Roman Candles

No, I don't mean fireworks. These roman candles belong on top of a birthday cake.

This struck me as a piece of genius design for those of us for whom birthday candles are now more of a fire hazard than a delight. No one wants their icing melted by the sheer heat of a huge number of candles which only serve to remind you that time is moving on.

The candles come in the shape of roman numerals, which can be used to provide a nice short-hand to replace one-candle-one-year. Instead of 30 individual candles blazing away, singing your eyebrows you can have a nice and elegant XXX. Cute eh? The best thing is the pack contains enough numerals to do any number from 1 to 89 - catering for most people who are still able to blow out a candle.

Roman Candles - £3.99 from ShinyShack.com