HOW TO MAKE MISS LA SEN FLOATING CANDLE HOLDER

You can see many floating candles in many such festivals

as the Loy Krathong Festival, Happy Lunar New Year, and
the praying floating lantern festivals in some Asian
countries. A Miss La Sen floating candle holder will be
something a little different from the usual and you can
make these floating candle holders easily.

Part1
Preparing the pattern templates
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Print out the pattern for the holder form. Click on this
image to enlarge, then print it out on A4 sized paper.
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 Print out the pattern for the Miss La Sen shape. Click on
this image and print it out on A4 sized paper.

Part2
EditMaking the candle holder
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Trace the candle holder form onto the foam. Use foam
with a thickness of 5mm, to ensure that you have created
a strong base. Cut this foam piece out.
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Punch a single hole on the left of each petal. This will be
used to to poke the arrow ends of the petals through. You
have 6 petals.
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Poke the six arrows into the 6 holes. This will create the
holder, shaped like a lotus flower.
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On each petal, punch 3 holes to allow the light of the
candle to shine through.
Part3
EditMaking Miss La Sen
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Cut out the elements of Miss La Sens head. These are:
The headband, head, mouth, eyes, cheeks, flower and bow.
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Use the glue-gun to glue the headband onto the head.
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Glue the flower onto the right ear.
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Glue the eyes, cheeks, mouth, bow onto the head.
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Glue the Miss La Sens head onto the candle holder. Put it
in a suitable position so that the two arms can be added
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Glue the two arms onto the petal. They go just beneath the
head.
Part4
EditUsing the Miss La Sen candle holder
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Put a tea-light candle in the foam holder. You can light up
the candle now, to see how it illuminates the flower.
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Add some decorative flare to the candle holder. You can
add some fresh flowers around the candle. Then it's ready
to put on the river; simply release it from the water's edge
during such festivals as the Loy Krathong Festival, Happy
Lunar New Year and the floating lantern festivals, etc.
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Finished.