Easy to Make Tin Can Luminarias

I love to make crafts that reuse stuff that I already have around the house, plus then I don't feel guilty if I send them off to goodwill after the holiday is over (I hate clutter!) So, I happened across the idea for tin can luminaries at Better Homes and Gardens Website and I thought that would be a cute way to make some little luminaries, or they could be big if you used something like a coffee can. I decided to paint them off white instead of orange. For some reason that just seemed right.
Here they are in the day:

And at night:

What you need-

• tin cans and water
• hammer and nail
• paper, marker and tape
• little tea lights or lcd luminaries
• spray paint in your color of choice

First fill your tin cans almost full of water and freeze them. That way they won't dent when you hammer in the nails. While you're waiting you can download and print templates from BHG, or just draw your own (what I did for 2 of them) Once, the cans are frozen go ahead and tape on  your templates.

Take one can out of the freezer at a time and take it outside and hammer your nail into all the marked places. If you take out of of them they start to melt and get all sweaty and the paper gets mushy. I'm just guessing on that :)

Now go ahead and remove the paper and then give it a few light coats of spray paint.

Ta da- Neat little free luminaries.

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Its So Very Cheri