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Remembrance Lantern from a Glass Jar

Age: 13+ years · Time: 45 min + drying time · Level: Medium

Around All Saints' Day, many people in Sweden light candles and think of people they miss. Your own lantern can be a calm way to remember someone – or simply to brighten a dark fall evening.

Materials

• 1 clean glass jar with the label removed
• tissue paper in fall colors
• a few pressed leaves (optional)
• craft glue or white school glue mixed with a little water
• wide paintbrush
• yarn or twine
• 1 battery-powered LED candle
• a small paper tag and a pen (optional)

Steps

1. Wash the jar, remove the label and dry it well.
2. Tear the tissue paper into pieces, about the size of a postage stamp or a little bigger.
3. Brush glue onto a small area of the jar, add a piece of tissue paper and brush a little glue on top.
4. Keep going until the whole jar is covered. Let the pieces overlap. You can place a pressed leaf under one layer of tissue paper.
5. Let the lantern dry for 2–3 hours.
6. Wind yarn around the neck of the jar several times and tie a bow.
7. If you like, write a name or a happy memory on the tag and tie it to the yarn.
8. Place the LED candle in the jar and switch it on.