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Leafy Lantern

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Time:1 hour Difficulty:Hard  

Gather your flowers, it’s time to bring spark and bloom to this season! These flower lanterns are a real de-light! We be-leaf that you’ll lilac making these.

Here’s what you need:

  • Pressed flowers (you can make your own)
  • A balloon
  • Tissue paper (napkin or paper towels will also work)
  • 1 cup of All-Purpose Flour
  • Water
  • Flameless candles

Here’s how you make it:

Step 1:

Gather your pressed flowers.

If you don’t have pressed flowers, here’s how you can make your own:
Pick some flowers, put them between two pieces of newspaper, and place them inside a book for about 2 weeks. Afterward, you’ll be left with dry, flat flowers!

Step 2:

Begin by making your own glue! Pour 1 cup of flour and 1 1/2 cups of water into a bowl and mix until it’s smooth and runny. You can use your fingers to break up any flour clumps you find.

Step 3:

Blow up your balloon and tie a knot so the air doesn’t escape.

Step 4:

Time to get messy! Rip your paper into pieces. Dip each piece into the flour mixture until it’s fully coated and then put it onto the balloon. Keep doing this until your balloon is completely covered in 2-3 layers of paper, making sure to overlap a bit of each piece of paper with another.

Step 5:

Now you can start adding your flowers! Dip them into the runny mixture and place them on the balloon. Then cover them with a final layer of paper.

Step 6:

Wait for your lantern to dry completely. You can place the balloon on a jar to help it dry evenly. It can take 24 hours or more, so be patient.

Step 7:

Once your lantern is dry, pop the balloon and cut the sphere in half. You may want to draw a line around it first so you cut it straight.

Step 8:

Now you have a flower lantern! Just turn on your flameless candles, place them in the middle of your lantern, and bask in the glow.

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  10. I did this in 2nd grade on earth day but we didn’t cut the balloon in half and we painted it blue and green to look like the earth.

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