Homemade Paper Lanterns

These paper lanterns are so much fun for any parties, birthdays, or any occasion! Hang them in a sunny room or outdoors and they will just beam with colors! It's a special treat for kids to make something large and 3-dimensional that their parents will leave on display.


Supplies

• Colored tissue paper
• Mod Podge or white glue
• Foam brush (or large regular brush)
• Plain paper lanterns (at least 6-in diam.)
• Inspiration images or ideas from your imagination

Directions

1. Tear or cut the colored tissue paper and collage onto the paper lanterns using Mod Podge or slightly watered-down white glue.
2. Create images or abstract patterns.
3. Our lantern-makers tried a few different compositions: a bubbly underwater scene, an abstract collage with a gnome, and a flamboyant peacock inspired by a zoology illustration.
4. If you are using illuminated lanterns, add cut paper silhouettes to the interior for a dancing shadow show.