- Sep 4, 2018

DIY Harry Potter Floating Candle with my spin

I am supper exited about this blog post. We are going to take a toilet role in to a classic floating candle like in the Harry Potter books and movies.

This is my first ever clip I have made on the steeps to making this DIY; there is another near the end for hanging.

So what do we need to make this happen. You will need the fallowing supplies:

role's {paper towel or toilet paper}, brown paper/ news paper for work space.
White titanium acrylic paint, small/medium paint brush, container for water and paint, paper towel.
sewing needles, hot glue gun with lots of back up glue stike's, White printer paper, scissors, pencil, and eraser.
stretch Magic 1mm 5m 16ft bead & jewelry cord/ clear fishing line
LED Tea Light candle with remote. I got Younggerbaby 24 ice Amber yellow flickering tea light candlers https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01IP5Z7YA/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I find instant tacky works amazing for hanging from the ceiling.

Step 1:

I wait until I had 10 roles but the amount to stock pile before you get started. but when you are ready to go your be all set.

I like having a work area such as brown paper/news paper
you can do this with toilet paper role/Paper towle role
Titanium White Heavy Body Professional Acrylic Paint
Medium/Small paint brush
Paper towel to clean brush
1 Container to hold paint and 1 to hold clean water.

I did 4 thin layers of paint to prime the role.

Steep 2:

once the paint is dry get the white printing paper, scissor, and hot glue gun and the back up stike's.

I pre-cut the white printer paper in to multiple small squares to make it manjable when you glue the role to the paper. make sure you get the glue evenly around the role to have the opt-able coverage so you don't have gaps when you cut and trim the exes paper off.

Steep 3: The melted wax effect

need the glue gun and back up glue stick's (you will be going throw a lot with this steep), white paint, small brush, container for water and paint, and paper towel.

I decided to do two layers of the glue for you can really see the difference between the two and then I also do two thin layers of white paint as primer on the wax.

Steep 4:

Now you need pencil, eraser, needle, cord, one of the LED tea candle, hot glue gun and back.

Measure with the LED candle then use the pencil to mark the bottom of the LED candle and then mark the other 3 sides. Once done marking use the needle to pierce the role, then thread the role with the cord. Decide the length you want the candle to hang from the ceiling.

Make the cord go up as if hang then use the hot glue gun to due little dab of glue then once that dab is dry do all 4 in the inside and also the meddle this will help give the LED tea candle strutter to seat on. Then take little paint and dab it on the glue covering the hole for the cord.

Here is a look at all the step's side by side:

Now the magic is about to happen. Get out our wounds and say Wingardium Leviosa, your Hand movement:

"The Levitation Charm is one of the first spells learnt by any young witch or wizard. With the charm a witch or wizard can make things fly with the flick of a wand. The charm is an excellent test of your magical skills, wand control and above all, patience."

—An excerpt from Book of Spells[src]

*The Levitation Charm[3] (Wingardium Leviosa[1]) is a charm used to make objects fly, or levitate.[1] It is taught to first years at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.[1] There are a number of lesser variations of the Levitation Charm, such as: the Hover Charm, the Rocket Charm, and the Floating Charm, but the Levitation Charm remains the original and best.[2]

How to hang the flouting candles for muggle's:

If you want the classic look stop here.

If you want to add more flare then pick out your color's. I will post more as I get more role's to do.