Even an ordinary dinner can be dressed up with a pair of lighted tapers! Don’t let the threat of spilled wax on your tablecloth stop you from adding ambience to your evening meals – these tips make clean-up a breeze:

1. Let wax drippings cool, then apply a plastic bag filled with ice to the drip to freeze it
2. Use an old credit card to chip away as much of the wax as possible
3. Spread a sheet of brown paper (a brown paper bag will do) over the remaining wax and run a medium-hot iron over the surface
4. When the paper has absorbed as much wax as possible, spot-clean leftover stains with a cleaner like Grandma’s Secret Spot Remover
5. Use a hand-held hair-dryer to dry the fabric