Birthday Candle

• Acrylic Paints or Candle Paints
• Makeup Sponge
• One Medium-sized Fragrant Vanilla Colored Candle
• Paintbrush
• Paper Hole Punch
• Q-tips
• Raffia
• Wrinkled small brown paper lunch bag

• Dip makeup sponge in light yellow acrylic or candle paint and dab it gently all over the surface of the candle, working on 4 to 5 inch of segment at a time.
• Let the candle dry after each dip and dab process, so that you don't get paint all over your hands.
• Color the entire candle like this except for the candle tip where the wick is.
• When the paint dries completely, touch up for any imperfections and bare spots for better results.
• Use a Q-tip in any desired darker or brighter color to write 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY' on a candle. Calligraphy can come to your rescue for this.
• You may also write the name of the birthday boy or girl on the candle.
• Once the lettering is done and the paint is dry once again, add a homemade gift tag to the candle.
• Write the birthday message on the gift-tag-size piece of wrinkled up paper sack and punch a hole to its top.
• String raffia through it and tie it around the candle.
• Add 'Hand Painted Just For You' to the gift tag, so that the person can really appreciate it.