DIY Memory Lantern

If you are looking for a great way to preserve memories from a camping or beach vacation, Joanna has a great craft for you to try! I love this DIY Memory Lantern, such a great way to take home a little bit of the beach or woods with you.

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Last year we took a group of teens to camp. I took a ziplock bag for each day with that day labeled on it. Each day I would take something from that day and put it in the bag. So by the end of the week, I had several of these Ziplock baggies with the date on them. When I got back it was time to find a container so I could make a cute DIY Memory Lantern!

I found the lantern at Pier One that I really liked. I have some of the decorations left from when we had a spaghetti fundraiser. I found a candle to put it in at JoAnns.

It is a flameless candle that stays on for four hours a day. I’m allergic to smoke so flameless is just perfect and it turns itself on and off which means I don’t have to do that. The next part is you just start layering everything.

Then you put batteries in the candle. Lastly, you just have to find a really good spot to put it in. I put mine in our bedroom on one of the tables I have there so that each night I get to see it when it goes on. It is an easy project but it holds so many memories.