Making Paper Tea Light Shades

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Using colored paper you can make pretty tea light shades to decorate for a party or to simply dress up a room. This is a page about making paper tea light shades.

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Paper "Tea Light" Shades

By ShirleyE [238 Posts, 123 Comments]

April 25, 2016

These beautiful light shades will give a beautiful fairy grotto feel to a springtime buffet.

Use electric tea lights rather than real candles so there is no danger of the paper catching on fire.

pretty lit tea lights with tubular paper shades

Supplies:

A5 coloured paper
pencil
thumb tack/drawing pin
a chopping board, corrugated card, or polystyrene tile
double sided sticky tape
electric tea light

Steps:

Draw a simple design onto your paper. If you don't have any A5 paper, just cut a sheet of A4 in half.

Place your design onto your chopping board, corrugated card, or polystyrene tile to protect your work surface.

Use the thumb tack or other sharp tool to make holes along the lines of your design.

If your design includes words, don't forget to write the letters backwards.

Apply double sided sticky tape to one short edge.

Curl the paper into a cylinder and secure with the tape.

Turn on your light, place inside the tube and enjoy the display.

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By yomama1971 [3 Posts, 55 Comments]

May 2, 20161 found this helpful

My favorite kind of craft--quick and simple but with amazing results! Stunning!

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By cj wagz [1 Post, 89 Comments]

May 2, 20161 found this helpful

Thanks very much for this simple and inexpensive idea! I think I will make some for my son's birthday party.

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