Handmade Halloween lanterns with everyday materials! Revealing super easy ideas!
Lanterns that enchantingly color the night of Halloween.
Thinking of making your own but not sure how to start? In this article, we’ll introduce ideas for handmade Halloween lanterns using familiar materials.
They’re all simple crafts that are safe and fun for everyone from kids to adults.
The gentle, flickering light in the dark is perfect for your home decor! For a Halloween party with friends or decorations by your front door, why not create a special atmosphere with handmade Halloween lanterns?
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Handmade Halloween lanterns with everyday materials! Revealing super easy ideas (1–10)
Halloween lantern made with thread
https://www.tiktok.com/@dailytips_gokigen/video/7423759495152585991This one, where you wrap string around a balloon, is fun right from the making process.
First, thread a needle and poke it into a bottle of white glue to coat the thread with glue.
Wrap the glue-coated thread around an inflated balloon until there are hardly any gaps left.
Once you finish wrapping and the glue has dried, pop the balloon inside and remove it.
At the opening where you took the balloon out, make a small cut with scissors and spread it slightly in a radial shape, trimming it so it looks like the rim of a bowl.
After that, stick on parts for jack-o’-lanterns or ghost faces around the outside as you like, and you’re done! Put a light inside and display it.
Rainbow Ghost Lantern
Recommended for anyone who wants to make a cute ghost lantern! First, open a clear plastic file and apply glue in the shape of a ghost outline.
Once the glue dries, fill the inside of the glued outline with slime in your favorite colors, placing it randomly.
After drying for a few days until it becomes crispy, peel it off the clear file and shape it into a ghost.
Next, take a round food container like the kind used for deli items, insert a light and thread through it, and combine it with the ghost.
Finally, stick on facial features made from round stickers or construction paper, and you’re done! Try hanging it up as a decoration.
Pumpkin lantern made from a plastic bottle bottom
This is a pumpkin lantern made by using the bottom of a plastic bottle! Use the bumpy base of the bottle as the pumpkin shape, cover the surface with paper clay, and paint it.
If you cut out the pumpkin’s eyes, nose, and mouth before painting, it will look beautiful when you place an LED light inside! You can choose any colors and patterns you like, so let’s create a one-of-a-kind original piece.
If children are making it with a guardian, the guardian can prepare the base and let the kids do the painting!
Handmade Halloween lanterns with everyday materials! Revealing super easy ideas! (11–20)
Jack-o’-lantern
For those who are tired of pumpkin-shaped lanterns, let me introduce the ghost lantern.
First, prepare a plastic bottle, cut off the neck, and place a ping-pong ball on top to make the mold.
Drape gauze that’s been soaked in laundry starch over it and shape it.
Adding some movement to the gauze will make it look more ghost-like.
Lastly, draw the ghost’s eyes and mouth, and you’re done.
It can be fun to give it a cute face, too.
It’s simple, but you can make a surprisingly authentic lantern!
Jack-o’-lantern
Speaking of Halloween, it’s all about jack-o’-lanterns made by carving yellow pumpkins.
Just having one instantly boosts the Halloween vibe, doesn’t it? To make one, first get a fairly large pumpkin.
Next, mark it with a pen, then carve out the insides as well as the eyes and mouth, and you’re done.
By the way, using a paring knife makes the carving process smoother.
Also, since it’s a perishable item, be aware that it will start to rot in about a week.
PET bottle lantern
Actually, you can make a Halloween lantern using common household items.
First, prepare an empty plastic bottle.
Then attach construction paper cut into rectangles longer than the bottle itself.
Position each strip so that one end reaches the bottom of the bottle and the other end reaches the mouth.
Repeat this, and you’ll end up with a shape that resembles a pumpkin.
Finally, add eyes and a mouth made from construction paper to finish it off.
For extra effect, cover the cap with green construction paper to recreate the stem.
Lanterns with mason jars
If you want to make an original Jack-o’-lantern, here’s a craft using a mason jar.
First, get a mason jar, such as one from a 100-yen shop.
Next, print your favorite illustration and place it inside.
You’ll be able to see the illustration from the outside, so trace it with a felt-tip pen.
Finally, add a light and you’re done.
If you have small children or pets at home, using a battery-powered lamp is safer.
Use any illustration you like and create a one-of-a-kind Jack-o’-lantern.