When I was making my vintage camping themed tree this year the first thing I thought I needed was a vintage camping lantern, but I couldn’t find one. So I made one:

These are the three main ingredients in my little lanterns: little glass jars from Michaels’ bead section, wood peg doll holders, and buttons:

Step 1: The first thing I did was start gluing different sized buttons into a stack formation using E6000 glue:

Step 2: Then I took apart the little glass jars with their cork tops:

I used a knife to cut the little corks in half to make them shorter, unscrewing the little “eyes” too:

Step 3: I glued the modified corks to the top of the button stack:

Step 4: When the glue was dry I painted the button stacks and the wood peg doll holders:

After a few coats they were ready to go:

Step 5: These are the three pieces needed for each lantern:

A little glue on each piece and stacking them together is the final step:

I added a small screw eye to the top of each lantern (larger than the one that it came with) and the lanterns were ready for the tree!

More tutorials to come soon on the rest of the ornaments!

You can view all my Christmas related decor posts here! Thanks for reading!

Last week was the big 2015 Dream Tree Reveal for Michaels Stores and my theme for this year: Vintage Camping and Hiking:

I decided on the theme after finding cute little red and black checked backpack ornaments at Michaels. And then I began making the rest of the ornaments, including the cute little vintage bed rolls:

For the bed rolls you need the following:

Gray Felt
Leather Latigo Lace
Floral wire

Step 1: Cut each piece of felt in half.

Step 2: Cut three 6″ pieces of latigo lace.

Step 3: Roll up one of the pieces of felt.

Step 4: Use one of the pieces of latigo lace and tie around the end of the roll. You can trim the ends with scissors if it turns out to be too long.

Step 5: Tie another 6″ piece around the other end.

Step 6: Pass the third piece of latigo lace under one of the tied pieces as shown below.

Step 7: Cut a small piece of floral wire using wire cutters.

Step 8: Loop the wire around the latigo lace as shown below.

Step 9: Use pliers to crimp the wire into place to secure the leather in place.

Step 10: Repeat for the other side and trim any excess leather.

Cute little finished bed rolls to hang on the tree! Or to use for American Girl doll props or other decor.

On the tree:

More tutorials to come soon on the rest of the ornaments!

You can view all my Christmas related decor posts here! Thanks for reading!