Halloween lanterns made from recycled plastic drink bottles are fun to make and safe for toddlers and preschoolers to play with. Add a battery operated tea light candle and your spooky lantern is complete.
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To make a halloween lantern you will need:(affiliate links)
- Plastic drink bottle
- Acrylic paint (we found out poster paint flakes off!)
- Pipe cleaners
- Marker pen or black card to make shapes.
- Battery operated tea light candle (Uk link / US link)
How to make a plastic bottle halloween lantern
Paint the plastic bottle with acrylic paint. White for a ghost or orange for a pumpkin.
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We painted our orange pumpkin lantern with poster paint and found lots of the paint flaked off so I would definitely advice using acrylic paint.
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Once dry make holes at the top of the lantern using a craft knife. Post a pipe cleaner through to make a handle. Twist the pipe cleaner around to keep the handle in place.
Draw or stick faces onto the lanterns and put a battery operated tea light candle inside.
Harry: Age 3
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Looking for more halloween crafts? Colour mixing pumpkins are a perfect craft for toddlers and I love our ghost handprints and footprints.
This is an adorable idea! I love that you used plastic bottles - we use too many so I love finding new things to make with them!
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