It doesn’t get any easier than this DIY Sally Jar Luminaries to make a spooky addition to your Nightmare Before Christmas Party! I loved how this DIY Project came out! You can either use them as décor aka tea lights or candles, or you can put them to use holding silverware or flowers. Either way they will bring compliments and questions!

Can’t I Just buy a Sally Jar Luminaries?

You can’t at the moment. If you do find one available for sale let me know!!! But for now DIY seems to be the only way to have some of your own. I hope my tutorial helps make it as easy as possible.

Are DIY Sally Jar Luminaries Expensive?

The homemade Sally Jar Luminaries are made using only 7 Items. All you need is:

Supplies:

• 3 glass jars, for mine I used pickles, and two spaghetti jars (one Alfrado and one red sauce)
• Silver Tissue Paper from the dollar tree
• Modge Podge
• Sally Jar Printable (Free Template from me)
• Black paint (I got mine at the dollar tree)
• sticker paper (you can get postage paper from an office supply store, that’s what I used)
• Scissors
• Paint brush

How To Make DIY Sally Jar Luminaries Tutorial

Time:  Start your Project plenty of time before you event. Should take about 1 hour. I made mine during the duration of Moana the movie.

Instructions:

1. 1. Make sure your glasses are clean (no food) and have most of the labels off
   2. Prep your tissue paper by cutting it into about 1 inch squares.
   3. Paint a bit of Modge podge onto your first glass
   4. Apply tissue paper one square at a time applying a bit of Modge podge on top to seal it
   5. Once you have covered about 2 inches of area on your first jar, set it down to dry and repeat on the second jar, then the third.
   6. Keep rotating your jars to make the process faster until all the jars are covered.
   7. print out this template onto sticker paper and cut out
   8. once the jars are completely dry apply the stickers
   9. Paint the lids to the jars with your black paint.
   10. while lids are drying dab your paintbrush with black paint and lightly brush the silver tissue paper to create a dingy aged effect.
   11. Apply a second coat of black paint to the lids.
   12. Once everything is dry you are finished.
   13. Enjoy your Sally Jar Luminaries, by adding a candle.

If you make Sally Jar Luminaries, I’d love to see pictures and hear stories!  Enjoy!

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It doesn’t get any easier than this DIY Luna P Piñata to make a sweet addition to your Sailor Moon Party! I loved how this DIY Project came out! You can either Hang it up ready to break open or as a sweet table decor like I did.

Can’t I Just Buy a Luna P Piñata?

You can’t at the moment. If you do find one available for sale let me know!!! But for now DIY seems to be the only way to have one of your own. I hope my tutorial helps make it as easy as possible.

Is a DIY Luna P Piñata Expensive?

The homemade Luna P piñata is made of only 4 Items. Making this the cheapest Piñata you’ll ever make. All you need is:

Supplies:

• Large Purple Chinese Lantern
• Dark Purple Tissue or Solid Purple Wrapping Paper (pictured)
• Glue (Elmers or Hot Glue)
• Luna P Printable (Free Template from me) 6. sailor moon luna P pinata printable.jpg
• 2 Cardstock
• String or Twine
• White Pom Pom ball
• Scissors
• Tape

How To Make a DIY Luna P Piñata

Time:  Start your Project plenty of time before you event. Should take about 1-2 hours

Instructions:

How to make Fringe:

1. Roll out your purple wrapping paper on a table off the roll to a good amount
2. Roll the paper into a tube of its own. about 1.5 inches wide
3. flatten the roll of Wrapping paper onto the table
4. Cut the roll into 1.5 inch individual rolls.
5. Take each ring and unroll it all the way until it’s a long strip of paper.
6. Fold the strip in half, then half again, then half again
7. You should have a folded rectangle about 6-7 inches long
8. Use your scissors to cut into the folded rectangle every half-inch.
9. This makes the fringe of the piñata.
   1. for Wrapping paper go one step further and cut all the way though the stripe to make smaller strips, since wrapping paper doesn’t turn very well.

How to decorate your Piñata:

1. Open your Large Chinese Lantern to its full size.
2. Start at the bottom, start running lines of glue around the bottom of the lantern in a circle around the bottom.
3. Place your stripes along the lines of Glue.
4. Keep going along the wire lines of the Lantern (this works as a great guide)
5. Once you have finished the Lantern leave to dry.
6. Once dry give your piñata a little shake or spin to make sure all your fringe is secure.
7. When everything is dry, Take your Card stock and cut it into a circle a little larger than the open hole in the bottom of the Lantern.
8. Apply a line of glue around the edge of the Cardstock circle and place glue side down inside the piñata, covering the opening.
9. Leave to Dry.
10. While drying print the Luna P Face Printable (Above) and Cut out.
11. Once the Piñata is dry either glue or tape your Luna P Face to your Piñata
12. Lastly make the ears
    1. Cut out two long triangles from your second piece of Card Stock
    2. Wrap the triangles in either your wrapping paper or tissue Paper (you may need to wrap them twice if using tissue paper)
13. To add a little extra touch, when you tie the hanging string to the piñata about 10 inches up, Glue on the white Cotton ball.
14. Tie the piñata to a branch and you are ready to go!

If you make a Luna P piñata, I’d love to see pictures and hear stories!  Enjoy!

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