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5 Candle Displays That Anyone Can Make

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The holiday season is a time for warmth, joy, and the cozy glow of candles. Whether you’re hosting a festive dinner party or simply looking for ways to add some holiday cheer to your home, displaying candles in a decorative manner is a wonderful way to create a warm and inviting atmosphere.

This Christmas roundup is a curated collection of some of the most creative and beautiful candle displays that are perfect for any holiday occasion. From elegant and traditional to modern and whimsical, there is something for every style and taste.

The displays showcase how candles can be used to create a focal point on your Christmas table, coffee table, or mantelpiece. Some of the ideas include using natural elements such as pinecones, holly, and berries to add a festive touch to your candles, while others feature unique and creative ways to display candles, such as using vintage lanterns or repurposing wine bottles.

What’s great about these candle displays is that they can be easily customized to suit your personal style and taste. You can mix and match different elements to create a unique and personalized display that reflects your individuality.

Not only do these candle displays look beautiful, but they also create a cozy and warm atmosphere that is perfect for the holiday season. Whether you’re spending time with family and friends or simply enjoying a quiet night in, the soft glow of candlelight is sure to create a relaxing and inviting ambiance.

Mixture of candles on a cake plate make a lovely display.

Glue dried leaves onto glassware to create this natural effect.

This wood box of candles creates a lovely effect.

Display candles in concrete pillars for a dramatic modern effect. (More Concrete Candle Ideas)

Epsom Salt Candle Display on a bed of Epsom Salts. Perfect for a Winter Christmas table.

 

 

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Book Review: Off to the Nursery

One of the best things about the return of warmer weather is getting to plant new flowers and starting the vegetable garden if you have one. Off to the Nursery by Alice Oehr is subtitled “a celebration of gardening, plants and seasons,” and it’s also a celebration of diversity (because gardening is for everyone) and caring for the earth.

The book starts with the work of getting the garden ready for spring, pulling out the old plants and spreading compost made from kitchen scraps. They grab tomatoes and peppers, learn about zucchini and eggplant and explore the tasty world of herbs.

They also look through the seeds, succulents, berries and fruit trees, flowers and aquatic plants, talking about the benefits of different plants and how fun they are to grow. Maybe you can relate to the family buying what seems like way too many plants?

The book was originally published in Australia, so some of the flowers mentioned might not be familiar to your or your kids, but that’s kind of fun, too. You can also use this as an opportunity to talk about which plants in the book can grow where you live and that just like animals, plants have preferred habitats, too.

Illustrations are colorful and the book combines a standard font and a hand written font to make it feel more like a journal about the garden. The illustrations include fun facts and growing tips such as always planting mint in a pot or germinating seeds on a wet paper towel before planting.

If you want to introduce kids to gardening or just talk about what kind of plants can be grown at home where you live (yes to tomatoes, probably no to the kumquat tree), this cute book is a great addition to your spring reading list.

About the book: 30 pages, hardcover. Published 2025 by Scribble US. Suggested retail price $18.95.