DIY A Stunning Floral Candle Holder For Spring With Dollar Tree Items

When spring flowers are on their way, why not whip up a spring floral-inspired candle holder to satisfy your eyes until the season's first blossoms burst forth? Refresh your home for spring with a candle holder sporting a greenery-studded base and beaded arch. Make one for under $10 using only Dollar Tree wares. A flameless candle flickering against faux flowers and leaves under a graceful arch is a pleasant project for an April-showery day.

Load your Dollar Tree basket with a pack of 4.5 by 4.5-inch Crafter's Square Wood Planks, a Crafter's Square Wooden Bead Wreath, floral foam, your choice of flowers and greenery, and an LED candle. A basic Luminescence Battery-Operated LED Candle is a classic lighting option, but Dollar Tree's LED candle/lantern selection opens up possibilities for variation like metallic or glitter pillars, small votives, crystal table lights, or even light-up figurines.

While you're in the crafting aisle, take a peek at the paint colors available, since the brown wooden beads on the wreath look equally, if not more, lovely with a coat of coordinating paint. As for tools, grab a glue gun and painting supplies (if you're going that route) from your home crafting toolbox and a serrated knife from the kitchen.

Get ready to decorate your home with flowers! Remove several beads from your wreath so that you'll have a bit of exposed wire. You can also remove about half of the beads for an arch composed of both exposed wire and beads. If you want to paint your beaded wreath, now's the time; just make sure that the paint is fully dry before moving on to the next step.

Press the clasp area of the wreath against a tabletop to flatten the wire slightly. Use the serrated knife to cut a block of floral foam to match the size of one of your square wooden planks, and glue the foam atop the plank. If you're a fan of pool noodle hacks and have an unused piece lying around, swap it out for the floral foam; this substitute makes floral arranging a piece of cake.

Slide the beads away from the clasp, and press the clasp area and bare wire into the foam. Add glue around the wire to hold it in the foam securely. Slide enough flower and leaf stems into the foam or pool noodle to hide its surface, but leave a flat section on the top center clear for a place to set your candle. Set your candle in place, and fill in any surrounding gaps with extra flowers or foliage.