Glass Jar Christmas Lantern Craft

Use double-sided tape, glitter, craft jewels and other things to transform old mason jars and baby food jars into gorgeous Christmas lanterns. These are also great for a gift. Go to Be a Fun Mum for details on this and other craft ideas.

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Epsom Salts Frosted Jar Christmas Lanterns

These are so beautiful. Use Epsom salts to transform old mason jars into frosted Christmas lanterns. You might also try to stick on a stencil to make cute Christmas design. Crafts by Amanda has so many great ideas. Go here to find out more on how to make this beautiful Christmas craft.

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Christmas Paper Lanterns Craft for Preschoolers.

These Christmas paper lanterns are another great craft idea from the Preschool Toolbox, perfect for your preschoolers. Simple and fun to make and you can personalize with your students name. Follow the link for this and other great Christmas craft ideas.

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Christmas Milk Jug Snowman Lantern Craft

Let your creativity and resourcefulness flow with these cute milk jug snowman lantern for Christmas. Some gallon milk jugs, Christmas lights and a few decorations are all you need. These recycled crafts will look great lit up outside or lining the driveway for your Christmas party. Click below for the full details on this fun craft.

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Thanksgiving Corn Cob Bottle Lantern Craft

This Thanksgiving corn cob bottle lantern craft is such a bright idea! Use plastic bottles, tissue paper, and bubble wrap to create these cute original lanterns. Use them to line the driveway to your Thanksgiving party. The picture above was done for a Girl Scout camp. Follow the link for more details on this fun craft. This recycled craft is also great for Earth Day.

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Plastic Bottle Fish Lantern Craft

This is a really cool looking recycled plastic bottle fish lantern craft I found on a Japanese blog. They used a 2 liter plastic drink bottle. Unfortunately, there is no description of how the craft was made. It looks as if they glued green tissue paper strips all over the bottle. The fins and mouth appear to be other pieces of plastic likewise covered in tissue paper and glued on. The eyes might be painted bottle caps. It's a great idea. You could put a string of Christmas lights inside to make a lantern. It makes you think what other things you could make with the same idea. Follow the link below to see some other pictures including a blue fish. Have fun.

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Halloween Glow Stick Lanterns

This Halloween glow stick lantern craft is such a good idea. Those plastic glow sticks you get for Halloween are non-toxic. Break them apart and pour the luminescent liquid into a jar. Shake around and you have a lantern. Mix different colors for a special effect. Add a little bit of water so they last longer. Line them up along the driveway or in the window.

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Halloween Paper Lantern Craft

This is a classic Halloween paper lantern craft from Japan. It's really fun to do with a class.

Materials:

• orange and black paper
• scissors
• glue
• black marker
• ribbon
• hole punch

Directions:

1. Take a sheet of orange paper and fold it in half lengthwise.
2. Cut slits along the fold halfway to the other side, every inch or so down the length of the paper.
3. Unfold the paper, roll into a tube and glue in place. Push down slightly to make the sides stand out.
4. For the face you have 2 options; Cut out black eyes, nose, and mouth and glue on, or Draw a face with a black marker before cut the slits.
5. Punch 2 hole in the top and thread a ribbon through. Or, Cut a strip from orange paper and glue on for a handle.

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Halloween Paper Lantern Craft

Here's a simple and great looking Halloween paper lantern craft from Craft Town. String these lanterns all over the house to set the mood. It's a great craft to do with your class, too. Follow the link for a full tutorial with pictures.

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Halloween Haunted House Lantern Craft

This is an absolutely fabulous little Halloween Haunted House treat box craft idea from Cathe Holden at "Just Something I made". You can follow the link below and print out here original template. The house only stands a few inches high with an electric tea light inside. She used glitter card stock in this example. Personally, I would make it much bigger, out of black sandpaper. Great idea! Visit Cathe's website for this and more great ideas.

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Halloween Mummy Jar Lantern Craft

Here's a really cute Halloween mummy jar lantern craft idea. It's simple and effective. Check out the website for a full tutorial as well as other Halloween ghost lantern ideas.

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Halloween Paper Bag Flashlight Lantern Craft

This Halloween flashlight paper bag Jack-O-Lantern light craft is so cool. It's pretty self explanatory The Artists Helping Children website has so many creative crafts for kids. Follow the link for a fully illustrated tutorial and other great ideas. Take this light on your trick-or-treating route.

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Halloween Cheese Cloth Ghosts Craft

Here's a great Halloween ghost craft idea. You need cheese cloth, starch, and a ball. Follow the link for the full tutorial.

