A quick and easy outdoor paper lantern chandelier! Tell it to your neighbor!!! For my sister’s baby shower I had an idea to make a chandelier from 2 strands of lanterns I found on sale at Target. It was easy using the existing chain from our baby swing. Here’s a picture:
If you don’t have a chain hanging, I think you could hang a chain from a branch pretty easily. Here’s a quick sketch:
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| (I should have drawn the chain a lot longer, continuing down) |
To hang the chandelier all I needed was a freestanding ladder, a green outdoor extension cord (with at least 2 outlets) and s hooks (pictured below). I decided how low I wanted it to hang and then started from the bottom and worked my way up. I attached the light string to the chain with s hooks. Here are pictures from the party:
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| This is the best picture I had of it in the day light. |
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| It was so pretty the way it lit up the underside of the leaves. |
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| We liked it so much we kept it hanging and played poker under it the next night! |
If you’d like to make it for your next outdoor party, here’s what you’ll need:
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| Chain like this. |
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| 15-20 S Hooks like this one. |
| 2 strands of paper lanterns like this one. 1 strand large, 1 strand medium. |
Here’s one last picture of my family playing poker outside under our paper lantern chandelier. 🙂 I love the ambiance it created!
Please, ask me a question if you need more information about creating this chandelier.
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