These were super easy. Took less than 30 minutes- always a plus in my book.
1. Separate & soak your husks in a bowl of water so they become pliable.
2. Take up-cycled jars of various sizes for some added visual interest. I used 2 different sized spaghetti jars, a pickle jar I think.
3. Wrap the husks around the jar & secure with a rubber band to hold them in place while you wrap around with the twine several times. I started with the bottom & once I had the twine tied, I removed the rubber band & moved it to the top. I left the rubber band on & just covered it with my twine because I had folded down the husks on 2 of them to add a little extra something to each one. On the largest one I trimmed the husks to the top of the jar.
4. Drop in your tea light candle & you are all set.
**Being married to a fire chief means fire safety is always at the top of my priority list when it comes to crafts. I want to stress that it’s so important to make sure that your husks and/or twine do not extend past the top of the jar. Please be cautious & place these out of reach of children & in an area where they can not be bumped over easily. Remember last week was fire prevention week & October is fire safety month.
Want more corn husk projects??
Tamar Strauss-Benjamin says
What a cool project! They look so beautiful!
Tiffany says
Gina, those are so cute…love them for the Thanksgiving table:)
Tiffany
Yolanda says
Effie Trinket!
Linda R says
They look amazing. What a wonderful project. I love you photo of your project. It looks like it should be on a cover of a magazine.
Hugs~
mgatwood says
This year the littles will be Captain America, and one of the characters from something I’m not familiar with! LOL I bought it and I don’t even know who it is! Baby girl will either don wings, or wear her “daddy’s under my spell” outfit.
Serendipity is Sweet says
Those are beautiful Gina! I love them!!
This year we’ll have a creepy pumpkin face dude (my oldest), a zombie ninja (ha ha), a mermaid and Shirley Temple. It’s an eclectic crew 😉
Tisha says
This looks like a project I could handle!! What a beautiful presentation. I love burning candles. It just seems to close us in and make us feel cozy. Thanks for sharing how to do it!
Nancy at maddalee says
Hi, very beautiful luminaries, thank you so much for sharing!
Have a good day, Nancy
Kim Stevens says
Hi Gina, I’ve come to visit and the last several times I click on the link I can’t see any of your beautiful photos, but obviously those before me are? I even tried going to your home page and then to the certain post, I still can’t see anything? Any idea why? sigh . . .
Danelle says
I might love these more than the wreath. And I even have the perfect jars for them!
Kimberly says
I. LOVE. THESE. LUMINARIES! LOVE THEM, I tell you! 🙂 I will be adding them to my list of things I must make!
Is it too late to enter the giveaway? If not, Alex is dressing up as the train conductor from The Polar Express (he’s just a bit obsessed with The Polar Express) and Nick will be a clone from Star Wars.