I wanted to bring in extra light to our yard and was looking for something a bit more refined then the store bought tiki torches. So I made my own candle stakes! I used a small drill bit to hallow out the bottom 1/4 of a stack of taper candles and stuck them atop craft dowels and then into the ground. It’s been an easy, affordable and pretty way to bring extra light to our extended evenings outdoors. Hooray for summer!
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Anna
July 16, 2012 at 6:33 amLove this idea! Simple and elegant, which is the perfect combination. Hooray for summer indeed.
Anna @ IHOD
July 16, 2012 at 6:53 amHow fantastic is this! Thanks for sharing:)
Anna
Emily
July 16, 2012 at 8:25 amAbsolutely adore this idea!
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Julaine
May 18, 2019 at 11:10 amGreat idea, but if you are in a forested area, that’s not a great idea….. how about solar powered path lights that you can stick in the ground and they illuminate at night.
Walmart has them for 97 cents.
The dollar store may have them also.
kat jackson
July 16, 2012 at 2:08 pmWhat a great idea! I am definitely trying this at my next backyard dinner party.
Soraya
June 30, 2017 at 6:47 amDid you try the tiki candles ?
Shirley Boudreaux
March 20, 2018 at 8:04 amno not yet but I will
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July 17, 2012 at 12:50 pmSuch a simple idea! Those are the best ones, bet your patio looked gorgeous. :^)
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July 27, 2012 at 8:54 amthis is such a great idea and easy to do! Love it, definitely will use this for our yard. Mean while check out “ultimate summer landscape” and let us know what you think! (www.eieihome.com/blog/the-ultimate-summer-home-landscape.html)
Matthias Colberg
September 16, 2012 at 6:55 amThese candles look pretty and practical too. Do you have any instructions on how to make them?
Cat
April 12, 2019 at 10:28 pmUm…look above.
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July 17, 2013 at 6:53 amYou can also buy these at many dollar stores. I do like the idea of getting to choose your colours, etc. Think I need to buy a drill. I keep needing one for stuff like this.
Debbie
April 2, 2015 at 6:22 pmyou can get a really good drill that comes with screw drill bits, you will need to get one to drill holes in addition though, and its only $ 19.99 at walmart. Its the only one thats $ 19.00 its better than my husbands expensive drill is rechargeable. I love mine, lighter but not cheap made, easy to use and gets the job done. I put my raised beds garden together with it. and I’m about to build my greenhouse and this is the first tool I have ever used. My husband likes mine better than his.
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Jenn D.
September 28, 2013 at 2:08 amYou don’t need a drill!! Just heat a piece of metal, the same width as your stake (possibly a wire coat hangar or a piece of wire). Put a lighter to it till the wire is hot. Place the hot wire tip into the base of your candle & and melt a bit up the middle of the bottom of the candle (enough to fit the stake into), until you melt out enough room to put the stake in. Place the candle onto the stake, making sure the top of the candle (where the flame is) is pointing straight up. Light the candle & go!
Joy
September 30, 2013 at 8:37 amHow do you keep them from blowing out in the wind?
Carla
March 6, 2018 at 7:54 amTry buying some clear dispoable cups make hole in bottem and slide over the candle a bit of tape or hot glue to stop them sliding down! That way candle won’t blow out just make ya candle short enough to sit below top of cup! You can even decorate the cups to be like lead light! With just a bit of thinned down poster paint so light can shine threw!
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June 20, 2015 at 6:28 pmI don’t know if they make citronella tapers or not but if they do……dual purpose: light and maybe fewer mosquitos!
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November 17, 2016 at 2:00 pmThese are incredibly unsafe! If left for too long the wax melts down over the dowel and well, you got a candle that is going to burn right down to the ground where more wax is waiting to help it start a fire. We discovered this one 4th of July, with the store bought versions of these. While there were people around until the wee hours of the morn, no one noticed until they were very close to the ground so thankfully catastrophe was averted. Had it not been noticed there most certainly would have been a ground fire.
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August 19, 2017 at 9:07 pmHow fantastic is this! Thanks for sharing
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