What are those candle thingies called that spin???

[NotanOtter]

The heat of the candle makes things spin which in turn makes something hit something and hits a bell?

which is all really christmassy and lovely and dp wants one - so I said I would ask!!!

PLEASE oh clever ones!

ooh ive got one but no idea what its called

Oh I know what you mean, like a candle-heat-moving-mobile-metal-dingly-bell-thingy

Sorry, don't know what they're called though

mines like this but gold

OMG it's going to bug the hell out of me now!

yes hat is kind of it but they are gold and a bit american

oh well done cheesesarnie!

and bigger with big candles or at least normal sized candles

They are called angel chimes. I have wanted some ever since I read a story with one in, when I was about six and I have never, ever, ever seen one in a shop. Please, if you know where I can buy one in a real shop, rather than online, I will be, like the aliens in Toy Stroy, eternally grateful.

thankyou Janeite

I will google now and of course i will tell you if i find 'shop' one

how sweet!

i know a shop but its in cornwall!my aunties shop

here you go!

well done! thankyou

I bought one last year after reading a thread on here It is really lovely and came in about 3 days. You have just reminded me i need to order some more candles!

Oooh we had one at school (pre health and safety) and it was great!

I have the angel one thats below it on the link posted by iheartdusty. Its quite small but mesmorising to watch! But now that I have seen the one that chimes, well.......!!!!

I have the angel one thats below it on the link posted by iheartdusty. Its quite small but mesmorising to watch! But now that I have seen the one that chimes, well.......!!!!

Sad Christmas Tale

My mum has one of these.

When we were kids my parents saved up for a new dining room table and it was delivered a week before Christmas. We sat round the table and my mum proudly put the Angel Chimes in the middle as a centre piece and we had a lovely dinner.

My mum's happiness at new dining table turned to horror when she cleared the table and realised that the angel chimes had got so hot that they had burned a big circular mark on her new table, right through the mat it was standing on.

My parents never did crazy stuff like claim on their house insurance so we used that table for 20 years with a cloth over it to hide the mark.

Anyway, just a word of warning - they get hotter than you think! But they are lovely.

can i just say that i love these but they're a bit annoyi9ng when you're a grown up!

(john lewis had them a few years ago. top tip is to stock up on candles whenever you see them!!)

kbear that is sooo sad it actually made me cry

My mum never got over it! It was high drama that night I can tell you. not in the least bit funny, although we do laugh now it's not so raw (this happened in about 1975), it cost a fortune and it was probably the first new thing they'd ever bought.

i suspect the kbear family do NOT have an angel chime adorning their ikea best!

They do not! We don't do candles at the Kbear's den, unless there is a power cut!

I think they are lovely but my DH would wholeheartedly agree with tassiss on the 'annoying' factor so we stopped using ours. Think I might have to buy the really sweet non-chiming one on iheart's link.