Teddy Bear Candles

Bears moulded from wax in two builds: the slim baby bear and the rounder chubby bear, each in pastel pink, pastel yellow, red and white. They were made with baby showers and christenings in mind, and that is still where most of them go — as a table setting, a favour, or the small gift that ends up on a nursery shelf long after the party. A pair in matching pastels reads best on a dessert table.

Sculpted wax has no jar around it, so give a bear a dish or a wide plate and keep it away from anything that can catch. Plenty of buyers never light theirs at all, which is a perfectly good outcome. Should one soften onto a surface, this explains how to lift wax out of furniture, and our pet-safe guide is worth a read for houses with animals.