Lantern Challenge: Festive Christmas Lantern Decoration

Christmas is my absolute favorite time of the year, and I love creating festive home decor to get my house ready for the holidays.  By dressing up a lantern with some basic supplies, many that you probably already own, you can create a gorgeous Christmas lantern decoration that is very versatile and easy to change each season.  Plus, it just takes a few minutes to create which is an added bonus for this busy time of year!

Festive Christmas Lantern Decoration Supplies:

• Darice Metal Lantern.
• Pillar Candle.
• Darice Pinecones.
• Darice Berry Garland.
• Scissors.
• Darice Mini Pine Garland.
• Darice Jingle Bells.
• String.
• Epsom Salt.
• Ribbon.

Step one.  Place candle inside the lantern.  Using a spoon, sprinkle epsom salt all around the candle to mimic the look of snow.

Step two.  Scatter a few small pinecones around the candle.

Cut a few sprigs of berries with a pair of scissors. Place around the candle.

Cut a few sprigs of the mini pine garland and also add them around the candle base.

Step three.  Cut a piece of silver ribbon and wrap it through handle hole. Tie a large, pretty bow.

Step four.  Cut a small piece of string and string two silver bells onto the string.  Tie a knot in the string tightly around the two bells.  Wrap the string with the bells around the middle of the silver bow, tie a knot and trim the excess string from the back.

I told you it was easy! After  just a few simple steps, you now have a gorgeous DIY Christmas lantern decoration that you can switch up throughout the year.

Happy crafting!

Laura

Laura is a wife, mom of four, and the owner and creator of Make Life Lovely, a creative blog filled with creative craft tutorials, DIY projects, party tips, holiday ideas, home decor, and more. A former elementary school teacher, Laura loves getting crafty, planning parties, going on adventures with her family, and eating frozen yogurt.

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