Every year my friends and I do an ornament exchange in place of buying each other gifts. This year I accompanied their ornaments with these little lanterns for the holiday season.
I got the idea for these lanterns on Pinterest (of course!) and pretty much everything it takes to make them costs $1. $1 cranberries, $1 ribbon, $1 christmas tree greens. The little mason jars were $2 and the big bag of snow was $6 but there is sooo much left for other projects.
I simply hot glued the ribbon on, then the greens, and then the cranberries which I cut from $1 branches from Dollar Tree.
I filled them with snow and put a tealight inside. The picture shows a battery operated light but I used real tealights when I gave them as gifts.
When I gave them to my friends, I just placed the ornament string under the top and hung them from the lantern and had the perfect Christmas double gift.
I love how easy (and quick!) these were and they turned out to be a nice festive holiday present!
Aren't Christmas crafties just your favorite kind?!! ;)
these are adorable! love the touch of greenery and berries!
ReplyDeleteLove the laterns! I just picked up some mason jars from the thrift store and now I know what to do with them.
ReplyDeleteMason jar crafts are fun and you made them even better! I love the the ribbon and berries. :)
ReplyDeleteperfectly simple, and just the right price! thank you so much for linking up to our party! :)
ReplyDeleteI love this! What a simple but awesome gift. Thank's so much for linking up with Tip-toe thru Tuesday.
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