Citrus Fruit Candle Centerpiece

Total Time: 3 hrs Preparation Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• 2 oranges
• 2 limes
• 2 lemons
• 1 berry wood branch
• 5 pillar candles

Recipe

• 1 slice the oranges, limes and lemons 1/8-inch thick.
• 2 put a wire rack on top of a cookie sheet and lay each piece of sliced fruit on the rack.
• 3 preheat oven to 250 degrees.
• 4 when the oven is hot, place the rack of fruit in the oven and let “bake” for two hours (if your fruit is taking a long time to dry, turn the oven off and leave the fruit in overnight.
• 5 when the fruit is dry and cool, hot-glue the citrus pieces to one another by overlapping them in line with the candle’s base. do not glue-gun the candle directly or the wax will melt.
• 6 when the candles are completely decorated, and the glue is dry, stagger the candles in the middle of your thanksgiving table and weave the berry branch throughout.