How to make a spooky DIY lantern for Halloween

Give this scarily easy craft project a go!

So the fam has scare-normous plans to decorate the home that’ll leave the summer Xmas lights for dead.

But then life happens and suddenly Halloween is the day after yesterday and not a string of skeleton bunting has gone up yet.

Not to worry as there are always spook-fully easy crafts that a sorcerer’s apprentice can whip up quickly.

Let’s get started by turning a jar into an atmospheric silhouette lantern. And when you’re done you can set up the lantern in the window, or out in the garden.

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What you need

• Glass jar
• LED candlelight pack
• Purple transparent sheet
• Black acrylic pen

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Note

For the transparent sheet, I upcycled a plastic scrapbook cover. You may also colour cellophane for a similar effect.

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Activity

Use a black acrylic pen to illustrate a Halloween-themed silhouette on the surface of a clear glass jar. The image can be a spooky landscape or a creepy face.

Roll a purple transparent sheet into a cylinder and slide into the glass jar.

Switch on a pack of LED candle lights, and place them inside the jar.

Place a lid on the jar.

Originally published as How to make a spooky DIY lantern for Halloween