay let's get into it for this single tealight holder I'm using a paper coffee cup for the mold and craft foam to make a fall leaf design I'm going to draw out a couple of leaves with a pencil and then press hard on the lines that I made so that it creates an embossed look then trim those out and and on the back of the leaves add pieces of double-sided sticky tape then with the leaf design facing in toward the center of the cup stick them inside now for this next candle mold I'm using an empty Milk Carton and cut the top off so that there's an easier opening to pour the cement in to make the candle shape for the inside I trace my candle onto a piece of craft foam and did this twice so that I can fit two candles into the holder so I cut two circles for the the bottom and then a strip so that I can wrap it around the candle to get its shape and taped all the pieces in place with the candle inside I used craft foam because it's much easier to remove when the cement is dry you can remove the candle once your shape is all taped in place and then I'm going to do one more step which makes it even easier to remove from dry cement and that's vegetable oil so I'm just going to brush on a coat of vegetable oil on any pieces of the craft foam and for the other candle holder I wanted to see if masking tape would also remove just as easily so I coated that one in vegetable oil as well and did the craft foam ones but you will later see that the craft foam is better now to mix the cement pour your cement into a large bowl and just add water as much as you need there really is no perfect measurement it's just you want to keep stirring in water and cement until you achieve a peanut butter consistency pour the cement into the mold then push the candle mold in and you can also tap your container to release any air bubbles the candle mold might float up while it dries so you can put a weight on top of it so it stays in place I did the same thing for the square mold but for this one I'm using fall colored glass cut tiles to make a mosaic on top and added some weight to the tealight holders like nail polish bottles make the perfect size for these so I put those in and let the cement dry for 24 hours after those are dry now it's time to reveal the final holder so I removed all of the molds wiped any cement haze from the glass tiles with a wet paper towel and filed off any rough sharp edges the mold without craft foam was not as easy to remove so I had to use a pair of pliers to kind of twist it out but the rest of the mold came off pretty smooth and then I just filed down any rough edges on the top I really love FAL scented candles so I can't wait to start using these I would love to know what your favorite fall scent is mine is an apple or cinnamon and pumpkin I basically like all of the Fall sense really so give this video a thumbs up if you liked it and if you make any cement projects I would love to see your pictures so add a # httv handmade to those be sure to subscribe and for another cement Type Project Check out MaryAnn's concrete Planters right here and I will see you soon with another cool cement project bye\n"