ENTER IF YOU DARE

Set a spooky scene for trick-or-treaters this Halloween with these bats and pillar candle holders

Photography Anna Briggs

N I K K I K E T T L E

DIY expert 1

Candle holders step-by-step

You will need

• 45cm thick dowel rods • Tape measure • Hand saw, skill saw or drop saw to cut dowel rods • Drill • Drill bits – 3mm to start holes and a large one to match the candle size • Hot-glue gun • Hot-glue sticks • Spray paint for candle holders and bats • Scraps of plywood • Paper and pencil for stencil • Jigsaw to cut plywood

1Take the dowel rod, measure and mark out your desired lengths. Cut, using a drop saw, or hand saw if you don’t have one. The bottoms need to be as flat as possible.

2Measure and drill a small pilot hole in the centre of the top of your dowel with the 3mm drill bit. Then use your big drill bit to drill a hole big enough for a candle to fit into (the candles I used are 25mm).

3Using a hot-glue gun, start dripping the glue down the sides from the top. Do this in small sections and tap it on the ground to get the glue to run more than it typically would.

4Once the glue is dry, spray paint in your desired colour. When dry, insert candles into the top. I used short butts.

To make the candle holders

To make the bats

1To make the bats, create a template by printing one off the internet and cutting the image out. There are plenty of sizes to be found. I used two sizes.

2Trace around the template using a pencil onto the plywood.

3Using a jigsaw (or hand saw if you don’t have one), cut the bats out.

4Spray paint the bats. When dry, affix them to the door. 1 & 2

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Bats step-by-step

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