Impress your guests this festive season (Pictures: Jam Press/@theonlywayis_pink)
A very savvy mum-of-four has shared a genius hack to make the perfect gift for guests at Christmas. And it won’t cost you an arm and a leg.
Kara Southall, 40, has shared how you can spruce up festive candles using just three items and social media users have are loving it. The best part? The present costs just under £2.
The viral video, posted to the mum’s Instagram (@theonlywayis_pink) has racked up a whopping one million views and over 33,000 likes.
In the clip, Kara from Suffolk used a candle, greaseproof paper, a napkin and hairdryer to create a reindeer-printed candle. Altogether, it makes the perfect gift.
‘It was my first time doing it and [I] would definitely do it again for gift ideas,’ Kara told Need to Know.
‘Any napkins can be used so not just for Christmas. I honestly didn’t think it would work so I’m really pleased how it’s turned out.’
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The mum created her cost-effective gift in just 30 minutes. To create the little masterpiece, she sized up the napkin to the candle, and cutit out, then repeated the same steps with a sheet of greaseproof paper.
Next, Kara removed additional layers of the printed napkin until she was left with just the main layer.
She then wrapped the greaseproof paper over the top and used a hairdryer on medium heat to melt the wax.
The finished product (Picture: Jam Press/@theonlywayis_pink)
Kara said: ‘Don’t leave[it] in one place too long.
‘You just need it to warm the wax up, that then soaks the napkin. Once cooled the napkin is then stuck on the candle.’
Kara added that once your candle is complete, it should be used as decor only and never lit.
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The only cost for the gift was the candle and napkins which were 99p each from Home Bargains.
Social media users love the low-cost, low-effort hack and told her so.
One user commented: ‘Now going to find ALL OF OUR CANDLES TO FESTIVE THEM UP!! CAPITALS REQUIRED FOR MY EXCITEMENT.’
Another added: ‘Oh kara clever girl seriously you start ur own business.’ [sic]
Majormumhacks commented: ‘Brilliant looks so cute xx.;
Another user commented: ‘Wow! I’m going to do this! I’ve got those paper napkins too!! Thanks for the greet idea.’
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