Do you know how hard it is to take a picture of something in the dark?! Crazy! The process of making this lantern was simple. I had a ton of canning jars sitting in my pantry. I pulled them out and cleaned them. I then cut out different shapes on my Cricut (I used contact paper). We are doing a flower theme in our cabin but I couldn't resist some polka dots! Oh I should mention you totally don't have to have a Cricut for these projects. It just makes life a whole lot easier (If you live by me you can come over and use mine). You can cut the shapes out by hand. Stick whatever shapes you choose on your jar and spray a glass frosting all over your jar. Here is a picture of the kind I used...
I purchased mine from Michaels. Bring your 50% of coupon (With the coupon I believe it's about $4.00) and it does about 25 jars. Not bad! I love this stuff. It dries within minutes and I could handle the jars. I tried another brand that was more expensive and came in a small spray can. It took FOREVER to dry (I'm not a patient person when it comes to crafts) and it also had a slight yellow tint to it. Go for the Valspar!
I do recommend you give it time to dry (do as I say not as I do!). After they are dry peel off the contact paper shapes and you are almost done. Last I added the wire as a handle. I think they ended up pretty cute. Can't you see a bunch of YW carrying these around? These lanterns would be fun as centerpieces for YWIE also!
Go HERE for a wire handle tutorial :)
how did you make the wire handle? could you go into more detail about that? I just LOVE your blog and discovered it recently. I just got called as 1st couns. in my YW and I am always looking for ideas!! you've given us some hope as leaders! :-)
ReplyDeleteI will make a post with pictures of how I did the wire :)
ReplyDeleteAdorable and easy! I love mason jars! I featured this on somedaycrafts.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteIm going to totally try this. They are adorable and would make great gifts...for next year...Im up to my elbows in projects for this year. I just got a cricut while in the states too for 99.99. I can't wait to try it. Where do you get contact paper?? Ive never heard of it. Thanks
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ReplyDeleteI'm going to try these out!
~Amy
Those are darling-
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Cheri
This is such an amazing idea. Thanks so much for sharing. I too love lanterns. We made some for Halloween. Cut out 3 black circles for eyes and mouth. Tape on with masking tape as you wrap the whole jar for wrappings. Add wire handle. Battery tea lights. Done. Gonna have to follow your blog. Don't want to miss anything.
ReplyDeleteGreat great Idea!!! Where did you get your mason jars?? totheta@comcast.net
ReplyDeleteThanks for the super cute idea!! I made some small ones out of baby jars and gave them to my YW for our lesson today!!
ReplyDeleteI have not been able to find the Valspar frosting at Michaels. Is there any other one that you could recommend...they had a lot of Krylon paints...there's a clear shiny and matte...would that work? I am so excited to try this! It's adorable!
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ReplyDeleteWow great blog. I stumbled across you on pinterest. Love your ideas. Will have to give this a try with the new theme Arise and Shine Forth
ReplyDeleteWe did this for our YW for Christmas this past year. We did a sun for our sticker and introduced the the new theme this year, Arise and Shine Forth. And since we were on a small budget with a lot of girls we had people from our ward donate the jars and then used a green twine for the handle. It was super cheap and they loved them!!!
ReplyDeleteJust curious... could you use stickers instead for the designs? I'm not to crafty with contact paper.
ReplyDeleteLove this idea. Thanks for sharing. I am using plastic jars. Like peanut butter and mayo containers. I wasn't sure if the frosting would stick but it works great. We are going to hang them around our camp site and I was worried about wind knocking them down. We will also use the battery operated tea lights. We will have all the cutouts for the young women to choose from and let them decorate themselves.
ReplyDeleteFor any interested...Walmart now carries canning jars that are smooth with no letters or impressions on them and they are much less expensive than mason brand jars!
ReplyDeleteGonna have to follow your blog. Don't want to miss anything. :)
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