25 Halloween Candleholders For Creating An Ambience

halloween candleholders for creating an ambience

Candles create a welcoming and warming up ambience and candlelight is mysterious, it’s not your usual string lights. That’s why candles are so amazing for lighting such a party as Halloween! But of course, you’ll need some candleholders and candlesticks to place your candles there, and these holders should help create an ambience and bring more charm to the space.

Bottle Candleholders

You can DIY some candleholders of bottles, which is a cool and very easy craft even for a beginner. You may just paint them black and insert some bright candles, they will decorate the bottles with their wax. You can add glitter, metallic touches or even paint sugar skulls right on the bottles to remind of Mexican Day of the Dead. There are tons of options to choose from and you can easily realize everything you want.

Black bottles with red and deep purple wax from candles on them look scary and bloody, so you won't have to decorate the holders too much.

Black bottles with red and deep purple wax from candles on them look scary and bloody, so you won't have to decorate the holders too much.

Bottles painted with Mexican Day of the Dead sugar skulls can be used as candleholders or vases for blooms.

Bottles painted with Mexican Day of the Dead sugar skulls can be used as candleholders or vases for blooms.

Bottles painted matte black and blakc glitter with a purple bow and matching candles for Halloween candleholders.

Bottles painted matte black and blakc glitter with a purple bow and matching candles for Halloween candleholders.

Vintage bottles painted black and bronze to make the look like refined metal candleholders are chic and elegant.

Vintage bottles painted black and bronze to make the look like refined metal candleholders are chic and elegant.

Skull And Skeleton Candleholders

Skull and skeleton candleholders are timeless for Halloween décor: they never go out of style and fit most of Halloween party themes. It can be a skull with a candle inside, skeleton hands holding a candle, a stack of skulls or just a jar with stenciled skeletons or skulls. The idea is totally up to you and the style you have and most of such candleholders can be easily DIYed.

Skeleton hands holding a bloody candle will be a nice decoration for a traditional Halloween party.

Skeleton hands holding a bloody candle will be a nice decoration for a traditional Halloween party.

Jars painted black with skull stencils on them are a nice Halloween-like idea to rock and will fit a modern party.

Jars painted black with skull stencils on them are a nice Halloween-like idea to rock and will fit a modern party.

A spooky candle holder made of skulls.

A spooky candle holder made of skulls.

A skeleton hand holding a glass with a candle is a creative and bold idea for Halloween, which is always in trend.

A skeleton hand holding a glass with a candle is a creative and bold idea for Halloween, which is always in trend.

A gold skull candleholder can be eaisly DIYed and used anytime for Halloween decor, it will match most of themes.

A gold skull candleholder can be eaisly DIYed and used anytime for Halloween decor, it will match most of themes.

White skull candleholders with blakc candles are perfect for decorating your space for Halloween, simple and traditional.

White skull candleholders with blakc candles are perfect for decorating your space for Halloween, simple and traditional.

A bone candelabra with tall black candles is a timeless Hallowene decoration, which can be DIYed.

A bone candelabra with tall black candles is a timeless Hallowene decoration, which can be DIYed.

Other Candleholders

There are tons of other ideas to try, and the most popular for now is faux human hands – they can be usual or palmistry ones and can hold not only candles but also vases with blooms, greenery and branches. Mason jars can be stenciled with skeletons, skulls, blackbirds spiderwebs, spiders or just covered with black lace for a chic and refined feel. Candlesticks can be given a unique look if you turn them into bird claws or even make some blackbirds with candleholders in them.

Turn thriftstore lamps into Halloween candleholders and paint them black to make the decor more refined and elegant.

Turn thriftstore lamps into Halloween candleholders and paint them black to make the decor more refined and elegant.

Super chic and elegant black lace candleholders with embellishments and pendants will fit a chic Gothic fete.

Super chic and elegant black lace candleholders with embellishments and pendants will fit a chic Gothic fete.

Stylish black and gold candleholders are amazing for Halloween decor, they will work for modern and minimalist themes.

Stylish black and gold candleholders are amazing for Halloween decor, they will work for modern and minimalist themes.

A bowl with hay, a pumpkin and three candleholders in black is a stylish and scary idea for Halloween.

A bowl with hay, a pumpkin and three candleholders in black is a stylish and scary idea for Halloween.

A sheer mason jar decorated with blakc spiderwebs and spiders plus a black glitter ribbon will be a nice candleholder.

A sheer mason jar decorated with blakc spiderwebs and spiders plus a black glitter ribbon will be a nice candleholder.

Black candleholders with dripping gold will accommodate little tealights and will add elegance to your decor.

Black candleholders with dripping gold will accommodate little tealights and will add elegance to your decor.

Black lace candleholders are an elegant and chic craft for Halloween, they can be crafted in two minutes.

Black lace candleholders are an elegant and chic craft for Halloween, they can be crafted in two minutes.

Black palmistry Halloween candleholders and decorations with gold runes look bold and contrasting.

Black palmistry Halloween candleholders and decorations with gold runes look bold and contrasting.

Creepy Gothic candleholders with skulls, snakes, skeletons, octopi and other scary stuff.

Creepy Gothic candleholders with skulls, snakes, skeletons, octopi and other scary stuff.

Elegant and stylish blackbird candleholders with black candles will fit any Halloween table setting or mantel.

Elegant and stylish blackbird candleholders with black candles will fit any Halloween table setting or mantel.

Refined metal candleholders can be used as holders for skulls and other types of decor, too.

Refined metal candleholders can be used as holders for skulls and other types of decor, too.

Rusted antique bird claw candle sticks with black candles are a gorgeous and non-traditional idea to try.

Rusted antique bird claw candle sticks with black candles are a gorgeous and non-traditional idea to try.

Scary faux human hand candleholders with tall black candles and a bowl with fruits and matching hands.

Scary faux human hand candleholders with tall black candles and a bowl with fruits and matching hands.

White candleholders with spiders drawn are a chic and simple DIY idea for Halloween decor.

White candleholders with spiders drawn are a chic and simple DIY idea for Halloween decor.