Wanna see my Halloween lanterns? You do, I know. 🙂

I got the idea from last month’s issue of Country Living, and I saved the page. Over the summer, my parents brought us a ton of their home-canned green beans and tomatoes, and I’d been dutifully saving the jars with no purpose in mind (but they don’t recycle here, and I couldn’t bring myself to toss them in the trash). Eureka!

I contacted my fave crafty queen Katie and asked what she uses for decoupage in her creations. She tipped me to Modge Podge®, and that’s what I used on the jars, along with several colors of tissue paper, some ribbon and hot glue, and decorations that I cut from construction paper.

I had the supplies spread over my dining room table one night when my neighbor Valeen stopped by. She asked what the mess was for (only more politely!), and I explained the craft I was about to attempt, offering her some jars to make her own. She stayed, and we worked for a few hours, watching Case 39 while we crafted. The results were so fun!

My Frankenstein and Candy Corn lanterns.
(I used one of Philip’s foam ear plugs for gun firings for Frank’s bolts,
as well as a small strip of curling ribbon for his scar.)