Paper Luminaries – ARTBAR – Bolivia Flowers

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These paper luminaries started as a job for our December “Solstice” guide. I was so motivated by how they turned out that I requested a star hole punch and just stored making extra!

Make simple paper luminaries with paper bags and LED candles.

The strategy started out as a basic slicing and gap punching station for small children utilizing construction paper. In our December tutorial, we also advise using small battery operated tea lights at home or in the classroom to set a more tranquil, peaceful mood. Placing the two together… and you have these surprisingly charming luminaries!

Check out my IG reel on the making of these in this article!

Battery operated tea lights used for paper luminaries

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Provides for Paper Luminaries:

~ Building paper and/or brown paper bags

~ Straight scissors and decorative edge scissors

~ Modest hole punches (I utilized 1/8″ and 1/16″)

~ Very long arrive at hole punch (1/8″) for greater items of paper

~ Star hole punch

~ Glue stick

~ Battery operated LED tea lights with remote

Construction paper with decorative cut edge and holes punches to make paper luminaries

How to make Paper Luminaries:

1. Slice paper to unique measurements, wherever from 3 x 7 inches to 6 x 12″. Any sizing will do the job, you can normally trim the sides in advance of gluing.

2. Established it out with some attractive edge scissors and hole punch for kids. Never stress if they theirs don’t seem perfect, it is the imperfection that makes them charming, and also finding out slicing and punching abilities. You can make your have, much too, and incorporate them all into 1 grouping.

Brown paper bags with decorative cut edge and holes punched to make luminaries

3. These are the paper bag types working with the begin punch which is so sweet.

Use a glue stick to adhere the edges of paper bag luminaries together

4. Glue the sides alongside one another with a glue stick, just make absolutely sure to maintain down and rub edges with each other for a minute so it doesn’t come undone. You can normally use a very hot glue gun, too.

Paper bag luminaries using decorative scissors and star paper punch

Make simple paper luminaries with paper bags and LED candles.

5. Insert tea lights and that’s it! So uncomplicated.

Tag me on Instagram if you consider these! They genuinely are so uncomplicated with such a big impression on earning a house warm and cozy, particularly in these darker, winter season days.

xo Bar

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