Mason Jar Lanterns

Tessa Zundel
by Tessa Zundel
Made from upcycled materials and items you have on hand already, create these simple mason jar lanterns with your family. Give them as gifts or use them for holiday celebrations – the possibilities are endless!
Materials Needed:


Colored tissue paper


Mason jar in any size – we prefer half or full pints since small children have a hard time with the quart jars


Battery operated tea lights or small candles (with supervision)


Glue sticks


Scissors


Mason jar rings – you don’t need the seals, just the ring to fit over the top


Yarn or sturdy string.
ur Mason jar lanterns are usually very small and plain, but their effect is lovely. At our Martinmas celebration, every child creates their own lantern and then carries it out into the dark of night for a scripture scavenger hunt and a bonfire. Watching the small, colored lights of the Mason jar lanterns bobbing through the pitch, black night is always my absolute favorite part of the evening.


The kids have no idea how much it inspires me to see their lights, weaving and racing against the dark, as they make their way back to the house.
Tessa Zundel
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