{"id":1010,"date":"2017-07-03T08:21:03","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T08:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/07\/03\/cactus-candle\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T08:59:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T08:59:49","slug":"cactus-candle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/kids\/cactus-candle\/","title":{"rendered":"Cactus Candle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">This adorable mini cactus candle is the perfect gift for someone special! With its charming design and soothing glow, it adds a unique touch to any space. Whether for a birthday, housewarming, or just because, this delightful candle is sure to bring warmth and joy to anyone&#8217;s day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This adorable mini cactus candle is the perfect gift for someone special! With its charming design and soothing glow, it adds a unique touch to any space. Whether for a birthday, housewarming, or just because, this delightful candle is sure to bring warmth and joy to anyone&#8217;s day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":78871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,27,96,239,229],"tags":[642,743],"class_list":["post-1010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kids","category-grown-ups","category-candle-making-techniques","category-techniques","category-themes","tag-candle-making","tag-home"],"acf":{"age":["6-9","10+","Adult"],"skill-level":["Intermediate"],"time-to-make":["1 hour"],"idea-type":["Craft Projects","Art Projects"],"free-printable":"","ID":"KO24","time":"1 hour","skill_level":"Intermediate","how_to_make":"<ol>\r\n \t<li>Paint the mini ceramic flower pot with the pink paint. Mix some white into the paint to create a lighter pink to paint the rim with. Leave to dry.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Take a section of the green candle wax and mold into the shape of a cactus.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Push some black candle wax into the bottom of the plant pot, then place the green cactus shape on top of this.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Carefully push a skewer or cocktail stick into the middle of the green candle wax creating a hole. Cut a section off of the wick and then put the end of the wick into this hole.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Using the skewer or cocktail stick, carefully make holes and spikes in the green candle wax to make it appear more like a cactus.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","shopping_list":"<ul>\r\n \t<li>Skewer or cocktail stick<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","shopping_list_2":"","top_tip":"Try adding a pretty flower to the cactus using the red candle wax.","image_01":78868,"step_instruction_01":"","image_02":78870,"step_instruction_02":"","image_03":78870,"step_instruction_03":"","image_04":"","step_instruction_04":"","image_05":"","step_instruction_05":"","image_06":"","step_instruction_06":"","template":"","related_projects":"1000,1005,995,3590,3016","latest_idea_content":"most-recent","show_date":false,"adult_supervision_needed":"Yes","youtube_video":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kq5pRVP9AR4?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;autoplay=1","products":"EV948,EK162,FE334","fbt_products":"","recommendation_products":""},"view_count":10,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1010"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78873,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1010\/revisions\/78873"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}