Bloody Candlesticks!

Bloody Candlesticks!

Perfect for a Halloween Murder mystery dinner...

Red bloody drips all over black candles.

Start with RED taper candles...
make sure that the red color goes all the way through,
not just dipped over the last couple of layers.
(mine were given to us by an old lady...
and so I just scratched them with my fingernail.)

Spray paint or paint them black!
I sprayed them and it stayed sticky for a while...
they had to dry for a day and a half...when I do this again,
I will just paint with a brush...
it doesn't have to be perfect!

I did one candle at a time.
Put in a candle holder that you don't mind splattering with wax.

I started out using a lighter to get the drips going, but the lighter went out.
So I got a chopstick...the disposable kind from restaurants...
and burned it. It held a flame really well and made it easy to work the drips!

I wasn't going for subtle on these!

The kids all joined in the fun too!
We did 5 candles total.

A little charcoal drawing never hurt!


Love how the wick curled like that!

So fun! Perfect for Halloween!
The candelabra adds the crowning finish!

:)