I have a short walkway in front of my house with solar lamps along the path. Still, I worry that they are not bright enough when little kids come trick-or-treating on Halloween.
So this year, I decided to upcycle some glass jars to make mummified lanterns to provide a little more light while setting the mood. You can use beeswax candles or solar lamps, like the ones that I used for thisJack-O-Lantern, or battery operated flickering candles.
You can group a few lanterns together or put one on each step or line them up along a path. Regardless, I think they are functional as well as decorative. You can get creative with the facial expressions and make them smile, frown, scary, or surprised.
So let’s get mummified!
You will need:
- Wide Mouth Glass Jar – pickle jar, sauce jar, mason jar, etc.
- Gauze tape or cheese cloth
- Wheat Four or All Purpose Flour
- Water
- Black Construction Paper or facial feature cut outs
- Elmer’s Glue
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so cute and fun! they would be great with sand in the bottom and displayed as Luminarias! cute cute!
Thank You Jennifer. Yes, they would make great luminaries! I plan to put them on my steps so that kids don’t trip.
Could you use craft glue like modge podge all over and would soaking the gauze or cheesecloth in coffee achieve a similar “aged” look? Thanks!
I didn’t try using Mod Podge but that would probably work. And soaking cheesecloth in coffee or tea would probably work too. I’m sure there are a million different ways to make “aged” look mummies (redundant?). I find using flour one easy way to achieve both. Let me know how your method works out. Thanks for stopping by!
These are absolutely brilliant. It’s Diwali (Hindu Festival of Lights) at the end of the month and i’m going to make some of these as it’s much safer to leave on overnight than a candle.
AWESOME!
do you mix the flour and water mixture w the the glue? Or do you put the flour mixture on after putting the strips on w the glue?
At Melissa – that confused me too. I think she means the flour/water mixture IS a glue… and then the actual Elmer’s glue is only used for the eyes… but I had to go read twice because I was wondering when the flour/glue “gravy” came in too – lol.
You are right – flour/water mixture acts like glue. And Elmer’s Glue is for the eyes. The “gravy” consistency is to describe how thick the flour/water mixture should me. Sorry it was confusing to you. It’s so hard to ‘explain’ in words sometimes.
I mixed the flour and water and then mixed in glue, Im not sure the cloth would have stuck to the glass well otherwise. I made these over the weekend, they turned out cute!
Hi Melissa,
You didn’t need to add the glue. The idea is to use only the flour/water as glue and it sticks to the glass fine. Elmer’s Glue was for gluing the eyes since you had to glue it after the jar was dried. But you did it! Glad you like it! Have a Happy Halloween!!