Festive Lanterns

I seen this in a Taste of Home magazine I got in the mail and thought it sounded simple and cheap to do,

what you need:


* glass jar whatever size you can find (I used left over Spaghetti jars)
*Mod Podge
*tissue paper
*cheapo paint brush or sponge
* ribbon
*tea light candle ( I used fake tea lights )

First I measured and cut  the tissue paper I would be putting on the jar to size.

Then I coated the glass jar with mod podge and carefully wrapped the tissue paper around it.

NOTE: once the tissue paper is on don't try to move it, it will tear, just pat it down. don't worry about lumps.

 I have quite a few lumps and bubbles no worries....

Next you will put a coat of mod podge over the tissue paper, again don't brush to hard it will tear

be generous and coat all of it.  After I coated it I wrapped my ribbon around the top.

Then I set them upside down on a plate to dry (overnight) since I did the bottom.

you will know when they are dry they won't be tacky and the mod podge will have turned clear.

I found these at our local Wal-mart and thought that would be perfect, but you can use regular tea light candles.

There you go I'm going to make a few more.  Like a white one to mimic a ghost and a orange one for a pumpkin.  You can print out faces for those at  http://www.tasteofhome.com/lantern just cut them out and paste them on with the mod podge.

Happy crafting!!!