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OK, how about a mini glow stick? Limited life on the glow, but for an event or party? The little ones could be tied to the ribbon inside, to hold them upright. Or maybe two of the tealights, stuck back to back with the ribbon between? I'll figure out a way to light 'em if it takes me hours of inventing!!!
Also, the cheap blinking rings, and other light up (and usually cheap) jewelry, you could fit an earring inside easily, or tie the rings onto the ribbon. And there are cool blinking jewels available with magnets, sold as blinking jewelry that would work fine. I've worn those at dance events, and the button batteries last quite a long time! Told you I'd keep coming up with ideas!
ctracy- the reminder I got when I suggested the tealights was that there's a ribbon running up the center of the lantern, so a battery tealight wouldn't sit easily inside.
I've already made several. Quick, easy and cute! Hopefully I can explain this to make sense.
Take 12 strips of 1x6 paper and stack them on top of each other. Punch holes at either end with your Cropodile. Knot a piece of ribbon and thread it through one end so the knot will show at the bottom of the lantern. Thread it through the other hole. Pull so you start getting a "U" shape with the papers. Knot the other end close to the lantern, but make sure you have enough extra ribbon on it so you can hang it. Then fan out the strips of paper to make the lantern.
I hope this makes sense. It took me about 5 minutes to put them together and now have them hanging up all over my house!
Thanks for the directions! These are so easy and yet soooo cute... or elegant, depending on the DP you use! I used half a sheet of Borcade Background DSP.
Okay, I tired to make one and it was really hard to fan the pieces of paper out and not have them with gaps of no paper in between. You know what I mean? Am I doing something wrong?
and they are not sturdy enough to hold a battery tealight. Perhaps some other teeny tiny light that perhaps has a watch battery in it.
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Thanks so much, I copied it to word so I could print it out and add it to my projects packet =O) Thanks SO MUCH!!! THIS IS GREAT... I am making a ton tonight....
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Has anyone tried them with a string of clear mini lights (like christmas tree lights)? You would have to tuck them in a little off center, but I bet it would be cute strung out like that...
We used this same technique at our demo meeting last fall to make pumpkins out of lollipops. You slide the hole in the paper strips over the lollipop stick and top of the wrapper instead of using string. They were pretty cute.
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I think you could tie them on a string of twinkle lights, that would be cool. But they are cute just as a garland, and I think for xmas they will be really cute and you could alternate them with snowflakes......cute cute cute....did I mention cute?
I've actually done this with old christmas cards as a kid's project - you don't need to use the ribbon. You can put a paper fastener (brad-type) in each end. When you try fanning out the paper to make the ball, it curves itself for some reason. I'm not sure how this would work with paper, though - it might have worked because of the weight of the card.
And I'm pretty sure the ones done with cards would be able to support the weight of a battery tealight. You could do them with cardstock and stamped images or even cardstock with holes punched in it to let the light shine out more.
I'm off to try this with some copy paper - I want to see if the strips still curve with the lighter weight paper.
Back from my experiment - the strips will still curve with brads in the ends, even if you use 24 lb copy paper, which is lighter than designer paper. I did have to kind of coax it into a round shape, though. Kind of molded the paper without really creasing it keep it not lopsided.
I tried this with a sheet of orange copy paper - this thing is sitting on my desk looking like a pumpkin The brad on the bottom keeps it from sitting straight, but you could put a plastic ring on the bottom (the kind you crochet over to make buttons) and it would be the cutest little halloween decoration.
If you use the brads instead of the ribbon, the final lantern is more round, not flat on the top and bottom like the examples. Also, mine seems to have a lot more open space between the strips than the examples, but I might have punched the holes less than 1/2" from the edge.
I know, I know!
