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    Home » Holidays

    Floating Candle DIY Halloween Porch Decorating Idea

    Updated: Aug 19, 2022 by Melissa Mortenson · This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads · Leave a Comment

    LED candles floating on front porch with black witch hats

    Spruce up your Halloween decorations this year by adding floating candles to your front porch! These LED candles flicker at night, giving off a spooky vibe to welcome your guests and trick or treaters. Learn how to hang floating candles from your ceiling with our free tutorial.

    LED candles floating on front porch with black witch hats

    Several years ago, I got the idea to hang inexpensive witch hats from my front porch on Halloween. I thought it would be cool if I found a way to light up too and figured it out.

    I can not honestly believe how popular that post has become. When I posted it, I had no idea that you guys would like it so much. I love decorating my porch for Halloween each year and am always on the lookout for clever and unique Halloween porch decorating ideas.

    Table of Contents
    • How to Hang Floating Candles on a Porch for Halloween
    • Video Instructions
    • Supplies
    • How to Add the Fishing Line
    • How do I turn the lights on and off?
    • Do you leave the lights on all month?
    • How well do they hold up to the elements?
    • Do you remove the command hooks on the ceiling?
    Clever decorating idea for a porch for Halloween, floating Witch's hat luminaries, they even light up at night!

    This year, as I was prepping to hang the witch hats from my porch, I thought I should “mix it up” a little bit and add a few floating candles to the hats.

    LED candles floating on front porch with black witch hats at night

    These floating candles compliment the floating witch hats nicely and are great to use if you have a small front porch or need some filler for the witch hats.

    You could also hang these floating candles inside. I might try to hang some in my dining room this year; they’d look great with my eyeball china cabinet.

    How to Hang Floating Candles on a Porch for Halloween

    The candles I used in this project are LED candles that I purchased online (you should OBVIOUSLY NOT do this with real candles). I picked these because they have a remote and a timer. That way, I don’t have to remember to turn them on and off this year for Halloween. The candles also have faux wax drips, which adds to the Harry Potter Halloween vibe.

    Since they work on a remote, I don’t need to climb up on my porch to turn them on and off.

    LED candles floating on front porch with black witch hats at night

    I’ve created a short video walking you through the steps; let me tell you how to do it.

    Video Instructions

    led candle sticks on metal table

    Supplies

    • LED Candle Sticks with Timer (the exact ones I used are no longer available, but these are the same thing)
    • Fishing Line (sometimes called fishing wire)
    • Outdoor Command Hooks
    • Ladder
    • Witch Hats

    How to Add the Fishing Line

    Cut a piece of fishing line about 40″ long (longer if you have a very tall porch ceiling). Tie the fishing line to the candle at the base of the plastic “flame.”

    TIP: Test that the lights work before you go to the trouble of hanging them on your porch ceiling!

    hands holding LED candle and remote

    Make sure you tie a double knot and that the knot is in the center of the long piece of line. (i.e., you have an equal amount of fishing line on both sides of the candle).

    hands tying fishing line to a candle on top of metal table

    Decide where you’d like the candles to hang on your porch, and place an outdoor command hook at each spot. Let the hooks sit for a few minutes to allow the adhesive to work.

    Clever decorating idea for a porch for Halloween, floating Witch's hat luminaries, they even light up at night!

    (My porch roof is PVC, and the hooks have stuck well to my ceiling for many years, we just leave them up all year).

    Tie the ends of the fishing line together.

    hands tying fishing line to a candle on top of metal table

    Hang the line from the knot on the command hook.

    LED candles floating on front porch with black witch hats
    LED candles floating on front porch with black witch hats

    That’s it! All you have left to do is enjoy watching the lights flicker on Halloween night!

    How do I turn the lights on and off?

    I purposely picked LED candles with a remote. That way, I can turn them on and off using the remote. The batteries will wear out quickly if they don’t have an on and off switch.

    Do you leave the lights on all month?

    The lights I have come with a remote timer that lets the lights turn on and off at intervals. So on for 12 hours off for 12 etc. I hung them mid-October, set the timer, and stayed lit until Halloween.

    How well do they hold up to the elements?

    I have a covered porch but live in a very humid climate. We also get a lot of wind. The lights held up well for me all month. I would not recommend hanging them if your porch is more exposed.

    Do you remove the command hooks on the ceiling?

    I leave them up all year. They are clear and not very noticeable. I use them to hang stars and lights at Christmas as well.

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    Melissa Mortenson

    Melissa Mortenson is a blogger, designer, and content creator. She is the Polka Dot Chair blog founder and has been sharing fresh and creative ideas with readers since 2008. She is the author of “Project Teen, Handmade Gifts your Teen will Actually Love.” Her work and designs have been featured on HuffPost, TODAY, Pioneer Woman, HGTV, BuzzFeed, Better Homes & Gardens, and many other established publications. Her first fabric line, “Derby Style,” debuted in January 2015 through Riley Blake Designs.  Additional fabric collections have followed it in subsequent years. A mom of 3, she considers herself lucky to be living in Kentucky.

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