Easy DIY Fall Lantern
A cute little upcycle project an easy DIY Fall lantern you can make with a 2 liter bottle and solar lights for the garden or walkways.
Can be used in a planter, hang or make enough to light up your entire autumn walkways.
Supplies Needed:
one 2 liter soda bottle
glue gun and glue sticks
solar garden light
paint yellow, orange or white craft paint
small paint brush
Jute twine
thicker rope ~ nautical jute twine sold on amazon
Directions:
clean plastic bottle and remove the labels
cut bottle to the desired size about 6-7 inches from the mouth of the bottle
paint the top half with a fall color
then cut the larger rope twine and wrap it 3 times around the bottle (as pictured) and glue down with hot glue
run solar light through the large opening of the bottle down through the mouth of the bottle
secure the solar light to the bottle with hot clue
using smaller twine string wrap the twine around the base of the solar light and hot glue down
let dry and it’s ready!
NIGHT TIME
Turn a Fall Lantern into a Christmas Lantern by painting the orange to red
Credits:
Photography: Shelly Otteson
