Make your own colourful lantern

Recycle a plastic bottle to make these colourful lanterns for your bedroom or garden.

You will need
  • Recycled plastic drinks bottles
  • Felt tip pen
  • Scissors (grown-up use only)
  • Multi-coloured tissue paper
  • 3 parts PVA glue mixed with 1 part warm water
  • Paintbrush (for glue application)
  • Ribbon or string
  • Glue stick or sticky tape
  • Mini torch or LED light
  • Decorations e.g. stickers, feathers, pens

Use this lantern make to celebrate Holi

Find out more about Holi the Festival of Light and see how much your little one knows in this easy Holi quiz.

Watch as Sumedh visits the temple with his family for part of the Holi celebrations before the colourful fun begins. 

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