Lantern Made Of Used Cans

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What we need

Wasted can from candy or milk container (any size)

A leaf whole

Spray paint

Hammer and nail

Candle

Sand

 

Step #1

Wash the can, take out everything inside and remove the upper seal. Rub the entire paper attached on the outer part. Wash with warm soapy water. Dry up.

 

Step #2

Fill 3/4 of can with sand, add some water and put into freezer. The sand will prevent the can gets bulky when frozen. Leave it until the water inside frozen to ice. It will be useful to maintain the shape of can when we make holes. Take out the sand.

Step #3

Stick the leaf onto the can. Make sure we like the size and position of the leaf before start hitting with hammer.

 

Step #4

Trace the leaf pattern on the body of the can by gently making holes along the side of the leaf frame. Don’t tear it, Superkids. To get perfect design and keep the leaf steady, the first hole should be at the tip of the leaf.

 

Step #5

Remove the leaf. Check out the dots with leaf pattern printed on. Make sure the holes penetrate the can.

 

Step #6

Give color with spray paint. This should wait until the pattern is done. Wait until it dries completely (about three hours).

 

Step #7

Fill the can with sand, don’t need much.

 

Step #8  

Put in the candle (pick a short bulky one) into the center of the can with sand on the bottom.

 

Step #9

Lit up the candle

 

 

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