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DIY A Gorgeous Lantern Using Dollar Tree Canvases
By LINDSAY DONALDSON
Lanterns are a beautiful and classic way of lighting up your home or garden, and as YouTuber Crafting with JC demonstrates, making your own wooden lantern is easy and inexpensive.
You’ll need two 5x7-inch artist canvas frames, a 6x4-inch mini wooden pallet, wood glue, spackle, paint, a paint brush, a saw, sandpaper, and battery-operated candles.
First, remove the staples and fabric from the frames, sand the wood, and fill any staple holes with wood glue. Once dry, measure and cut one of the frames in half lengthwise.
With wood glue, perpendicularly secure both halves to the front and back of the intact frame to create an open-sided box. Paint both the box frame and the pallet if you like.
Once the paint dries, stand the box and set the wood pallet inside so it's resting on the crossed wood as a base. The pallet won’t sit snugly due to the two slats on its underside.
Two or three popsicle sticks glued to these spots on the pallet's underside will help the pallet make contact with both pieces of the wood base.
You can now applique fabric onto its frame or cover its open sides with fabric by measuring each section of wood on both frames. Cut pieces for each section and glue them on.