Halloween Candelabra

Halloween Candelabra

Posted by on Oct 8, 2010 in Crafts, DIY, Halloween, My Favorite Projects | 7 comments

I’ve been busy working but haven’t finished anything so I thought I might as well post this project on my own blog so I don’t forget all about it a few years.  It was my guest tutorial on Tatertots & Jello, in case you missed it!

Halloween is a my daughter’s favorite holiday and she wants to decorate as soon as she sees the stores all decked out with their Spooky goods (which pretty much happens in July these days.)

I tell her we have to wait until October 1st before we put up the Halloween decorations or we really would go from Bunny Rabbits to Ghosts and Goblins.  We are working on some projects so we’ll be ready when the time comes!

The other day we went to Home Goods and saw two sparkly Halloween candelabras.
(You can’t tell from this picture but they were really beautiful!  You’ll just have to trust me.)
I was going splurge and buy them until I saw that they were $69 each!
And they didn’t even hold any actual candles!
So, I decided a homemade candelabra would be a great project.

 

I bought:

2-  old lamps (Goodwill - $3.99 and $1.99)

1-  chandelier (Thrift store – $10.)

1- 10 ft piece of 1″ PVC ($2.39)
1- 10 ft 3/8″ threaded rod (electrical department at Home Depot for $5.97)
1- bag of 3/8″ nuts ($0.98)

Now what?

I took apart the lamps by cutting the cords and removing the nuts and threaded rods.
The chandelier came apart in layers.
I removed these light bulb sockets but wanted to use the bottom plates for candles.

 

I needed this nut to hold the bottom plate in place.    I just bent it back and forth until it broke off!

 

Then I started unscrewing and cutting wires…

 

until I had a table covered with parts I’d have to try to remember how to put back together again!

I cut the threaded rod in half with a hack saw and spray painted everything black.
I used the base from one of the lamps that had a really heavy weight in bottom.
I layered the lamps with the larger one on the bottom and then played with the length of the PVC in order to get it to just the right length.
Put another nut on top and tighten it down!              More paint and it’s starting to look like something.

Re-attached the candle plates.

I decided to add a larger “plate” in the middle.  It was just sitting on that table of junk you saw earlier so I used it.  I’ll probably need it later for something else but whatever!
I just think it looks better that way.
Now, obviously, you could just leave it like this.
Throw some candles on there and be done with it.
I want to “bling” it up a bit!
I found these at the thrift store and yellow stickers happened to be half price so I got the whole bag for $1!

 

I hung them on a dowel and spray painted them with a gloss black.
I hung and draped and swagged them all over the candelabra.  Some of them I cut and hot glued around the outside edges so the beads would be well dispursed.

 

 

And that’s how you can make a Halloween Candelabra for $26.32.

Alright, so it’s not a $5 project but it’s better than $69.00!
Plus, I have another 5′ piece of threaded rod and PVC to make another something or other.
I’ve got something in mind
I’m sure I’ll get to it, eventually!

Happy Haunting!

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7 Responses to “Halloween Candelabra”

  1. Megan says:
    July 15, 2011 at 6:43 pm

    Love this…any chance you made the cat…love it too and would love one to go with my witch…thanks, Megan

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  2. melinda says:
    July 24, 2011 at 3:28 pm

    just started searching for some cute halloween ideas and saw this….you do beautiful work!! thanks

    Reply
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  4. Patty Atkins says:
    October 13, 2011 at 6:15 pm

    I loved this and made my own version for a hat rack. I linked to your site and this post. Such a creative idea.

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  6. smjk says:
    October 25, 2011 at 1:08 pm

    I am SO inspired by your amazing candelabra!!!! I’m going thriftstore shopping to find all the components and I’m going to try making my own!! It’s not just for Halloween…paint it any bright color and it’s perfect for eclectic homes!!! Thanks so much for inspiring me!!!!

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  7. Marcella says:
    April 19, 2012 at 4:32 pm

    I absolutely love your candelabra! I am going to have to try making one. Hopefully it will turn out as awesome!

    Reply

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