How To Make A Snow Lantern

GorillazMiko says: Feb 27, 2008. 5:26 PM

Wow... another awesome video. This one is actually really cool. Unfortunately, it does not snow here. :-( Would definitely love to try this out though. Great job.

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ferrari484 in reply to GorillazMikoJan 8, 2010. 1:33 PM

If it doesn't snow at your place where do you live anyway (if i may ask of course). Because over here for ones. Our little country ran out of salt.
I live in the Netherlands by the way.

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ferrari484 says: Jan 8, 2010. 1:28 PM

Nice.

it's funny my brother and i made i igloo ones. And i lighted 1 candle it (at night of course). That created enough light already.

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bassclarinet23 says: Nov 8, 2009. 6:16 PM

If you have walkway lights, you could build around it...less of a fire hazard.

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red-king in reply to bassclarinet23Nov 12, 2009. 4:48 PM

but fire is more awesome. xD

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bassclarinet23 in reply to red-kingNov 13, 2009. 12:55 PM

Touche.

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ferrari484 in reply to bassclarinet23Jan 8, 2010. 1:23 PM

Yeah it looks good.

redsuit09 says: Aug 15, 2009. 2:02 PM

haha in Minnesota we have plenty of snow :) but at te moment its summer.... which sucks

peacenique says: May 12, 2009. 4:47 AM

These are gorgeous, aren't they? I learned to make them as a kid while in Finland. Lining your walkway would be a beautiful way to welcome guests. My Mother has always made ice lanterns as well.

redsuit09 in reply to peaceniqueAug 15, 2009. 1:59 PM

my family is from finland, i have always wanted to go there... the closest i got was england

computer_guy says: May 13, 2009. 2:06 PM

If you take some high intensity LEDs you can make the lantern different colors also.

mandeep_619 says: Jan 19, 2009. 3:22 PM

lol , i tried this it came out awsome, except i didnt use snowballs , i made mines with chinese food containers , for anybody who has dry snow just add some water, i mad mines with dry snow

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Jennifer F. (author) in reply to mandeep_619Jan 20, 2009. 1:07 AM

Oh, so you used the chinese food container like a mold to make snow "bricks". That could be pretty neat. :)

dl~L~ld says: Jan 1, 2009. 12:10 PM

Nice idea. I'm sure you could build off of this and build some pretty amazing things. Even multi-layer, multi-candle sort of things. Maybe even Christmas lawn decorations? I wouldn't know though, since the nearest snow is a few hours from me.

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balloondoggle says: Mar 2, 2008. 7:52 AM

That is a lot more light than I would have expected from a single candle. Very nice project. Someone with snow sculpting skills could probably build on this idea.

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codongolev in reply to balloondoggleDec 16, 2008. 4:58 PM

make a dinosaur with GLOWING EYES!

Arkarinum says: Dec 1, 2008. 6:09 AM

I always wanted to see some snow :P

rickyd! says: Nov 16, 2008. 8:30 PM

it doesn't snow much in oklahoma, except for last years ice storm!

sunshine24 says: Nov 4, 2008. 6:11 AM

Thanks for that great instruction video. I can't wait to try this. ( :

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hammer9876 says: Sep 8, 2008. 11:24 PM

Really lovely. Five stars. I just have a problem with the first step. Snow. Ha! The third snow fall I had ever seen happened when I was in college. I ran out side to make a snow ball. The natives kept laughing at me because it was a "dry" snow fall and the snow would NOT pack. It was like sand. Talk about worthless snow!

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Jennifer F. (author) in reply to hammer9876Sep 10, 2008. 1:30 AM

It definitely has to be the right kind of snow in order to make the snowballs :)

anna_2008 says: Jun 23, 2008. 2:22 PM

Simple, almost free, and totally AWESOME! I would have never thought do do this, and now I will!

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reedz says: Feb 27, 2008. 6:00 PM

Great idea, it would look wonderful if you have friends or family coming over for the day. You could light it as a symbol that you wish to light their way home. ...wow...that was deep

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Brennn10 says: Feb 27, 2008. 6:00 PM

Awesome video! And the lantern looks really cool!

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Aar000n3y says: Feb 27, 2008. 2:36 PM

It looks really cool, but I would just use an electric lantern. It would be even cooler to use a solar powered lantern and put the solar cell on top of the snow dome. If I were to use a candle I would at least make an escape hole for the heat at the top of the dome.