One theory suggests that the tradition of birthday candles originated in Ancient Greece. Candles on cakes were a way to pay homage to Artemis, the goddess of the moon and the hunt.
The bridged layers are specially made so that they won't fall apart or lose 'islands' when you cut them.
Cut out and paint your four-layer stencil of Birthday Candles. Decide whether you will use the natural surface color as one of your layers. For example, if your surface color is close to the color thistle , then you may choose to omit the first layer since the surface has this color already. Download the free cut files to cut this stencil of Birthday Candles yourself. Or upload your own image to turn it into a stencil.