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Do-It-Yourself Lampshades for Electric Candles

Electric, or battery-operated, candles provide you with the ambient light of traditional candles without the fire hazard an open flame presents. Decorating your home with electric candles serves as a safe alternative to using the traditional ones, and it gives you the opportunity to create custom lampshades for them. Making homemade lampshades for electric candles provides you with the ability to accent your candlelit environment further with a wide range of colors, textures and fabrics.

Things You'll Need

  • Fabric rolls
  • Scissors
  • Measuring tape
  • Flexible wire roll
  • Fabric glue
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Instructions

    • 1

      Measure the top diameter of your electric candle. Cut a length of fabric measuring double this measurement in width and double in height. For example, if the diameter of the top of the candle is 4 inches across, the fabric must be 8 inches long and 8 inches tall.

    • 2

      Cut a length of flexible wire matching the length of the fabric. Bend the length of wire into a perfect circle. The diameter of the circle should be equal to the diameter of the top of the candle.

    • 3

      Squeeze a line of fabric glue along the surface of the wire circle. Wrap the bottom edge of the fabric length around it.

    • 4

      Cut a second length of wire measuring half the size of the first one. For example, if the first length of wire is 8 inches, then the second length of wire should be 4 inches long. Form this wire length into another perfect circle.

    • 5

      Squeeze glue along the surface of the wire circle. This creates a tube-like structure with the fabric, with a wire ring at each end.

    • 6

      Snip two more lengths of wire. Measure and cut these to match the length of the fabric-ring tube. For example, if the distance between the two ringed ends is 8 inches, cut two 8-inch wires. Squeeze a line of glue on the surface of each wire.

    • 7

      Slide each wire inside of the fabric tube opposite one another. This creates a splint at either side that keeps the fabric tube upright. This is what makes it a lampshade. About 1/4 inch of wire will protrude from the wider end of the lampshade. Bend each of the wires into a loop shape.

    • 8

      Sit the lampshade on top of the electric candle. The small wire loops protruding from the base will slightly lift the shade from the surface of the candle.

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