Thanks Jack. I hope you enjoy making it and that it gives your Halloween display that little bit of extra creepiness that the trick-or-treaters are looking for.👻
thoughts - with your lids, punch two holes about 10mm apart and cable tie or wire it down, since you are using electric candles, you can buy wax pillar ones from big W. Otherwise use a carboard tube with hot glue melt marks and paint it a creamy white. Overall it looks good and should work well for halloween.
If the electric candles are affordable and have the switch anywhere, but underneath, they would probably be good. As long as they are able to be secured, and are able to be switched on and off. The cardboard candles might be good for a sheltered position. Most of my display is exposed to the elements, so I find the battery tea lights to be an advantage, because I can pop them out if it rains, without ruining the look of the display. Plus, I can easily access the on/off switch and they fit securely into well secured candle bases without danger of falling off. Using the cable ties idea is a good alternative for securing the plates if you don’t want to use screws. I like screws because they provide additional support for the wax candles to prevent them falling off, because in addition to the candles sticking to the plates, the screws serve as anchors. My bad for not explaining properly. I’m sure that I’ll use your cable tie idea for a future project. Thanks. FYI, I saw some solar lights advertised at Aldi about a year ago, but missed out on them. They came as a pack of 4, all the same size and at a good price. I missed out on them. If I come across those again, I would consider using the cable ties as you suggest, use a very strong glue to attach their base to the plate and pray for a sunny day to charge them for Halloween. Thanks again.
I love the production value at the start, great choice in music too :)
Thanks Jack. I hope you enjoy making it and that it gives your Halloween display that little bit of extra creepiness that the trick-or-treaters are looking for.👻
thoughts - with your lids, punch two holes about 10mm apart and cable tie or wire it down,
since you are using electric candles, you can buy wax pillar ones from big W. Otherwise use a carboard tube with hot glue melt marks and paint it a creamy white.
Overall it looks good and should work well for halloween.
If the electric candles are affordable and have the switch anywhere, but underneath, they would probably be good. As long as they are able to be secured, and are able to be switched on and off. The cardboard candles might be good for a sheltered position. Most of my display is exposed to the elements, so I find the battery tea lights to be an advantage, because I can pop them out if it rains, without ruining the look of the display. Plus, I can easily access the on/off switch and they fit securely into well secured candle bases without danger of falling off. Using the cable ties idea is a good alternative for securing the plates if you don’t want to use screws. I like screws because they provide additional support for the wax candles to prevent them falling off, because in addition to the candles sticking to the plates, the screws serve as anchors. My bad for not explaining properly. I’m sure that I’ll use your cable tie idea for a future project. Thanks. FYI, I saw some solar lights advertised at Aldi about a year ago, but missed out on them. They came as a pack of 4, all the same size and at a good price. I missed out on them. If I come across those again, I would consider using the cable ties as you suggest, use a very strong glue to attach their base to the plate and pray for a sunny day to charge them for Halloween. Thanks again.