Textured, drippy gothic taper candles that fit over battery-operated flickering LED tea lights.

  • Invert a white or amber pill bottle so the flat bottom faces up.

  • Cut away the threaded rim of the open end so a battery-operated LED tea light nests snugly inside the base.

  • Run heavy beads of hot glue starting from the top flat edge down the sides to create thick, organic candle wax drips.

  • Spray the entire bottle and glue drips with two coats of matte ivory, bone-white, or blood-red chalk spray paint.

  • Dust dark brown or charcoal eye shadow into the drip crevices to add antique soot shadows.

  • Switch on the flickering LED tea light underneath to make the top glow like an authentic melting pillar candle.

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