DIY Upcycled Cinnamon Battery Operated Candle for Christmas

This battery operated candle craft for Christmas is quick and easy, but pretty to display as part of your Christmas decorations!

I’ve always liked candles, but it’s not always practical to keep them burning all the time with kids around. I discovered the battery-operated LED candles on Amazon (they even have a remote to turn them on and off!), but they aren’t the prettiest things and they were missing those great candle scents I love.

So, here is an idea to upcycle one of those battery-operated candles and give it a great cinnamon scent. Even if you have small children, you can enjoy this candle with no worry about fire!

Speaking of children and Christmas crafts, if you love cinnamon the way I do, you’ll also want to make these homemade cinnamon spice ornaments! This cinnamon playdough recipe is another fun one for the kids to try this time of year.

Cinnamon Battery Operated Candle Craft

Of course this project could be altered depending on the time of year. Just use different accents if you don’t want something Christmas-y.

Supplies needed:

• Battery operated candle
• Cinnamon sticks (baking ones have a more powerful scent)
• Red and silver glitter fold over elastic
• Some small small decorations, like Christmas pom poms or Christmas foam stickers (I love these cute little gingerbread houses!)
• Glue gun (this one comes with glue sticks)

Christmas Candle Craft Directions

1. Measure around your candle using your elastic.
2. Cut off 1.5″ inches smaller than your measurement.
3. Hot glue the ends of your elastic together.
4. Use the piece of elastic you cut off to hot glue around your rough edges that you had glued together.

5. Repeat these steps for your other color elastic.
6. Place your elastics around your candle.
7. No glue needed for this part! Just slide your cinnamon sticks into your elastic (your elastic will hold them in place).
8. Once you have your cinnamon sticks all the way around your candle add a couple small decorations! I used a large pom pom and a decorative branch.
9. Turn your candle on and no need to worry about a fire! Enjoy!

Merry Christmas!

You might also enjoy my DIY Christmas series with other decorations and ornaments.

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Author/Speaker/Consultant at Heart and Soul Homeschooling

Sara is a homeschool mom to 3 creative girls. She holds a degree in Social Work specializing in early childhood development, which led to her interest in individualized educational options like homeschooling. She believes that learning should be a lifelong adventure, not just a checklist to get through. She is a writer, avid reader, introvert (INFJ), and dreamer of dreams.

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