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DLTK's Halloween Crafts for Kids:
Jack-O'Lantern Votive Candle Holder Craft 

My oldest daughter has recently started Sparks (part of the Girl Guides of Canada movement).  One of the first crafts she brought home was this one.  Make sure you talk about fire safety and safety with matches when you make this craft!

Materials:

bulletone small baby food jar, cleaned with label removed.  The lid is not needed.
bulletorange tissue paper or paper napkins 
bulletmod podge or white glue
bulleta votive candle or tealight candle (tea lights are less likely to break the jar)
bulletpaint brush, cue tip or popsicle stick

Instructions:

bulletIf using white glue you will need to thin it; mix 1/2 glue and 1/2 water in a container (like a margine container).
bulletIf using paper napkins, separate the plies.
bulletRip tissue paper or napkins into pieces about 1 inch by 1 inch.  It is good if the pieces are jagged.  Ripping the tissue paper is good motor control practice for the kids (and is a lot harder than it looks for some!)
bulletUsing your paint brush, cue tip or popsicle stick, paint the baby food jar with the mod podge or thinned glue.  Only paint the main jar area (not the part where you would screw the top on -- we don't want any paper to catch fire).
bulletPaste tissue paper all over the jar.  Feel free to overlap pieces.
bulletPaint more glue over the top of any pieces that look a bit loose.
bulletLet dry. 
  
bulletCut out a jack-o-lantern face from black construction paper or from white paper and colour it in.
bulletWhen AN ADULT lights the candle, it will shine very prettily through the tissue paper.  Make sure you keep it somewhere out of reach of young kids.

 

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