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I came across some seashells today while at the dollar store and remembered this article on MarthaStewart.com with instructions for making Shell Candles. It's not very complicated for you to do them yourself and if you are having a beach wedding, they are an inexpensive way to add some unique lighting to your decor. You can even use them as favors for your guests!

I've adapted the step-by-step guide seen below from ehow.com . As you can see, all you'll need is some tea lights and seashells, both of which you can find at most dollar stores. If you'd rather buy them online, you can find tea candles in different colors here at DollarTree.com. For the shells you'll have to head over to Save-on-Crafts.com and find them here in varying shapes and sizes.


How to Make Sea Shell Tea Candles

Things You'll Need: Instructions:

1. Remove the wick from a tea and place the wick in the sea shell.

2. Melt the wax from the tea candle, or another candle to put in the shell. Wax can be melted using a double boiler, or if you have the time you could slowly drip it into the shell using a lighter.

3. Taking care to make sure the wick remains upright, add the wax to the shell. If you desire, before the wax cools, add wax of other colors to shell liven up the design.

4. If desired, make a few of these candles and create a display for them.