Thread: Tea Lantern

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I have been looking at everything twice before throwing it out, because I might be able to use it to build a prop.

I saved some Arizona tea plastic bottles because I had the idea to make a lantern. I have been unable to find a low cost lantern.

I cut the two indented panels out first, then I cut the third panel out of the back label. Leave a similar width on either side to resemble the supports.

The front label area is a little larger so I measured that panel at just under 3" in width. The supports are a little wider but it looks okay.

I then disassembled the haunters favorite flicker light.

Next I drilled a hole in the bottom center, which I made large enough for the faux flame prongs to fit through without pinching closed.

Then I put the LED into the hole and faux flame. If you didn't make the hole too large, the assy will stay in place w/out hot glue or tape (though you may want to use it anyway).


I finished it a while ago but didn't have time to post the pic.

I did the paint with a burnt umber acrylic mixed with sand. I then dry brushed on a an acrylic metallic silver.

The handle is a 12 gauge piece of wire painted the same way, with the ends inserted into holes i drilled in the lantern neck.

I opted to go with out the visor though I completed it using the same paint method.


This total project cost less than 3$ to build

very creative!

Looks to be coming along. Can't wait to see the final pics.

Sorry I didn't post the finished pics sooner.

I completed the paint job by mixing a burnt umber acrylic with sand. Then I dry brushed acrylic metallic silver.

I used the same paint on a 12 gauge piece of wire (insulation on) and inserted into the holes I drilled in the lantern neck.

I decided not to use the visor that was painted in the same manner as well.

After materials and the refreshing drinks cost it came in under 3$

Wow, a very "green" project, despite the rust brown paint job! Any idea how much time you put into creating the lantern? Because of the low material cost, this project would be a great candidate to mass produce a lot of them at once. Thanks for sharing a great idea!

Originally Posted by MassMax

Wow, a very "green" project, despite the rust brown paint job! Any idea how much time you put into creating the lantern? Because of the low material cost, this project would be a great candidate to mass produce a lot of them at once. Thanks for sharing a great idea!

You can make these in about a half hour or less if you use a dremel to do the cutting instead of an razor knife. Which is what I learned making the second and third.

Thanks so much for posting this. I loved it so much, we had to run out and find some bottles and make some. Here is our take on it. We used V8 Fusion fruit juice bottles. Once the plastic wrap is removed, all we had to do was paint. The bottles have these great textured panels that we left clear for the glass.

wowwwwwwwwwwwww...i love this!

Originally Posted by piraticalstyle

Thanks so much for posting this. I loved it so much, we had to run out and find some bottles and make some. Here is our take on it. We used V8 Fusion fruit juice bottles. Once the plastic wrap is removed, all we had to do was paint. The bottles have these great textured panels that we left clear for the glass.

WOW! That looks really great. The look of that bottle is very nice. It really looks like glass panes.