Another weekend, another festival...
This weekend we celebrated
St Martin's Day with our German friends by attending the Laternenfest at a local German preschool. We drank glühwein, ate würste and, as is the custom on St Martin's Day, the kids joined in a procession with their homemade paper lanterns.
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Glowing lanterns - with squished handles! |
Lola and I made paper lanterns with her little friends during the week in preparation for the festival. Amid all the paper, paint, glitter, pipe cleaners and dot art markers the kids created a beautiful mess that was turned into lanterns with a few dabs of glue here and a strip of tape there.
Can you believe I forgot to take photos while we were making them?
I did however remember to take photos at the festival on Sunday evening. However, wriggly kids and glowing lanterns at night time don't always make for the best photos so I didn't quite get the shots I would have hoped for but at least you can see how our lanterns turned out.
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Ava with our lanterns - waiting for the procession to start |
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Being silly for the camera |
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Marching and eating rice crackers |
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A little break in the procession for some music |
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My lantern from the top |
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Lola decided my little lantern was a better fit for her |
Here's a look at our lanterns during the day. Traditionally the lanterns would be carried hanging from a stick, much like a fishing rod. We figured it would be a little easier for the kids to just carry theirs with handles. This also saved us from buying/making sticks that would sit in a cupboard until next year!
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Sky, Lola and Eden's lanterns decorated with dot art markers and washi masking tape |
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Lola shows off our lanterns |
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Our lanterns |
The little lantern at the front in the photo above was a little handheld one I made using a pattern for a faceted vase by paper artist Chloé Fleury. The DIY for this vase was featured on one of my favourite blogs, ohhappyday.com. You can find the pattern and instructions
here. I added a base (which isn't included in the pattern) to hold the candle. I decorated the edges with a nice bright neon washi masking tape to add a little colour. Not quite the traditional lantern for St Martins Day but I liked the idea of making something a little more modern.
Time to start "
pinning" ideas for next year's lanterns!
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