Personalized Candle Holders for Dad

Make some personalized candle holders for dad, grandpa, or Pop-pop. Personalized votive candle holders make fantastic homemade gift ideas for Father’s Day, Christmas, or his birthday that kids can help make!

Dad and grandpa love receiving homemade keepsake gifts from their children and grandchildren on Father’s Day, and this DIY personalized candle holder for dad is perfect. Feel free to substitute “daddy,” “grandpa,” “pops,” or “papa” for Dad when you personalize this sweet handmade gift idea. You might also like this list of Homemade Gift Ideas for Dad from Kids.

DIY Father's Day Gift Idea - Dads and grandpas love homemade personalized keepsake gifts for Father's Day! Creating gorgeous stained glass hearts on square votive candle holders and personalizing them for daddy or papa is fun and easy for both kids and adults. Anyone that can draw or trace can do this easy handmade craft project.

Personalized Candle Holder Gifts for Dad or Grandpa

Personalizing faux stained glass hearts on square glass votive candle holders for dad, grandpa, or pops is a fun and easy homemade gift idea. Anyone that can draw or trace can do this easy art project.

Both kids and adults will enjoy making this handmade gift idea for dad. Younger children will need some assistance with this project, while older kids and teens will be able to make personalized candle holders from start to finish on their own.

Personalized Candle Holder Materials

Rubbing alcohol
Square votive candle holders
Glass paint
Glass paint outline tube (black)
Paintbrush set
Votive beeswax candles [to complete the gift}
Small heart template

Here's a personalized candle holder DIY for dad!

Father’s Day Personalized Candle Holder

Help the kids paint a single heart or a quadruple heart votive candle holder for this simple homemade gift idea for dad. Click either link for the complete step-by-step directions to paint either type of candle holder for dad. You don’t even have to make a heart. You can use any design you like and personalize it!

For even more homemade painted candle holder ideas, check out this collection of hand-painted candle holder ideas that kids can make. Inside, we share a hack to help inspire the kids to make gifts for dad or grandpa.

If dad or grandpa have a favorite team, feel free to make personalized team candle holders for dad or grandpa instead of a heart or hearts.

How to Make Personalized Candle Holders for Dad

Step 1 – Paint Faux Stained Glass Heart, Hearts, or Team Symbol on a Square votive candle holder.

Learn how to use glass paint to create faux stained glass heart votive candle holders with our easy stained glass heart votive tutorial.

Don’t forget to hop over to look at this collection of hand-painted candle holders for more ideas!

For an extra special touch, paint four hearts on your candle holders. Quadruple heart votive candle holders cast heart shadows onto nearby walls and tabletops when they are lit!

Step 2 – Personalize Candle Holders for Dad, Grandpa, or Pops

Next, use our personalized candle holder tutorial to personalize some candle holders for dad and grandpa.

Learn how to make one for Mother’s Day click HERE!

Related: Keepsake Gifts Kids Can Make

Homemade Father’s Day Gift Ideas: Examples of Personalized Candle Holders for Dad and Grandpa

Below you will find a few more examples of how you can personalize one of these heart votive candle holders for dad. Feel free to substitute daddy, grandpa, papa, pops, a nickname, or his real name!

For more ideas, check out our personalized heart candle holder tips.