So many different countries and cultures use paper lanterns for celebrations around the world. They are used in Japan to remember ancestors. In Colombia, they are used as a religious offering to the Virgin Mary every December. Also, we see them in the Chinese New Year celebrations as well. Personally, we love to share then during our New Year’s Eve parties. Regardless of what celebration you might have, they are always fun to include. How do you make paper lanterns? Well, We tell you how we made our Cool Floating Paper Lanterns DIY. Bonus? They are easy to makewith the kids too. Perfect for all types of festivities like weddings or graduations they are great backyard decor pieces!
Floating Paper Lanterns DIY
Admittedly, I love making these lanterns because they do make an impact when you see them. Additionally, the kids can help make the lanterns, and together you can send out good wishes into the night at your lake, pool, or sea! It is a great activity to do together all around. It is so relaxing to watch the paper lanterns float. Some even try and see if they can race them! Here is the simplest way I found to make floating paper lanterns:
Materials:
- 1 paper bag per lantern
- glue gun
- 1 battery operated tea light per lantern
- an ornamental hole puncher
- 1 piece of driftwood.
Procedure:
- Use the hole puncher to decorate your paper bag
- Get your plastic lid and dab some glue gun in the center of it
- Affix the opened paper bag over the silicone on the plastic lid
- Place a lit battery operated tea light inside the bag
Now, you are done! Time to make the lanterns float!
Be Planet Friendly
Originally, we made these for our pool. In an effort to reuse and upcycle what we had at home we used the plastic coffee container lids. However, if at all possible, we encourage everyone to find a more eco-friendly base alternative for these paper lanterns. Driftwood is a great floating suggestion.
About Tangled Before Ever After DVD
So, the inspiration for our paper lanterns has us preparing to recreate the fabulous lantern festival from the Disney movie Tangled! We are celebrating the release of the Tangled Before Ever After DVD release and we invite you to do the same at home! After all those years stuck in a tower, everyone’s favorite “barefoot princess” (Mandy Moore) yearns to make up for the lost time. With the help of her true love Eugene (Zachary Levi), pals Pascal and Maximus and daring new friend Cassandra, Rapunzel postpones her wedding and royal duties to defy danger and boldly explore life beyond Corona’s walls. Sparkling with fun, adventure and music from the legendary Alan Menken, Tangled Before Ever After is a magical movie event!!
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What an adorable project, perfect for the summer season. Thanks for sharing, off to make this with my little Tangle fan. 🙂
I am sharing this post with my friend. She lives in WNY and they have a pond in their property. Her kids would love to make these floating paper lanterns. It is so cool to see them on the water!
I have seen these in movies before and thought that they were super cool, but I had no idea how to do them for real. They are really neat and I am glad you showed me how to do them.
I have seen this super cool idea in movie. They are really good to be made and great idea for project making in school for kids,
What a fun and easy craft for the summer! I bet it creates the perfect ambiance for a movie night.
This is such a cute idea! I would love to do this for summer in our backyard. I love simple DIY projects like this!
We are going to make these floating paper lanterns the next time we go camping.. I can only imagine how nice it would be to see these lanterns floating on the lake’s surface. I wish the weather would be kind enough for us this weekend!
This is such a beautiful craft idea! I sure would love to try and make this. I really enjoyed the Tangled movie and it’s one of my Disney favorites to date.
How lovely is this lantern! I would love to make a few of these as decor especially during parties. I think it’s beautiful and it’s a nice dedication for the upcoming Rapunzel TV movie.
These are so cool! I would love to make some of these for an upcoming event.
That’s a fun thing to make. We like Tangled so the kids would get the connection right away.
I always want to make a DIY like so. This is so cool. I’m going to try making this and have them float in the river near where I lived. It’s going to be so romantic.
Taty, what an adorable project to make! I am bookmarking for future reference. These would work for so many different events or parties. Thank you for sharing! ~Adrienne
These floating paper lanterns are so unique! I would love to make these for my husband’s birthday party. I see a floating lantern DIY in my future!
I loved this DIY about how to create floating paper lantern. I definitely loved them when we saw tangled.
i loved this. Great idea to do something fun with my daughter! I know she will love this paper lanterns, are very cute!
Aw these paper lanterns are so pretty and easy to make! I think I have a few paper bags on my pantry to try and make these with my kids.
Waw están súper lindas las linternas flotantes, voy a hacerlas estos días que estamos en casa