Slatted Candle Holder

The blog post from http://sacrafters.blogspot.ca/2013/01/altered-tin-can-with-cloth-pins.html was so beautiful.  Definitely, this can be a craft replicated for special occasions, such as weddings or birthdays.  Though this craft had more detail in it, I wanted the children to experience more intricacy this project to add more depth of perception and patience in character.

Our class had our hand at doing this craft November 2013. Instructions called for a small tin can, but there was no way that we could eat 20 cans of tuna.  I saw these paper clip holders at the Dollar Store so I bought those instead. (If you do use actual clip holders, make sure your candle is encased in a glass jar, or you will have to deal with melted on floor, table, etc.).

Again, I have to apologize for a lack of photos for various reasons.  The top one is never knew that one day I would do a blog. And the other, well, I'm not a good photographer and most of my pictures were to blurry to present to the public. But never mind the excuses, don't you think this is doable for any art class?

The most tedious for me was cutting out all those strips from different patterned scrapbook papers.  Yep, the kids out to choose which papers they want and I had to get cuttin'.

Our class did not go the extra distance to add flowers and lettering on our holders because I didn't want the project to be too long for the kids. That would have been the icing on the cake.

Supplies:
1. clothespins
2. scrapbook papers
3. cutting board
4. tin can, or paper clip holder
5. water colors
6. sponge brushes
7. glue (Mod Podge)
8. scissors
9. candles
10. hot glue gun

Directions:
1. paint clothespins (sacrafters.com painted their tin can, we left out this step); let dry
2. cut strips of paper the width and length of clothespins
3. glue strips onto clothespins
4. hot glue clothespins around tin can

Duration:
Our class took four days to complete this project. The kids had to adjust the length of the strips themselves.