It can be a bit difficult to find activities to do in the winter. We have a solution: DIY winter decor projects. Instead of staying at home because it's just too cold to go outside, you can start one of these projects! You can decorate a lantern for winter and create a shiny atmosphere at home!
Decorate your lantern for winter on your mantel
Craft projects of all shapes and sizes work best when there is a focal point. Decorated lanterns for your mantel can look cute and make the room cozy!
What you need to make lampposts for your mantel:
- Lanterns or wall lights of your choice
- Wood – You can use reclaimed wood for a rustic farmhouse look
- Battery puck lights
- wood screws
- saw
- Wire cutters
- Drills and bits
- Grinding of your choice
- Pine cones
DIY instructions:
- Cut two pieces of wood per post. Determine the height you want for your lampposts. Now determine the length of the base of your lamppost. The base must be long enough to support the post, but not so wide that it interferes with the rest of the display.
- Assemble your posts. The vertical piece should rest against the wall with the foot forward. Holding the boards at a right angle, drive two or three wood screws through the upright piece and into the base.
- Fastenthe lampon your “old” lamp post.
- Now the lights are powered by batteries. Instead of incandescent bulbs, you'll need a pair of battery-operated LED puck lights, preferably with a remote control. Attach the puck lights to the base of the outlet.
- Decorate your lanterns by attaching the bows to the top and adding some greenery. Place some pine cones on the mantel for a wintery look!
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Make a winter wonderland in a lantern
This year we want to make a cute lantern decoration and not just put a candle in the lantern. Here's how you can decorate a DIY winter lantern.
Materials required:
- lantern
- Artificial snow
- Bottle brush trees and shrubs (basically any small winter figure is suitable. You can decorate the inside of the lantern as winter as you like, that's the fun and creativity).
- Battery operated LED lights
- Glue dots (to attach the batteries)
Instructions for crafting:
- First you canBottom of the lanternfill with artificial snow. Then add your bottlebrush trees. Put a large one in the middle to center the scene, then fill the surrounding areas with smaller trees and bushes.
- Finally, attach the battery of the light chain to the top of the lantern using adhesive dots.
- Then just bring the string lights around the tree and let them hang however you want.
- So ta-da! This is the homemade winter wonderland lantern!
Winter terrarium lantern decoration
A very fun idea that your little ones would enjoy too!
Materials required:
- lantern
- Spruce tree figure
- Ornaments
- LED fairy lights
- Miniature snowflake garland
- Flechtwerk
- Artificial snow glitter
- Greens
- Pinecone bird ornament
- Trailer “Let It Snow”
- Styrofoam
Tools:
- Hot glue gun and glue sticks
- Scissors
- Pencil or dowel
DIY instructions:
- Fill the base of the lantern by cutting out a square piece of Styrofoam to fit inside. Use hot glue to adhere the deer and tree figurines to the Styrofoam.
- Cover the entire bottom of the lantern with cotton wool. Use a small wooden dowel (or pin) to push the cotton under the deer and into the corners.
- Add the LED string lights. First, slide the batteries through the lantern and through the top opening on the back of the lantern.If your lanternIf the top is not open, place the battery pack behind it and thread the cable under the door.
- Cut the snowflake garland into different lengths. Cut the garland into 3 longer strands and about 4 shorter strands.
- Add hot glue to the end of one strand and press it onto the top of the lantern. Continue until you have glued on all the strands of the snowflake garland.
- Sprinkle a few pinches of artificial frost snow onto the batting material.
- Make two bundles of greens. Place the sprigs of greenery on top of each other, then wrap one of the stems around all of the stems to hold the bundle together.
- Hot glue the two bundles to the top of the lantern. The bundles will face the opposite direction with the stems overlapping in the middle.
- Glue the pine cone bird ornament (or another ornament of your choice) to the center area between the two bundles of greenery.
- Hang another ornament on one side of the lantern by gluing the hanger under one of the greenery bundles.
- Turn on the string lights and turn them off.
Mason jars with lace doilies and candles
Mason jars make excellent candle holders for winter decorations. But you don't want to just put a candle in the jar and move on! Well, you could, but we should use a little finesse. For safety and to prevent the candle from flying around in the jar, you should surround it with a layer of sand or with decorative stones or colored gemstones.
The great thing about mason jars is that they were invented to withstand the heat of canning, so the heat from the candle can't harm them. Bring some romance into your home this winter with a lanternfrom mason jarand lace. Spray a lace doily with glue and adhere it to a clean mason jar. Wrap the edge with burlap, ribbon, or string. With a lit tea light or votive candle inside, it's quite enchanting.
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