Halloween candles aren’t only for lighting the inside of a jack o’ lantern, they are also perfect as a centerpiece, in a tabletop holiday-themed display, or (if using safer, flameless candles) lining the pathway to a door.
Find the following candles for Halloween at online retailers.
Scented Halloween Candles
Visit Yankeecandle.com for a huge selection of pumpkin-scented candles and other Halloween-themed candles, such as Dreadfully Delicious Swirl, a combination of Pumpkin Pie and Vanilla Cupcake. Yankee Candle’s new fragrance, Trick or Treat Swirl, blends Candy Corn and Buttercream. Each fragrance is presented in pretty lidded glass jars and sell for $19.99. Shipping starts at $5.
Pumpkin Shaped Candle
The collection of realistic Pumpkin Candles from Potterybarn.com (pictured below) creates a perfect fall or Halloween centerpiece. Made of paraffin wax poured into a pumpkin mold, the small, medium, and large pumpkin candles are painted with an orange wax and sport a wick emerging from a lifelike pumpkin stem. Sizes and price: small (3” diameter, 2” high): $6; medium (7” diameter, 6” high): $24; and large (6” diameter, 9” high): $29. A set of eight miniature pumpkin candles is also available for $14. Shipping starts at $4.95.
Oozing Ghost Candle
Unlit, the diminutive, four-inch tall white wax Oozing Ghost Candle from Currentcatalog.com is kind of cute. Once lit, however, the friendly ghost candle (seen in the photo below) oozes a green slime was from its eyes and mouth, transforming it into a fun, creepy Halloween decoration. Price: $3.99. Shipping is $4.99.
Black Skull Candle
As spooky as it gets, the life-size, lifelike Black Skull Candle from dlcompany.com, seen in the photo below, uses black wax to recreate a human skull to smallest detail, including menacing, crooked teeth. Price: $85. Shipping varies.
Halloween Candy Corn Candle
With the shape, stripes, and fragrance of the classic Halloween candy, the Candy Corn Triangle Pillar Candle from woodcraftsandcandles’s Etsy store has a honey vanilla scent. The paraffin wax pillar candle measures four inches high by three inches wide. Price: $6. Shipping within the U.S. is $8.50.
Glitter Flameless Halloween Candles
Like real candles, the Martha Stewart Flameless Glitter Halloween Candles from Grandinroad.com are created from paraffin wax, but flicker with the glow from three LED bulbs in each pillar candle. Available in orange glitter and black glitter. Price: 6 inches high, $18; 8 inches high, $22. Shipping starts at $5.
The National Fire Protection Association offers tips for using candles safely in the home. The association advises users to place candles in sturdy, safe candle holders and to keep candles at least 12 inches away from anything that can burn. Also, never leave a candle unattended and extinguish all candles when leaving a room.
Finally, the fire safety group recommends using battery-operated flameless candles.
Follow these tips and keep safety in mind when buying and using Halloween candles.
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