Make your own DIY Christmas lanterns
Habitat bright ideas with Fleur Thorpe – DIY projects
Create these quick and easy Christmas lantern to brighten your festive table this Christmas. Reuse any glass jars you have in the cupboard or from your recycling bin.
You will need
- 3 glass jars
- Paper to create a stencil
- Pencil
- Scissors
- Sticky tape
- Paintbrush
- Tealight candles
- Resene testpot paints in your choice of colours, Fleur used Resene Saratoga, Resene Paprika and Resene Bullion
Instructions
Top tip: Add an extra luscious touch to your Christmas festivities with lantern jars painted in Resene FX Metallic paints. The metallic flake will reflect more light around the room and help to catch your guests' attention.
Step 1
Clean and dry your three glass jars. Cut out shapes using paper and scissors to use as a stencil. Fleur made a Christmas tree, heart and a star.
Step 2
Use loops of sticky tape or double sided tape to stick the shapes on to the front of the jars. Try to position your shapes quite low down so that the flame from the short tea light candles can be seen through the glass. Paint your jars in your chosen Resene colours but be careful not to push paint under your paper shape. Fleur used Resene Paprika, Resene Saratoga and Resene Bullion. When using a Resene FX Metallic, apply the recommended basecoat colour first for the most stand out metallic colour effect.
Step 3
Once the paint has dried, carefully remove the paper shape and place a tealight candle in the bottom of the jar and let there be light.
Styling and images by Fleur Thorpe. Nov 2022.