I love making these - tea light holders
I used copper for that
cut a 1 1/2 inch wide strip by 6 inch long from copper
draw your shapes onto the metal
small tip (if you like a shape make a template out of plastic via exacto knife )
cut out your lizards
shape the strip ,dome a circle and cut a 3x3 inch square
solder everything together ( use plumbers solder )
add your tea light and light it :)
the reason for using plumbers solder is ,is that it takes a much lower temperature to solder the parts together , after all its a tea light not jewelry :)