DIY Birthday Cake Tea Candles—Perfect For A Quickie Celebration!

/ Thursday, June 20, 2013



Hi there, friends! You know what's interesting? I noticed that most of my favorite bloggers all have June birthdays, like Leah Bergman of Freutcake, Naomi Davis of Rockstar Dairies, brilliant Jordana Rothman and Sarah Copeland of Real Simple (and Edible Living).
My birthday's coming up next week. I'm not an astrology whizz but it doesn't seem like a coincidence that the ladies I click with and admire the most all happen to share a birth month with me. Plus, Cancers are known to be domestically-focused and we all write about food/home-life in one form or another. What do you think!? 




In honor of this discovery, I'd love to share a quick little DIY with you: Birthday Cake Tea Candles! The idea came to me the other day and I've been dying to try it out. You just warm the tea lights until they're sticky, then sprinkle with—well—sprinkles! These candles would be such a cute addition to a celebration, don't you think? I chose to use Wilton's Rainbow Nonpareils but you could use any color combo you'd like (perfect if you have a specific color scheme for your party in mind). The project takes 5 minutes, start to finish. Here's how you do it...
DIY BIRTHDAY CAKE TEA CANDLES 

MAKES: 6 candles


6 white tea lights
1 tablespoon nonpareils 

1. Preheat the oven to 350˚. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. Arrange the tea lights on the prepared baking sheet and bake 3 minutes or until slightly melted. 
3. Immediately sprinkle the candles with nonpareils. Let sit 5 minutes, then shake any excess nonpareils off onto the baking sheet. (Roll up the parchment for easy clean up.)
  
Two (quick) questions for you before you pop off: 1. Do any of you have June birthday's too? Fill a girl in! 2. Do you have any other suggestions for easy birthday DIY projects? I'd love try a few over the weekend—let me know! xox Erin 

12 comments

  1. This idea is outstanding! xo June babies rule the world. :) xo

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    1. We do kind of rule, right!? xox Thanks so much Leah!

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  2. How funny - all of my favourite people have June/July birthdays including my 4 best friends and two sisters! Plus Jaws (it's his birthday today), he's pretty groovy too ;0)

    Sadly I'm a December baby, I feel a little left out of the cool gang!

    Love these candles, will definitely try them out. x

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    1. You can be an honorary June baby, Bea!! Welcome to the club :) So funny that you have so many June-ies in your life. Glad you like the candles, let me know if you try 'em xoxo Erin

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  3. Yes! My son turns 18 tomorrow! Love this idea! I will have to make this sometime!

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    1. Happy Birthday to your son, Liz22! Thank you so much. xox

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  4. LOVE this Erin! So cute - pinning! Oh and happy birthday!

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    1. Thanks so much Kimberly, and thanks for pinning :) xox

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  5. That moment when you see something inspiring in blogland, click on it, and it leads to the blog of someone you know and admire! (Yes, this just happened ...hopping over from Dream a Little Bigger's Tumblr.) Lovin' these, Erin. Featuring them on my blog later today! (Hope that's cool with you.)

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  6. http://www.thinkingcloset.com/2013/07/05/the-friday-five-a-jig-in-a-tiny-little-hat/

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  7. Huzzah! Thank you SO very much for sharing, Lauren!! I'm such a big Dream a Little Bigger fan—so excited that she posted these :) What an honor to be on The Thinking Closet, too! xo Erin

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  8. Any chance you could heat the top of these with a hair dryer instead of putting them in the oven?

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