Our solstice tealight holders were so much fun to make and we loved using them, that we decided to make some salt dough heart shaped candle holders for valentines day. This recipe for salt dough will make about 10 candle holders.
These are so much fun to make and were so simple that the boys made them by themselves with only help lifting in and out of the oven.
How to make salt dough valentine candle holders
Prepare your dough as per the recipe below. If you don’t use it all you can store it in an airtight container for a couple of weeks.
Roll out your dough on a floured surface to around 2cm (3/4 inch) in depth. Using a cookie cutter cut out your heart shapes.
Dip a tea light into flour before pressing it into the heart shape to make an indentation. Make sure to wiggle it about a bit to allow for shrinkage when baking.
Smaller children can use their fingers to make an dip for the tealights if they find that easier.
Once you are happy with your salt dough candle holders transfer them carefully to a baking tray and bake in a cool oven as per the recipe. Allow to cool.
We then painted our salt dough with acrylic paint. Maxi chose pink, Mini pillar box red and mine were a dark red.
We then allowed them to dry overnight before covering with glitter mixed with PVA glue to seal them and give the holders a sparkle.
Again we let these dry overnight before popping in the tealights.
If you think these look pretty take a look at the beautiful valentine candle holders that Nurturestore made with coloured dough, they are stunning.
Oh these look fab Jen, what great idea 🙂
I love crafting with salt dough, it’s perfect for this kind of project, I can see the kids really enjoying making these.
Ah you romantic thing you!
Kitty will love these, I’ll show here when she gets home from school x
These are so cute!
Oh I think my daughter would love having a go at making theses!
What a lovely idea – nice and easy for my two to be able to make too!
Now that since Friday I have got rid of my block with regards to baking, I could actually see myself doing this. I burn tea lights every day so it would be right up my street and so seasonal. Aaron would simply love doing this as he loves to paint. Thanks for such a topical educational post xx
They look so lovely. I must do salt dough again – has been a while!
Such a great idea. I can never get it to dry properly in the middle though x
What a creative and pretty idea! I will have to try this out with my girls 🙂
These look great, perfect rainy day activity – simple but really effective.
Great idea and so easy, thanks Jen
These are just so cute and they look so easy to make too x
Your CommentsWhen I was a child we used to make these using clay from our garden! Those were the days 😀
Tea lights were virtually unheard of back then, so they tended to have a candle stuck to them and then end up as ashtrays! The 70’s really were awful 😀
I think these are so cool just love it!
I love salt dough, you can make pretty much anything with it – I can’t believe I’ve never thought of making little decorative bits for the house!
I am so glad to have seen this idea/recipe.
I wanted to make some of these for Christmas with my Daughter.
And now i know how!
These are gorgeous Jen, really pretty and they look simple enough to make 🙂
I love the tealights and I know my boys would love to make them! My oldest made me salt dough stars for Christmas, these would be a lovely addition to my collection!
Such a lovely idea! xxx
Such a cute idea for Valentines Day, something the children can make and give to mum and dad.
These are great! Thanks so much for sharing at Good Tips Tuesday.
Wow! They look great! Great tutorials Thank you for sharing it with us #pintorials
Just the sort of thing my kiddoes would love doing.
love my candles so these would be perfect for the kids to make
These are so cute!
ah fun! I’d love to try this with Wilf sometime x
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We love salt dough and this is a beautiful creation! Thanks for sharing at our Share Day!
Love this idea. Amy would have great fun making these x
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These are so creative and cute!
These turned out beautiful! Thank you for linking on We Love Weekends! Stop by tomorrow to link up for upcoming weekend!
These are really lovely and are so easy to make – I can see us making some lovely gifts this weekend!