Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Decorative Film Craft Sticks Lantern

3:00 AM Gail @Purple Hues and Me craft sticks, lantern, pinterest challenge 19 comments

Welcome to the July Pinterest Challenge Blog Hop, hosted by Erlene @My Pinterventures. The purpose of this Pinterest Challenge is to motivate all the participants of this hop (and you, too) to not just pin, but to make it happen!

I have an abundance of craft sticks in my stash and used a few to make a couple of projects that you can see here and here. Did you know you can find just about anything made out of craft sticks. Just look on Pinterest and see all kinds of projects from the very simple to the extremely intricate! There I saw a few lantern projects that peaked my interest using wax paper, crayons and craft sticks. But I had another idea using clear film that I wanted to try instead.

I was quite curious to see how it would look if I printed an image in purple onto clear film and attached that to craft stick frames glued together to form a lantern sleeve where I could place different types of lighting for different occasions.

This type of lantern really didn't take many supplies to create:

Clear film sheets
Floral pattern
Laser printer
Jumbo craft sticks
DAP RapidFuse adhesive
Paper cutting board or scissors
LED flame-less candle

And here's how to make one: First, print an image from here in the style and colors you would like. Download and save the image and then print it out using a laser printer on clear polyester film sheets.

Next, place two craft sticks down vertical on your work surface and glue two more sticks horizontal to form a square shape frame - then, make three more for a total of four frames. Next, measure inside the frame and cut out the printed film sheets slightly larger than the opening.

Glue film on inside edges of stick squares.

Connect square sides by running a bead of RapidFuse adhesive along the side edge. Hold in place until sealed together - about 30 seconds.

Make sure the stick placements match on each side when gluing the frames together.

Continue gluing sides together until . . .

all four sides are connected.

Apply additional glue along the inside corners where the sides connect.

Let dry.

And finally, try out different types of lighting like LED, battery with remote, or flameless candles to highlight the designs.

This looks so cool!

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