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Candle Lanterns Made Using Clay

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These cute candle lanterns are perfect for creating a village or a forest themed setting for Christmas. Sandra shows you how to create these nifty little things at home.

Her website is in Swedish but she provides instructions in English as well (scroll to the bottom).

Original tutorial no longer exists, but we have got these instructions from the website:

How to make these cute candle lanterns / votives  for Christmas.

You’ll need:
Air Dry Clay
A rolling pin
A knife and something to make patterns with (I used the end of a brush)
Led tea lights

Work with a piece at a time and roll it out as thick as you like. Make a cone-template as shown above and trim the edges. Press together to form a cone and start making your pattern. Let the cone dry for a while and trim the edges using a wet sponge. Once it’s completely dry it’s ready to shine some light – just use led tea lights. Okay?

Original tutorial is from here but doesn’t exist anymore (Using Wayback Machine)

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