Thursday 22 March 2012

Water bottle lantern

And if you missed this post on Mindful Meanderings...

Eva had a school project last week ~ Trash to treasure... She could use either cereal box or plastic water bottle and make it into something useful.. But she has to make it in school! I tried to convince her to make a lantern out of the plastic bottle ... but she simply didn't listen... She make an organiser out of the cereal box.

Anyway, so this weekend, I simply had to show her how easy this craft was... 


You will need water bottles, glass colours, scissors ...


And the process is real easy. Cut the top part of the bottle and give it to your little one to paint. While my older one thought dropping paint was a good idea... My younger one decided to make a mess.. see below..


Well.. then I added a handle (using a hanger) and a few old beads... and here is the end result...


Hung it on the tree... and the lanterns look lovely... What do you think?


What else can you make of plastic bottles.... and oh.. don't forget to link at 'Kids Craft'..


16 comments:

  1. awesome post..will try at home soon

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  2. nice idea!!

    http://sushmita-smile.blogspot.in/

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  3. It's looking very cool,,,,:)

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  4. patty...i really appreciate ur creativity...a lantern out of a plastic bottle!!!phew dat was just cooool....an easy proj 4 kids...

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  5. this one is reaaly cool!!Teaching ourselves and our kids alike that recycling is a fun thing is so good and equally fun ..

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  6. But does the heat from the candle not melt the plastic?

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  7. Awww!!! They are so simple to simple yet so beautiful.. :)

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  8. That is a fantastic idea to recycle plastic bottles! Off to get color on my hands now!

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  9. simple creative stuff....great idea to use these plastic bottles that i keep disposing every now and then......

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  10. They look gorgeous! And does seem very simple and creative! But how does this hold a candle inside..Willn't the plastic melt due to heat?

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  11. Lovely, bookmarking this for my daughter's summer craft activity.

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  12. Hi, this is a fantastic idea and we got to do this at home today. have written about it here (as well as linked to your post). http://advaithandyukta.blogspot.in/2012/03/crafty-hours.html
    Thanks for the tip!

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  13. This is awesome. Thank You for linking up at the DO more with less recycle challenge!

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