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Quick Craft Post: St Martins Laterne

November 10, 2011

St Martins Laterne

A very very quick post, that I wanted to share, as it means a lot to us.. though the photos are quite poor. We went back to the German Playgroup this evening to celebrate St Martins Day (it is tomorrow, more about it from our post last year!), a day when you traditional go on a Lantern Walk in the dark. I think it is such a magical experience for kids and I am so pleased that my kids get a chance to have take part. AND… someone turned two today!

Remember the Halloween Lanterns, we made a much simpler version and yet they were adorable:

A plastic bottle cut in half, tissue paper, a wire, an electronic tea light and a twig… you have a lantern.

Photos taken on phone, so apologies forย graininess…

And… Happy Birthday Darling Little Girl. I love you!

St Martins Laterne

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  1. Kerstin says

    November 10, 2011 at 8:03 pm

    Alles, alles Liebe zum Geburtstag kleine Pip Squeak!! ๐Ÿ™‚
    Seems like you had a great day.
    We’ll think of you again tomorrow, when we’ll walk our lanterns behind the horse of St. Martin singing away at the top of our lungs. :))

    die Kruips xxx

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    • Red Ted Art says

      November 10, 2011 at 8:09 pm

      Danke Kerstin ๐Ÿ™‚ Have a lovely day tomorrow!!!! x

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  2. maryanne @ mama smiles says

    November 10, 2011 at 8:16 pm

    She’s so cute!!! Happy Birthday to your little one!

    Very pretty lantern =)

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  3. Anna @ The Imagination Tree says

    November 10, 2011 at 9:05 pm

    Ahhh Happy Birthday to PipSqueak!! I wish I’d known! Hope you had a wonderful day together ๐Ÿ™‚

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  4. Red Ted Art says

    November 10, 2011 at 9:08 pm

    ๐Ÿ™‚ thank you MaryAnne and Anna!! She is just too scrummily gorgeous!!! And I hadn’t really mentioned it to anyone, so don’t worry, Anna! Celebrating on Saturday!

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  5. mermaid says

    November 10, 2011 at 9:36 pm

    Happy Birthday to your little one!

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  6. Joy says

    November 10, 2011 at 10:45 pm

    Awesome, what a super idea!

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  7. Mama Pea Pod says

    November 12, 2011 at 9:32 am

    So sweet! We used to love the St. Martin’s Day parade through the woods when we lived in Germany! Princess Pea made a sweet lantern at school this week for it, too, out of an empty baby food jar, some heavy wire, and some kind of paint – will have to find out from her teachers what kind they used. It looks lovely, and we took it out to dinner with us last night to use as our table decoration! (since we don’t have a parade here).

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  8. Red Ted Art says

    November 12, 2011 at 10:22 am

    How lovely to use her lantern as a table decoration too! Lovely! ๐Ÿ™‚ I bet it is really cute!

    If you don’t have the parade – do you still sing the songs? We love singing them!!

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  9. Catherine says

    November 12, 2011 at 9:45 pm

    Love those lanterns – gorgeous! And such a clever idea to use a plastic bottle, we’ve always used glass jars before. Happy birthday Pip Squeak, hope she had a great day xx

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  10. Red Ted Art says

    November 13, 2011 at 9:56 am

    I guess the plastic bottles “evolved” as you get the electronic tea lights now and the “electronic laternen stabe”… (http://www.amazon.de/Riethm%C3%BCller-1003-Eppler-Teleskop-Laternenstab-elektrisch/dp/B000U78H2G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1321178177&sr=8-1) whilst before you have real tea-lights and then a jar is most definitely better!!!

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  11. Jo Ann says

    November 13, 2011 at 2:59 pm

    Cute idea!

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  12. Sonia says

    November 14, 2011 at 10:00 am

    Happy Birthday to your little Princess

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    • Red Ted Art says

      November 15, 2011 at 9:15 am

      Thank you ๐Ÿ™‚

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  13. Bernadette - Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas says

    November 21, 2011 at 2:48 am

    what fun craft – love the lanterns! Thanks for linking to the sunday showcase.

    Bern
    Thanks for sharing on the sunday showcase

    Bern
    http://momto2poshlildivas.blogspot.com/search/label/Sunday%20Showcase

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