Make A Colorful Candle Trio Out Of Tin Cans

Weekends are for projects.  This particular weekend though I was feeling a bit lazy so my project had to be simple.  A while back I had seen pillar candle holders made out of what appeared to be tin cans on hautelook.com.

In anticipation of undertaking this project, I had saved one Bush's 28 oz. Baked Beans can and one 14 oz. vegetable can.  In order to have three cans of differing heights I would need one more.  I headed to my local supermarket and picked up a squat can of niblets corn.  The can was the perfect size for my project and the corn would go well with dinner.

I pulled off the labels and washed the cans out thoroughly.  When they were dry I laid out some newspaper and pulled out some leftover cans of spray paint.  I chose green, orange and white to match my decor.  I gave each can two coats of paint.

After the cans were dry, I brought them in and placed them on my dining room table.  I then either inserted or topped each one with a cream, brown or maroon colored candle from my stock.

I think the final result makes for a colorful candle trio don't you?