Recycled Cozy Sweater Candle

Who's ready to get cozy? Do you live where it's cold and snowy? Here on Long Island we get all the weather! Right now we are expecting snow and after taking down Christmas, I'm ready to get cozy!

This is an easy project and I've done similar a few years ago. 

All you need for this project is a recycled jar and an old sweater. 

As you scroll through this post please pay attention to the bold blue links for more Homeroad information and the products I used for this project. 

If you have an old sweater or find one you like at the thrift store then this project is a cinch! 

If you only have what's left of a recycled sweater then I'll show you the hard way to make a sweater wrapped candle. 

First, since I only have part of the sweater, I wrapped the jar to see how much sweater fabric I would need. 

I cut the sweater to size making sure that I am using the finished end around the top of my jar. 

I began by running a stripe of hot glue down the jar and gluing one edge of the sweater fabric to the jar. 

I carefully wrapped the sweater around the jar then added another stripe of hot glue at the end being careful to tuck in any frayed edges. 

I trimmed the bottom of the sweater fabric to about 1" below the jar. 

Next, I just glued it down to the base of the jar. 

That's it! 

I wrapped the top of the jar with a length of jute. 

Now if you have the whole sweater you can skip most of these steps and do it the easy way! 

Just cut off a sleeve and pull it over the top of the jar with the finished end at the top. 

Cut the sleeve about 1" longer than the jar and glue it to the bottom as I did above. 

I added one of my favorite remote flickering votive candles from Amazon and I have the coziest recycled winter candle!

READ MORE: RECYCLED SWEATERS

You can add a piece of greenery or a pinecone to the jute for decoration. 

You can make several cozy candles from one recycled sweater and now you know how to use the center of the sweater as well! 

I added my cozy sweater to my winter mantel with the DIY matte black candle holders I just made. 

Also, the DIY star garland is another easy paper project! 

And then... I made a few more in different sizes! 

Read More: DIY Winter Projects

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