Asked on Dec 13, 2016

How do I make a wood lantern?

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Hi! I wanted some info on your wood lantern project, but guess I don't know how to find it. Kind of new to some,of this stuff on Hometalk. Any ideas for me?

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Janet Pizaro
on Dec 13, 2016

Explain Which wood Lantern? And when did you see the post?

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Loretta
on Dec 13, 2016

SAw the post today, as an ad sort of . .has a bunch of little block pieces of soda?

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Loretta
on Dec 13, 2016

Pieces of soda??? Stupid auto correct, and I clearly typed WOOD!! Pieces of wood!!!

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- Shawna Bailey
  on Dec 14, 2016
  
  LOL. My autocorrect is always driving me crazy.
  
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Shawna Bailey
on Dec 14, 2016

Also were you looking for this post?

https://www.hometalk.com/1927282/scrap-wood-lantern

Scrap Wood Lantern

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- Shawna Bailey
  on Jan 3, 2017
  
  Let me know how it turns out!?
  
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Stephen Scott Johnson
on Dec 16, 2016

I've made one and they're really easy to make. I used poplar wood for mine. Got the wood from Home Depot. Mixed water and paint together to "stain" the wood. Added a rope for a handle and found an LED candle at Hobby Lobby.

The top piece is a furniture leg I found at HD. See pics

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- Stephen Scott Johnson
  on Jan 2, 2017
  
  Loretta ... Go over to my profile on Hometalk and look at my projects. I just posted this project a couple days ago. It goes into detail on how I made it.
  
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Diva of DIY
on Jan 2, 2017

Loretta, If you are still looking here is our tutorial: http://divaofdiy.com/easy-outdoor-decor-make-lanterns-scrap-wood/

These are one of the most popular posts on our blog! We also have a lantern made of 2x4s!

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Mary
on Feb 5, 2017

Hometalk had some made out of four matching picture frames, attached to a wood base. They were cute

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Loretta
on Feb 5, 2017

Thanks :)) I did find the one I wanted though :))

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