Sun Hats & Wellie Boots: Nativity Lantern - Explore the Christmas Story with this simple Upcycled Craft

At this time of year we love filling our house with light. Our Advent candles & Christmas tree lights are filling the house with a welcoming glow & brightening up those dark evenings.

To add a special glow to our house Minnie created a beautiful Nativity Lantern, & it's been lovely to have as a centrepiece on the table for meal times.

This upcycled craft is simple to create, all you need is a clean jam jar or coffee jar, some white greaseproof paper (or tracing paper), 2 strips of thin card (your choice of colour), some double-sided tape, & felt-tip pens.

We started by measuring a section of greaseproof paper around our jam jar, making sure it was slightly taller than the jar.

Then my artist started to design her Nativity scene. We had carols playing & a few Nativity storybooks nearby to inspire our artwork. She decided to draw Mary in a stable with baby Jesus in the manger. Soon an angel was added hovering above the stable, & as it was a night sky lots of stars were added too.

To create the top & base of our lantern we attached two strips of card with double sided tape to Minnie's design.

To finish we simply rolled the greaseproof paper around the jar & secured the edges together with a strip of tape, taking care not to crease the greaseproof paper that was above the jar.