Love fall? These fall luminaries are sure to bring the best of the fall tree colors into your home! I’m so excited to get back to fall activities and crafts! We decided to kick off the new season by making these fun fall luminaries from mason jars. They were a total experiment but thankfully they turned out very cute and we’re enjoying them all lit up in the evenings.
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A while back the girls and I did a mosaic candle holder craft and I’ve been meaning to expand on it ever since because the results were bright and colorful and the kids really enjoyed making. These fall luminaries are a fun twist on that simple craft.
Fall Luminaries Craft for Kids
Materials:
- Mason Jars (ours are from the Dollar store)
- Mod Podge
- Fall colored Tissue Paper ripped into pieces
- Brown Construction paper
- Paint Brush
- Candle
These are so simple to create and the kids will enjoy doing it!
We started by painting one area at a time with Mod Podge. The girls like to take their time and find the perfect spot for each piece of tissue paper but Mod Podge dries fairly quickly so it’s less frustration if we do it section by section.
When adding your tissue paper I recommend having a wet paper towel or wipe handy because little hands can easily get the glue on them and it makes it had to attach the tissue paper with sticky hands.
We used scraps of brown construction paper to make our trees and attached them the same way as the tissue paper. The final step was to go over all the loose ends of tissue paper that were sticking up and put a top coat of Mod Podge over it all.
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Festive and colorful right?! We love them with and without the candles in them.
Beautiful! They are sure to add some fall flair to your house! We use ours every night and all the grandparents have requested they get ones for their houses too!
What are you doing with your kids to celebrate fall?
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Ooh, these are so beautiful! What a fun way to celebrate fall!
Can we just use elmers school glue?
Hi Lyla! I haven’t tried it with glue but I would expect it to work the same. The only difference may be that white glue will have a frosted look to it when it dries vs the glossy/clear look that the Mod Podge has. Maybe try clear glue?
Yes, I used it they came out awesome.
Hi Dorothy, what type of glue and size of candles did you use?
These look awesome! What size of jar did you use?
Hi Pat! The jars that we used are 16oz jars from our local Dollar Tree. 🙂
These will be perfect for my front porch! My children will have so much fun making them too. Thank you for sharing at the #Made4Kids Link Up!
Oh I love this. Pinning so I can do with my daughter.
I would love it if you would share this kids craft at the Learning Kid Link-Up. Hope to see you there 🙂 http://www.treevalleyacademy.com/learning-kid-link-up/13-lunar-eclipse
These are so beautiful! It would be great for a fall bond fire and my kids would love this.
Thanks for linking up with #LaughLearnLinup!
These are so cute and simple to make! I think We will try those this weekend!
I love these luminaries! Thanks so much for sharing your idea. I’m including them in my Kids Thanksgiving Paper Craft Round-up!
http://www.thepaperycraftery.com/paper-craft/12-thanksgiving-paper-crafts-for-kids/
So awesome my kids would love to this craft!
I LOVE this idea! Can you tell me how long the project will take? I am thinking about having a class of 25 kindergartners do this, but the time is limited.
Hi Bethany! It actually moved fairly quickly with my group. I think it took them about 10 minutes to put their lanterns together (we used large jars so I’m sure smaller jars, like pint sized, would go faster!) and maybe 5 minutes to tear apart the tissue paper. Good luck!
Just beautiful!-perfect for Fall/Halloween- so much different than the standard construction paper jack-o-lantern-you nailed it! I’m goin to use this! Thank you!
It’s awesome. I always like your post you r so creative Thank so much shearing your ideas with us.
How many little pieces of the fall tissue paper was used roughly for each mason jar ?
I can’t say specifically for each jar as the kids ripped the pieces themselves but the last time we made these we used a total of about 1/2 to 3/4 a sheet of tissue paper in each color. That was for 4 jars. Hope this helps!