Glowing Owl Light

A white paper cup is decorated with black marker to make a cute owl.  Brudiy then places a glowing tea light underneath to make a night light.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.brudiy.com/en/blog/posts/owl-night-light/

Snowmen Lanterns

Glass jars are painted white, given black marker eyes and mouth and an orange paper triangle nose with one womans haven.  She then adds an electronic candle to make a pretty luminary.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://onewomenshaven.blogspot.com/2011/11/easy-peasy-mason-jar-snowmen.html

Ice Lanterns

Empty cans are filled with water and left outside just until the bottom and sides freeze to make nifty ice lanterns with kix cereal.  Next, they wait for nighttime and place a glow stick underneath for a beautiful winter luminary.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://kixcereal.com/kix-cereal-glow-stick-ice-luminaries/

Willowday freezes the water in balloons  and uses electric tea lights.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.willowday.com/2012/01/ice-art-2-ice-art-with-balloons.html

Pumpkin Lanterns

Glass jars are lined with orange tissue paper and given jack o'lantern faces with black paper eyes, nose and mouth cut outs.  Crafts by amanda then adds an electric tea light.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://craftsbyamanda.com/halloween-painted-jar-luminaries/

Ghost Lanterns

Glass gars are painted white, with black eyes and mouth to create ghostly lanterns with crafts by amanda.  She then adds a flickering electric light to complete the look.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://craftsbyamanda.com/halloween-ghost-crafts/

Paper Cup Ghost Lanterns

Googly eyes are added to white paper cups to make ghosts with all you.  They next string them onto white holiday lights to make lanterns.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.allyou.com/budget-home/crafts/halloween-lights

Frankenstein Lanterns

A terracotta pot is painted green, given black wavy Frankenstein hair, googly eyes, a stitched up mouth and thread spool bolts to make a fun Halloween container.  Next, not just a housewife adds an electric tea light for a nifty lantern.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.notjustahousewife.net/2010/09/frankenstein-lights.html

Glass Pebble Lanterns

Glass pebbles are glued onto a jar to make a fun textured lantern with everyday dishes. 

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://everydaydishes.com/creative-crafts/glass-pebble-lantern/

Paper Flower Lanterns

Flower patterns are cut out of paper and rolled into a lantern to make pretty nighttime display with a piece of rainbow.

Good for ages 11 and up.

Get the templates here:
http://www.apieceofrainbow.com/make-paper-lanterns-3/

Fish Bowl Lanterns

Sea blue tissue paper is glued onto glass jars along with orange tissue fish to make these adorable fish bowl inspired lanterns with juggling with kids.  She then places a tea light inside to make them glow.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.jugglingwithkids.com/2013/05/tissue-paper-fish-bowl-lanterns.html

Decorative Lanterns

Paper tubes are created out of colorful construction paper with cuts made vertically to make openings with chiaki creates. 

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://chiakicreates.com/2013/12/22/retro-atomic-age-christmas-ornament-tutorial/

Glow Stick Lanterns

Glow sticks are cut open and emptied into a jar for a super simple lantern with lil blue boo.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.lilblueboo.com/2011/07/glow-stick-lanterns.html

Rainbow Hanging Lantern

Red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple squares of tissue paper are glued onto a large paper marche lantern with the swell designer.  A great way to light up any room.

Good for ages 9 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.theswelldesigner.com/2011/03/make-rainbow-bright-paper-lantern.html

Valentine's Day Tin Heart Punched Lantern

An empty tin can is painted red and punched through in a heart shape to make a candle holder for Valentine's Day.  Lauren over at tutus and tea parties shares all of the details.

Good for ages 12 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.tutusteaparties.com/2012/02/valentines-day-can-dle-holder.html

Christmas Tree Lanterns

Crafts by amanda shows how to turn glassine paper and an electric tea light into a pretty Christmas tree lantern.

Good for ages 6 ad up.

Get the instructions here:
http://craftsbyamanda.com/2012/12/5-minute-winter-tree-lanterns.html

Dia De Los Muertos Plastic Cup Lanterns

White plastic cups make great bases for Day of the Dead lanterns.  Kids simply need to draw on the skull faces.  Visit growing up bilingual for inspirations and ideas.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://growingupbilingual.com/2013/holidays-and-traditions/dia-de-los-muertos-kid-friendly-lanterns-craft/

Mummy Lanterns

A glass votive holder is wrapped in white raffia and given googly eyes to make a mummy lantern.  Details on hill country homebody.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://hillcountryhomebody.blogspot.com/2011/10/getting-in-spirit.html

Crafting a green world uses flour encrusted gauze tape.

Get the instructions here:
http://craftingagreenworld.com/2011/09/23/how-to-mummified-glass-jar-candle-holder/ 

 The gold jellybean wraps glass jars in gauze.

Get the instructions here:

http://thegoldjellybean.com/2012/09/mummy-candles.html

Vampire Bat Lanterns

Black tissue paper cut into a bat shape and glued to a glass jar with a flickering light makes a great lantern for Halloween.  El hada de papel shares all of the details for how to make one. 

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.elhadadepapel.com/2013/10/farolita-de-halloween-bat-latern.html

Willowday shares a printable version.

Get the template here:
http://www.willowday.com/2013/10/bat-lanterns.html

Autumn Tissue Paper Lanterns

Fall inspired tissue paper is glued onto a plastic cup to make these pretty, seasonal lanterns.  Find all of the details on the mucky macbook.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.themuckymacbook.com/2010/10/kids-craft-autumnal-table-lanterns.html

Kids craft room uses cellophane.

Get the instructions here:
http://kidscraftroom.com/colour-mixing-lanterns-autumn-fall-craft-for-kids/

Paper Animal Lanterns

Paper animals light up the night with this step-by-step lantern tutorial from bkids.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://bkids.typepad.com/bookhoucraftprojects/2014/07/project-162-diy-animal-laterns.html