What better way to top your homemade birthday cake than with some cool candles? It used to be all you could find were short swirled candles with a white band that ran down them. They screamed birthday party, but now there are a few more sophisticated options available!
Candles can be as regal or as fun and funky as you want these days. Don't believe us? Just do a quick Google search and you're sure to get back all sorts of crazy stuff! Some of our favorites come from the retailers below, all 3 are great places to pick up a few supplies for your next bash. Here's some that really take the cake... err top the cake rather!
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• Tall Rainbow Candles: for $2.95 for a pack of 12 from Bake It Pretty
• Santa Fe 100% Pure Beeswax Birthday Candle: for $5.95 (24 pack) from Amazon
• Colorflame Birthday Candles: for $7.18 from Amazon
• Blokz (Lego) Candles: for $13.26 from Amazon
• Point A La Ligne Skinny Candles: for $7.95 for 20 candles from Scents of Delight
Related: Summer Birthday Gear: Giant 12" Birthday Candle
(Image: Amazon, Bake It Pretty, Scents of Delight)
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I have both the colorflame candles (which I bought from TJ Maxx or one of those stores) and the skinny candles (from Target?). The skinny ones look great on homebaked cakes with modern or minimalistic icing. The color choices are great too. The colorflame candles are cool and I appreciate the colored flames, but that's only because I KNOW what kind of candles they are. Most other people never noticed them unless I point it out.
Just bookmarked this candelabra holder today!
http://www.modernlola.com/shopDetails.asp?CatId=&SubCatId=11&ProductId=1690
You missed the most EPIC of birthday candles :
http://happybirthdaycandle.com/
I lit this puppy up at a dark, quiet French restaurant in LA for my mom's birthday and the whole place went mad! Everyone was singing - BEST. CANDLE. EVER.
Those skinny rainbow candles are PERFECT. I am planning to bake the homemade rainbow ship cake posted here a while back and top them with rainbow candles for a "Double Rainbow" birthday cake, for my internet meme-obsessed boyfriend.
I love the color flame candles, and regularly use the tall skinny rainbow candles.
You didn't mention using sparklers as birthday candles; kids love those.