Cup lantern craft

I love this time of year with all the colourful Autumn leaves, crisp chilly mornings & the natural treasures waiting to be discovered, but as the nights get darker & cooler we love getting all cosy & snuggly indoors. We recently made these Paper Cup Lanterns which are super simple for kids to make, & perfect for brightening up any dark Autumnal evening with their warm glow. Once illuminated these lanterns also create beautiful patterns around nearby walls & objects as the light shines…

Plastic Cup Lanterns and Luminaries We had so much fun making our plastic plate flowers we wanted to do more with our plastic cups and since we still had some painted cups and plates left over we decided to make...Read more

Turn a plastic cup into a DIY lantern with some creativity and a battery votive candle! Afterwards, take your lantern outside and light your way as you search for fireflies and other creatures of the night!

Lovely lantern - use a plastic cup, decorate with tissue paper and sequins. Hang with wool thread and light with electric tea candle. They look great!

During June we're talking about all the fun things we do during the summer and how we can read about all those fun things in a book. Going to the zoo? There's a book for that! Going swimming? There's a book for that! Going on a vacation? There's a book for that! It's great for these little guys to make these kind of meaningful connections between literature and real life. This week we read a book about camping and then went camping right in our classroom! We read this adorable book about��

Easy peasy lanterns for toddlers to make for Halloween, Diwali or just for fun! Stick tissue and sequins onto a clear plastic cup, nest it inside another clear cup, pop a battery tea light inside and a string or pipe cleaner handle!!

Celebrate the dark days with these easy paper luminaries that kids can help make too! Light up the dark afternoons with simple DIY lanterns.

These DIY tissue paper mason jar lanterns are an easy glass jar craft idea. Just use tissue paper strips and Mod Podge!

As the sun begins to set on golden afternoons, there's a certain magic that hangs in that heavy late summer air. In the spirit of August evenings, and the allure of vintage camp-inspired adventures, we

Recycle a peanut butter jar and plastic bowl to create this lovely colorful camp lantern. It lights without a flame, is super-safe for kiddos, perfect for summer nights and a DIY + kids art project all rolled into one! #recycledkidscrafts #recycledcrafts