How to Make Glowing Glass Pumpkins

These glowing glass pumpkin candle holders make a great craft to do with your kids for Halloween. Make various sizes and shapes. Place them in your windowsills to give off an eery glow and light the way for the trick-or-treaters.

Things You'll Need

• 1 glass candle votive (any size)
• Orange and yellow tissue paper
• White glue
• Paintbrush
• Craft knife
• 1 candle

Instructions

1. Mix 1/2 glue and 1/2 water in an empty container. This thins the glue so you can paint it on easier.

2. Tear the orange tissue paper into strips.

3. Cut a small square of the yellow tissue paper. Make it small enough to fit onto the candle glass votive.

4. Paint glue on the back of the square piece of the yellow tissue paper.

5. Attach the yellow square onto the glass votive.

6. Paint more glue over the tissue paper. Let it dry.

7. Cut a square out of the orange tissue paper that is slightly larger than the yellow square.

8. Using the utility knife carefully cut out triangle eyes, nose and a mouth from the orange square.

9. Paint the glue mixture onto the orange square.

10. Place the orange square over the yellow piece so the yellow shows through the pumpkin face of the orange paper.

11. Apply more glue over the tissue paper. Let it dry.

12. Apply glue over the rest of the candle votive and attach the strips of orange tissue paper over the entire votive, overlapping the strips.

13. Paint glue over the tissue paper until the entire votive is covered. Let it dry completely.

14. Add a candle and when lit, the pumpkin eyes will glow through the tissue paper.

Tips & Warnings

• Instead of the yellow tissue paper, cover the entire candle with orange strips of tissue paper and then cut out black pumpkin eyes, nose and mouth and glue on after the orange tissue paper is dry.

• Supervise young children when lighting candles.