Jam Jar Halloween Lanterns | Easy Mason Jar Craft for Spooky Decor

With the darker nights and the clocks due to go back, we love brightening up The Mad House and one way we do that is with Jam Jar/Mason Jar Lanterns or tealight holder. These Halloween lanterns are really easy to make Look great too. These are so simple to make, you won’t believe just how easy!

What you need to make Jam Jar or Mason Jar Halloween Lanterns

Empty Glass Jars
Halloween tights. Children’s ones work best
Tape
Tealights (electric ones are safer for kids) or glowsticks
PVA Glue or Mod Podge (optional)

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How to make your Mason Jar Lanterns:

We placed our jar inside the tights and then cut the tights 2 cm longer than the jar. The toe of the tights sits underneath the jar and as the tights are elastic they fold over the top.

Tip – Childrens tights have a smaller circumference and so will fir the jars better and Poundland and Asda have some fantastic inexpensive kids Halloween tights in.

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For the next jar, we taped one of the open ends of the tights to the bottom of the jar before cutting the tights to length. These mason jar luminaries are perfect for Halloween decorating if you are having a Halloween party. You could also do festive homes with Christmas tights.

As my jars didn’t have a flat bottom we popped a small amount of blu tack on the bottom of the tealight before placing it in the bottom to ensure that it didn’t tip, however, they looked equally as good with battery-operated tealights in. They would also look fantastic with glowsticks in too.

If you want to make your tights more permanent on your jar then cut them to size before covering the glass with a thin layer of PVA glueor Mod podge and then applying the fabric.