Thank you for sharing this page with your friends!
Winter Lanterns
It's fun and easy to make lanterns out of snow or ice. Then set a candle in them and watch them bring a glow to the frosty darkness.
What You Need
- snow (the sticky, easy-to-pack kind is best)
- small candle
- matches
What You Do
- Stamp down a flat place in the snow for your lantern.
- Pack snow into balls the size of oranges.
- Arrange the snowballs in a circle, leaving an opening on one side to add the candle later.
- Stack another layer of snowballs on top of the first, curving this layer inward a bit.
- Keep adding layers, curving them inward, until the top of the lantern is closed.
-
Grown-up job: light the candle and slide it into the opening.
Ice Lantern
What You Need
- two plastic bowls, one smaller than the other
- water
- duct tape
- small candle
- matches
What You Do
- Fill bowls with water.
- Set the small bowl inside the large one. Adjust the water levels so that the small bowl is floating.
- Place a piece of duct tape across the top of the bowls to center the small one.
- Carefully move the bowls outside, if the temperature is below 32° F, or to the freezer.
- After the water freezes, remove the ice from the molds. If it's hard to get out, run a little warm water over the bowls. (You won't use the ice in the small bowl.)
- Take the larger ice shape outside and place the candle inside it.
-
Grown-up job: light the candle.
Enjoy your lanterns! (Be sure to blow them out when you go inside.)
Click here for more snow-lantern tips.
Check out this how-to video.
Craft by Kate Hofmann
More Cook and Craft Activities: