number candles

Cake age markers

Number candles are birthday cake candles shaped like numerals, used to display the age being celebrated.

A single candle shaped like 7 or two candles forming 25 replace the tradition of one candle per year: We used number candles because forty individual flames seemed like a fire hazard.

Related

blow out · wax · wick · flame · blow · wish · candelabra · glow · melting · age · counting · cake topper · frosting · celebration · sparkler · taper · votive · flickering

Opposites
specificity of marking

number candlestaper candles

Long, slender wax lights

Family

number, candle, numbers, numbered, numbering, numberless, innumerable, numeral, numerate

Familiarity
Top 500,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G