Halloween Jack-o'-Lantern Luminaries

Fill clear buckets with battery-operated tea lights to easily craft kid-safe, fireproof luminaries to light up your Halloween celebrations.

Jack-o'-Lantern Luminaries

Jack-o'-Lantern Luminaries

Add battery-operated tea lights to the buckets and your Halloween luminaries is ready to light your walkway.

From: Kim Stoegbauer

By: Kim Stoegbauer

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Materials Needed:

clear acrylic paint buckets (or cylindrical glass vase)
jack-o'-lantern face glass clings (or permanent marker)

sand
battery-operated tea lights

Add Jack-o'-Lantern's Face

Gather all supplies and select the face cling/decal you would like to use (Image 1). Peel backing off of cling and adhere to front of paint bucket (Image 2). Tip: Alternately, you can draw a jack-o'-lantern face directly onto the bucket with a permanent marker.

Gather all supplies and select the face cling or decal you would like to use.

Peel backing off of face cling and adhere to the front of paint bucket.

Gather Materials and Select Face

Gather all supplies and select the face cling or decal you would like to use.

From: Kim Stoegbauer

Stick Face Decal on Bucket

Peel backing off of face cling and adhere to the front of paint bucket.

From: Kim Stoegbauer

Add Sand and Tea Light

Add sand to the bottom of paint bucket (Image 1). Add a battery-operated tea light and your luminary is ready to light your walkway (Image 2). Note: Most flameless candles have a battery life of around 100 hours, which should last through several nights leading up to Halloween.

Add sufficient sand to the bottom of paint bucket just prior to adding a battery operated tea light to form your Jack-o'-Lantern luminary.

Add battery-operated tea lights to the buckets and your Halloween luminaries is ready to light your walkway.

Add Sand to Paint Bucket

Add sufficient sand to the bottom of paint bucket just prior to adding a battery operated tea light to form your Jack-o'-Lantern luminary.

From: Kim Stoegbauer

Jack-o'-Lantern Luminaries

Add battery-operated tea lights to the buckets and your Halloween luminaries is ready to light your walkway.

From: Kim Stoegbauer

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