Yule Countdown

Welcome to the first day of the Yule Countdown!

Today we are creating our countdown calendar.

Every year I make a candle countdown to the longest night of the year. I will start by lighting one of the candles on the first and then adding to it as the days progress.

They can be made as large or as small as your space allows. I decided to use tea lights and a large pillar candle for the last day because it was cheap and simple. Birthday candles also can work, and so can votives or pillar candles.

I prefer the last candle be the largest as I want it to last throughout the yule ritual.

Everything used I managed to buy from Dollar Tree here in Canada for $1.50 CAD a piece. (As I can’t post pictures here you can see then in the Yule album on facebook)

For this Craft I used:

• pizza tray (or tray that you will use to place your candles)

• 20 tealights (or candles of your choosing)

• pillar candle (or candle of your choosing)

• adhesive stickers*

Start by placing the pillar candle on the tray in the middle of the tray.

Use this as a guide to place the tealights at a good distance apart to get them all on the tray.

Once you are satisfied with your placement you can place the stickers on the bottom of the tray in order to keep them in place.

• this is optional though of you want to move the tray or have animals this step is probably needed.