A Homemade “Personal Christmas Lantern” gives residents, patients and those who must celebrate Christmas, due to the covid alone, a warm reminder: You are not alone, we think about you, we love you.
You can make the “Personal Christmas Lantern” as an activity together with the residents. Or family and volunteers can make the Lantern safely at home.
In a care homes the “Christmas Lantern” gives the residents a warm welcome at the Christmas diner. Your own place illuminated by a lantern with your photo and name on it.
After the Christmas dinner, the lantern will accompany the residents to their room, where the lantern continues to provide light and cosiness.
For patients in a hospital the “Christmas Lantern” is a reminder that in-spite of less visitors, due to the covid, people are thinking about you.
Never forget that when you are ill or care dependent “The Little Things become the Big Things” One home made personalised Christmas lantern can made someone Christmas happy.
The lantern can bring light into dementia confusion and gives hope and strength to those who are lying in a hospital.
Especially for mine friends at the Academy of Fabulous Stuff, I have made a template of the Christmas lantern.
Here you can download the template with which you easily can make a Christmas lantern
You also can make the Christmas lantern with the photo of the person who can’t attend the Christmas diner due of the covid, at your home.
Put the Christmas lantern on the table during the Christmas dinner and the person is present.
It doesn't seem that big, but it will certainly makes the person who can’t be there feel good . It's the little things that makes us really happy.
Download the template, put on the Christmas, get started and make somebody happy 😊
The “Personal Christmas Lantern” in 10 steps
- Download the file.
- Print it.
- Trace the drawing onto sturdy craft paper (220 grams of paper is used in the example).
- Follow the directions on the template.
- Trace the window of the template onto tracing paper.
- Paste the photo and write the name of the person on the lantern.
- Stick the edges.
- Close the lantern with a mini clothespin or metal clip
- And ready is your personalized Christmas lantern
What do you need ?
- Sturdy craft paper - A4
- Tracing paper - A4
- A mini clothespin or mini metal clip
- A LED tea light
- Photo of the person
This Christmas we can put the Christmas thought into practice by keeping our distance. So we remain healthy ourselves and ensure that others do not get sick
Have yourself a merry little Christmas.
Ignar