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How To Make Wooden Candle Boards

September 15, 2020 by Sharon

Wooden candle boards are becoming popular online. Have you seen them? They are great for birthday pictures as well as home decor.

I spent a lot of money to buy candles and a board for my sister to have at her 60th birthday celebration. Unfortunately, the candles didn’t make it soon enough. Sadly, the company didn’t care.

Dr. T assured me that if I could find the candles, he could make whatever boards I wanted. We set out this past weekend to make a fall decor board and a birthday board.

How To Make A Wooden Candle Board

We started by planing the boards so they would rock on the table. This isn’t a necessary step if you don’t have a planer, but it sure is nice if you do.

Next we measured and marked where we wanted to candles to go. He put tape on some of the knots to protect them

candle boards

After measuring the candles, Dr. T drilled the holes.

how to make candle boards

Staining Candle Boards

I next, conditioned and stained the wood.

staining candle boards

These are the products we used. The Aged Oak gel stain is a gorgeous color.

This is how the decor board looks without candles.

Finished Candle Board
I love how it turned out!

This is the birthday candle board.

Birthday Candle Board

You can find these tapered candles HERE.

Birthday candles
Birthday candle boards

I have found that tapered candles aren’t easy to find. My mother bought these fall colored candles from William Sonoma many years ago. I found other candles on Etsy and HERE.

Because I got all of these candles from my mother, Dr. T made her a small board for her table.

To Read A Post On Fall Decor

Amazon Fall Finds

In case you don’t know, Dr. T is a physicist. He wore this shirt and it made me smile so I thought I’d share. Yes, he’s not only good at woodworking. He’s really smart!!

When he was in college, he made this phone from a block of wood as a Christmas gift for his late wife. He’s a sweetheart.

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Filed Under: Home Tagged With: Birthday Candle Boards, Birthday Candles, Candle Boards

Comments

  1. Marie says

    September 19, 2020 at 3:28 pm

    What a sweet project to celebrate your sister! Love the physics shirt; gave me a chuckle.

    Reply
    • Sharon says

      September 23, 2020 at 11:23 am

      Thank you! I hope I can get my kids’ pictures with the candles too!!

      Reply

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After her husband’s sudden and unexpected death, Sharon McCuistian found herself a widow at the age of 48. With two grown children in college, Sharon had to find a way to live in her new reality. She turned to the things she loved to help in her grief: faith, family, and friends. Her love of words and writing became the cathartic venue by which she began to process her loss. It is through her grief journey that Now Choose Life was born. Read More

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