BYOL Bring Your Own Light
This is the first Love and Light Lantern Walk & we are hoping that the word will spread and other neighborhoods, churches, and organizations will want to create their own.
The whole idea is to bring neighbors TOGETHER and spread a little love and light out into our neighborhoods and the world as a whole.
A little love and light can change the world.
The whole idea is to bring neighbors TOGETHER and spread a little love and light out into our neighborhoods and the world as a whole.
A little love and light can change the world.
Cedar Hills Lantern Walk
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DATE: Monday, October 7, 2019
TIME: dusk [approx time 7pm]
LOCATION: Larson home at 4431 West Redwood Dr (Gathering Place)
We will then invite everyone to walk the forest and end up at the Heritage Park where you can gather with your family & take pics, talk about things you are grateful for, ideas you want to do to spread love within your neighborhood, family, etc. BYOL Bring Your Own Lantern/Light: Bring a lantern or make your own (see tutorial ideas below) & join us to bring your love & light to the night.
Please use battery candles. NO open flames. Thanks. INTERESTED in HELPING: If anyone has any paper lanterns, mason jars, luminary bags, battery operated candles, etc. that you would be willing to share for the evening--please label them with your name or initials & drop them by to my home. If you are interested in helping set-up for the event. Feel free to contact me and we will make arrangements.[my contact number is on the contact page] Thanks for your interest. |
CEDAR HILLS Neighborhood
What else you can do: Light it up!! Bring your family light to the night! On the night of the walk feel free to also light up your yard for friends & neighbors to see--hang a lantern(s), place luminaries up your walk, turn Christmas lights on...make the night bright! Do you live on the path? Is your backyard part of the lantern walk? You are definitely invited to light up your yard to help make this walk even more memorable. String lights, hang lanterns, luminaries...if you need help and support feel free to call me. [See my number on the contact page] Spread Love! You can also have your family spread some love by checking out our Spreading Love page & take some ideas to do in our community! We also invite families to write generic love notes, cards or make artwork that you can drop off to our Spread the Love box that we will have at the Larson home. We will take the items to local hospitals, elderly, lonely...& spread some love in our community. Here are some ideas of things you could write in a note. 
Kindness Cards! Ask for some kindness cards at the Love & Light Lantern Walk event & share them with people who may need a little positive boost. Write something on the back and drop the card in a locker at school, Stick it on a bathroom mirror, Leave it with a treat for a neighbor, Hand it to a kid who looks like they are lonely, Put it on a car windshield, Give it to a drive-thru cashier, etc. The ideas are limitless. Just write something nice & leave it to spread a little kindness. [See details on these cards on the Spreading Love Page]
Pass the idea along! If you know a church group, community neighborhood.. that may be interested in doing their own Love & Light Lantern walk--please give them this website & we can help them plan it. We need all the good we can share to bring people together. | ||
- See the link below for any other lantern walks that may be going on in an area near you.
- See the printable pdfs below to print a generic flyer for your own lantern walk. Just print & fill out details.
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How to make a lantern:
Here are a few links I came across to learn how to make handmade lanterns:
Lantern using old jars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZ7UNFNMbNA
Knotted hanging jar lantern https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfBQd5ji5ZQ
Easy paper lantern https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPaBSyTdPPI
There are numerous tutorials on youtube. Just find an idea you like & get creative.
Lantern using old jars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZ7UNFNMbNA
Knotted hanging jar lantern https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfBQd5ji5ZQ
Easy paper lantern https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPaBSyTdPPI
There are numerous tutorials on youtube. Just find an idea you like & get creative.
-Photo by Snapwire from Pexels
-Kindness card & Lantern Walk flyer images from Pexels
-Kindness card & Lantern Walk flyer images from Pexels
