Join Ella and Annie in celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ by crafting our beautiful cross lantern! These tissue paper lanterns are child-safe and made from plastic. Create a colorful Christmas mosaic with red and green tissue paper squares. Add a little sparkle with holiday sequins to make your lantern really shine. As soon as the sun sets on Christmas Eve, light your cross lantern with a battery tea light candle in honor of the birth of Jesus Christ.
Draw a cross with a light Sharpie® marker on the front of your child safe plastic jar.
Paint the jar with Modge Podge® and apply green and red tissue paper squares to the jar. Do not paper over the cross you drew.
Paint over the tissue paper squares you applied to the jar to seal it. Allow the jar to dry.
Using a piercing tool, punch one hole on each side of the jar. Take a holiday chenille stem and place one end into each hole for the lantern's handle. With glue, outline the cross shape and decorate with holiday sequins. Place a battery-operated tea light candle into the jar to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ!