How to Make Luminaries for Halloween
Luminaries for Halloween are a wonderful way to bring a festive atmosphere and add a bit of light to walkways or rock gardens this fall. This is a great project for both children and their parents. Read on to learn how to make luminaries for Halloween. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- 12 small brown paper bags
- 12 small tea candles
- Six cups of play sand
- Halloween stencils
- Pencil
- Craft knife or paper scissors
- Halloween stickers
- Glitter pen or markers
Instructions
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Using the Halloween stencil, go ahead and draw on each of the paper bags, making sure to keep the drawings on the upper part of the paper bag. Using the craft knife or scissors cut the stencils out of the bag taking care not to cut the sides of the bags.
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Write "Happy Halloween" on the bags with the glitter pen or markers to add a decorative touch for daylight viewing. Using the colored Halloween stickers, adding these where you think they would look good.
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Fill each bag with half of a cup of the sand, and shake the bag a bit to make the sand spread out, and set one tea candle in each bag. Set the bag aside on a level surface until later if you have a cleaned your walk for this decorative touch.
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Prepare the area in which you will set your luminaries; this can be an area of a sidewalk or a rock garden, just make sure they are set out of the immediate area where they might be knocked over.
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Begin setting your luminaries so that they are ready to light as the last of the light disappears from the sky at nightfall. Go ahead and light the tea candle within the bag, and enjoy the flicking romance of the luminaries as you watch your trick or treaties or enjoy a relaxing night with your loved ones.
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Tips & Warnings
Make sure these Halloween luminaries are set on a flat surface so they do not tip over and begin a fire.
