Celebrate Halloween with Paper Lanterns

By Cody Scholberg

There are many reasons for people to get excited about Halloween, as kids and parents alike look forward to the pumpkins, sweets and costumes involved. All these activities are made more fun by the presence of Halloween paper lanterns, giving a warm, peculiar glow to the atmosphere.

Transparent rice paper is generally used to make paper lanterns, although some are made of stronger paper too. The paper is used to house the light source within, which can come from a candle or a bulb. A bulb would need wiring or a battery pack for power.

Halloween can mean a huge party for you or just a quiet celebration with your family. Either way, these paper lanterns can create the perfect setting. You can get your lanterns to sit on tables like lamps, or stand up from hooks in the ground, or have them suspended from the ceiling or tree branches.

You can use paper lanterns to add to the festive atmosphere already created by the Jack-o-Lanterns and pumpkins. Lighting plays an important part in creating the right setting for any party, so don?t underestimate it. You only need to spend a bit of loose change to buy some Halloween paper lanterns and hang them around bulbs for a hypnotic, creepy atmosphere.

If you want strange, unnatural light to be given off, place the lanterns around coloured bulbs and then place them on your mantelpiece or windowsill. It may not seem like much, but it actually increases the festive atmosphere.

The internet is the best place to find cheap Halloween paper lanterns. This way, you get to check out stores for the lanterns you want, and at prices you can afford. Many online stores offer paper lanterns for as little as $2 a piece, so it is money well spent. Besides regular lanterns, which are rectangular, round or cylindrical, you can also find ones designed specially for Halloween.

You can find the usual ones shaped like circles, cylinders or rectangles, but others are also available that are designed just for Halloween.

After they have played their part in this holiday, you can always keep them until it?s time for their appearance next year. The money you spend on Halloween paper lanterns is well worth it, as for an economical price, they can help increase the ambience of your home many times over. - 30542

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