Martinmas Lanterns

We made lanterns yesterday, for Martinmas, using one of the methods I'd read about in All Year Round where you do a wax crayon drawing and then oil the reverse to make the picture translucent.

Cameron did a Pokemon lantern, of course. I did autumnal colours. They were pretty but very difficult to photograph!

I have since read on Lynn's blog, Raising Little Shoots, that you can use this method with watercolour paintings - I'm definitely going to give that a try. She wrote a lovely post on preparing for Martinmas that is well worth a look.