Easy mason jar craft idea to turn it into a leaf lantern using colourful leaves. It is an easy and fun fall-season craft you can use as a simple but pretty centrepiece.

Easy Decoupage Leaf Lantern

When tree leaves turn color into red, orange, and yellow, it is the cue for some autumn craft projects. Collect these colorful leaves and use them to decoupage a mason jar.

Make multiple of this mason jar lantern with flickering tea light, then group it in the middle of the dining table with some warm color flower arrangements for a quick and pretty Thanksgiving centrepiece.

Supply To Make Leaf Lantern

Use faux leaves if colourful natural tree leaves are unavailable. Dollar stores carry those fake leaves in the fall season. Use the faux one that is flat easily and has soft material.

You can press the leaves in a thick book for a few weeks to make them soft and flat if you use natural ones. Keep checking the leaves because sometimes it might need more time to make it flat.

Mason jar
Mod Podge
Foam brush
Natural or faux leaves
Battery-operated tea light or votive candle

DIY Leaf Lantern Tutorial

Using the foam brush, apply Mod Podge on the outer surface of the mason jar.

Attach the leaf quickly before the Mod Podge dries. Press it so the leaf is attached flat to the jar surface.

Apply more Mod Podge and attach more leaves. You can design what the mason jar lantern looks like. It can be a half or whole surface covered with leaves.

Let the decoupage mason jar dry for 30 minutes or more.

Then, apply another coat over the glued leaves.

Let it dry completely.

Put the battery-operated tea light or votive candle inside the jar.

The DIY mason jar luminaire is ready to use now.

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Yield: 1

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Active Time: 5 minutes

Total Time: 10 minutes

Difficulty: Easy

Estimated Cost: $2

Leaf lantern mason jar using colourful leaves for an easy and fun fall-season craft to use as a simple but pretty autumn centrepiece.

Materials

Mason jar
Mod Podge
Natural or faux leaves
Battery-operated tea light or votive candle

Tools

Foam brush

Instructions

Using the foam brush, apply Mod Podge on the outer surface of the mason jar.
Attach the leaf quickly before the Mod Podge dries. Press it so the leaf is attached flat to the jar surface.
Apply more Mod Podge and attach more leaves.
Let the decoupage mason jar dry for 30 minutes or more.
Then, apply another coat over the glued leaves.
Let it dry completely.
Put the battery-operated tea light or votive candle inside the jar.
The DIY mason jar luminaire is ready to use now.

Notes

There is an additional 30 to 60 minutes to dry the Mod Podge.