lantern walk

Today was a very busy day but we found time to read a short story called "The story of Martin and the poor man". We also made lanterns for our lantern walk and sang "This little light of mine". Two of our lanterns were made from mason jars, and two were brought from IKEA though we decorated three of them with paper tissue and using food coloring/water as paint. The kids and I all did one. They turned out beautiful. The only one left undecorated was my hubby's.

J/W was so excited about the walk. I was a little nervous trusting J/W to carry candle in glass jars. But they did beautifully and our lantern lasted us through our walk except daddy's. His candle was always faint as there was no tissue paper covering his lantern and when we almost got home, his lantern blew out. So not only is decorating lantern aesthetically appealing, it has a practical purpose. :-)


Our lanterns shine brightly in the dark. Here are pictures of the kids with the help of flash, W/J enjoys the walk.

Here is a picture of W cutting apples. I didn't get to post earlier because my camera's battery died. Anyway, better late than never, right?