Spooktacular Halloween Lanterns

No need to be afraid of the dark ... these festive luminarias brighten the night.

By Lori Lau Grzybowski

From Backyard Living

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Sure, you may have set out traditional luminarias -- small paper bags weighted with sand with lit votive candles -- at Christmastime, especially if you live in the Southwest.

But with a little imagination, you can dress them up for Halloween, too! Place these fun lanterns in the shadows along your front walk, porch or deck at night, and you'll find they suddenly give new meaning to "mood lighting"!

• Containers: Widemouth glass jars, plastic soft drink or water bottles (2-liter and smaller), milk cartons


• Papers: Lightweight craft paper, copy paper, construction paper, paper twist, tissue paper, decorative papers and so forth


• Ties: Raffia; orange and black ribbons


• Light sources: Tea lights, battery-operated candles or white Christmas lights


• Scissors, utility knife


• Tape


• Glue stick


• Sand

Optional: plastic spiders, netting, highlighting markers ... be creative!

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