Grace Lucky's DIY: lantern

Sunday, May 4, 2014

Upcycled tin can lantern part 2

Hopefully you've seen my first post on the tin can lantern. Instead of painting my cans I thought I would use vinyl adhesive which I purchased from the Dollar tree. I have plenty of medium sized cans at home but wanted a large one. I found one at Big Lots for .80 which was awesome.

I will be hanging some of these lanterns around my fence post so I bought wire from Walmart for .97. Altogether this was a super cheap project. If you don't know how to make a tin can lantern please check out my previous post.

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Upcycled tin can lantern

I was super excited about this project because this is something that I've never seen before. I was on Pinterest and was inspired! I have plenty of tin cans at home because we love our rice and beans! :)

Once you have your tin can, you want to make sure you take off all of the paper.

If you like what's on the can you always have the option of keeping it on; it's really up to you. Next you have to fill the can with water and put it in the freezer. Once the water has turned to ice you are ready to start.

You can either draw a design on the can or print one out, and tape it to the can. You are then going to take a nail, place it on the can and hit it with a hammer.

You want to make sure that your holes are big enough to let ample light shine through when you have your teal light in there. Then keep pounding the nail following your design pattern. Make sure you have a towel under your can to catch all of the ice and water that may drip out of your tin can. If you wanted to hang up your lantern, you can pound two holes at the very top of the can and insert wire or ribbon to make a handle. You have the option of painting your can or adding ribbon and bows to it.