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Halloween Jack-O-Lantern Paper Lantern Craft

Here's an easy Halloween Jack-O-Lantern Paper Lantern Craft idea from Japan. Simple and fun to make.

Materials:

• sheet of orange paper
• black marker
• scissors
• ruler
• craft knife
• tea light candle
• glue

Directions:

1. Fold your sheet of orange paper in half to find the middle line.  Draw a pumpkin and Jack-O-Lantern face in the middle of the sheet of orange paper with a black marker near the bottom.
2. Cut out the face parts with a craft knife.
3. Cut the sides of the pumpkin so it stands out from the rest of the paper.
4. Roil the paper into a tube and glue in the back.
5. Cut a light inside and glow.

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Halloween Pumpkin Lantern Craft

Here's a really simple Halloween Jack-O-Lantern Pumpkin lantern craft idea from Japan.
The example pictured here used a kind of colored corrugated cardboard or plastic, but you could easily use orange card stock. Follow the link for a full picture tutorial complete with cute kids.

Materials:

• orange colored corrugated cardboard or card stock
• green felt
• scissors
• black marker
• tape
• craft knife (adult only)
• tea light candle
• stapler

Directions:

1. Cut a piece of orange cardboard or card stock about 12 x 5 inches.
2. Draw a Jack-O-Lantern face in the middle with a black marker.
3. Have an adult cut out the face with a craft knife.
4. Round off the top corners with scissors so it has a nice round pumpkin shape. The back should be about 1 inch wide.
5. Roll into a tube and staple or glue in the back.
6. Cut a green triangle from felt or paper and tape to the top for a leaf.
7. Cut a  tea light candle in the back and let your little Jack-O-Lantern shine.

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Halloween Jar Lanterns Craft

These are great looking Halloween Lantern Jars. Just glue on orange tissue paper squares, then cut out and glue on eyes, nose, and mouth to make your Jack-O-Lantern and put a candle inside. Or make a black cat.

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Halloween Jar Lanterns Craft

These are great ideas for making Halloween lanterns from old jars. This comes from a Portuguese site. Just use paint or glue on tissue paper for the background color. Then cut out face parts from black paper and glue on.

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Halloween Ghost Milk Jug Lanterns Craft

This is such a great and simple idea, Halloween ghost lanterns from milk jugs craft.

Materials:

• clean empty gallon milk jugs
• black permanent marker
• exacto knife
• holiday string lights
• sand

Directions:

1. Draw ghost eyes and mouths on the milk jugs. Leave the caps on to help keep the shape.
2. Use an exacto knife to cut a half dollar sized circle out of the side of the jugs.
3. Line several ghost lanterns in a row. Pour sand in the bottom to weigh them down. Stuff each with several light long the string.

Variations:

Use glow sticks or battery powered LED lights instead.

Use orange an black markers to make a Jack-O-Lantern or green to make a monster. You might want to use acrylic paint instead.

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4th of July Jar Lanterns Craft

Here's something different for Independence Day, this 4th of July jar lanterns craft is easy and fun to make Line these lanterns in your window or along the driveway to show your patriotic spirit. Equally good for Memorial Day or Patriots Day.

Materials:

• empty glass jars(canning jars or mayonnaise jars are good)
• red, white, and blue acrylic paint
• paintbrushes
• contact paper
• marker
• scissors
• glitter glue
• clear gloss sealer spray
• twine or patriotic ribbon
• candle
• matches

Directions:

1. Draw several stars on contact paper with a marker and cut out.
2. Peel off the backing and stick to the jars.
3. Paint the jars in 4th of July colors and let dry.
4. Peel off the contact paper to reveal the star.
5. Outline the star with glitter glue. Allow to dry.
6. Tie twine or ribbon around the top of your jar lanterns.
7. Put in a candle and lite.

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4th of July Paper Lantern Craft

 

 

 

These cute 4th of July paper lanterns are simple to make and look great. String them up as decorations for your next Independence Day party.

 

Materials:

• red, white, and blue paper
• scissors
• glue
• paper or sticker stars
• 4th of july motif tape
• star punch if you have it

Directions:

1.  Cut a large rectangle from colored paper.
2. Fold in half lengthwise.
3. Make cuts with scissors about every 1/2 inch or so.
4. Unfold the paper, and roll to make a cylindar with slits. Glue in place.
5. Push down gently to make the sides stick out.
6. Cut a thin rectangle and glue to the top to make a loop to hang.
7. Decorte the top and bottom with patriotic tape. Add paper stars or use a star punch.
8. String them up along a length o ribbon or a string of lights for  Independenc Day party decorations.

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