Wintertime and tealights for us go hand in hand 🕯️ Let’s extend their life by repurposing them! 💚 Here are some ideas:

If it’s possible, reuse them by pouring leftover wax candles or making your own mix with beeswax.

ℹ️ To repurpose them, make sure to remove the wax. You can do so by placing the cups in the freezer to make it easy to remove or you can put them in hot water while stirring them with a wooden stick, then take them out and wipe them with an old tea towel. Let the water cool down and remove the leftover wax (now solidified on the surface) and reuse it or dispose of it but ⚠️ don’t pour it down the drain!

💚 MINI GARDEN:
Make tiny succulent pots, you can add wire or strips from other tin cups to form a crown or hang them.

💚 DIY HOME DECO:

• a heart-shaped garland or wreath
• form roses and cut leaf-shapes attached to sticks
• cut in star-shapes and prick decorate them to hang them
• Flatten and fold in leaf shapes, glue them to for a lotus tealight holder

💚 OUTDOOR DECOR:

• take the wick metal plate and thread them with beads to make a wind chime
• if you have different sizes of tealight cups, you can cut their centre and form a bunny to hang it for the easter season

💚 DIY JEWELLERY:

• make a pendant by cutting in star-shape and glueing a round cardboard wrapped in a nice pattern fabric in the centre
• make earrings by attaching 3 cups folded and wired together forming a flower and adding beads at the bottom

💚 WALL ART DECO:

Perfect for when you have collected several cups

• glue a mandala wall art by mixing folded and unfolded cups
• or you can make flowers and cut leaves

💚 OTHER USES:

• mini cookie cutters
• garland
• christmas tree ornaments
• wind chimes
• gift tags
• fairy lights reflectors
• pin cushion
• homemade soap form

💚 ALTERNATIVES TO PARAFFIN CANDLES:

• Floating lights with wine corks, cotton thread and vegetable oil
• Candles made from vegetable stearin and recycled oil
• Beeswax candles
• DIY scented vegetable oil candles in with screw-top glass jars

Do you have other ideas? Please leave them in a comment. Thank you for passing by! 💚

Cutting instructions for different shapes

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