Today’s ornament is inspired by the classic Halloween movie favorite, Hocus Pocus. This candle is made of a real wax candle but I’ll show you how to make an easy black flame with a metal base that you can clip onto a branch of your Halloween tree or wreath. In the movie, the black flame candle was made from the skin of a hanged man so this dollar tree candle gets cut down and painted to look old, grimy and maybe…a little gross.
You will do some carving into the wax too. The original movie prop has a lot of intricate designs carved into it but this ornament is pretty small and I don’t know about you, but my carving skills are somewhat limited. So I had fun coming up with my own simple carvings for my miniature version.
I carved some parallel lines into the top and bottom to form a border and then decorated the rest of the space with a crescent moon, stars, lines, arrows and X shapes. You can use a craft knife and/or a sewing pin to carve small enough lines into the wax. Bring out your carving details with acrylic paint, which is painted on and quickly wiped off the surface, leaving paint in the carved grooves.
You will need:
A cheap taper candle
A craft knife
A sewing pin
Yellow, brown and black paint
Hot glue
An alligator clip
A Christmas ornament ball hanger for the base, just remove the hook
Follow along with my full YouTube video for this project and if you enjoyed this post, check out my series, 13 Days of Halloween Ornaments
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