This Halloween Eyeball Lantern craft is creepy and cool looking. You only need 7 supplies and it’s made with dollar store supplies making it budget-friendly too! Sometimes the best holiday decorations are the ones you and your kids make yourself.

Fake eyeballs Halloween Lantern covered in plastic bugs, LED light inside, and white spider web and green netting — This fake eyeballs lantern is amazingly spooky!

Halloween Eyeball Decorations You Can Make at Home

Halloween is so much fun, and decorating is even more fun. In my neighborhood we all go kind of hard and try to outdo one another.

On a budget? Then these Halloween eyeball decorations not only work as a lantern to light up Halloween night, but give people a fright!

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Related: This themed paper lantern craft is the perfect way to decorate!

How to Make a Halloween lantern Filled with Eyeballs

Plastic eyeballs lantern with led lights covered in green netting. — These plastic eyeballs lanterns are perfect for lighting up the porch or driveway for Halloween.

Supplies Needed To Make This Creepy Halloween eyeball Lantern

Directions To Make Halloween Eyeball Lantern

Halloween eyeball decorations like this eyeball lantern is filled with fake eyeballs, has an LED light in it, and covered in green netting and plastic bugs. — This Halloween lantern is one of my favorite Halloween eyeball decorations.

Step 1

Start by taking off the lid to plastic jar and filling it with plastic eyeballs. Pack them tightly so that they don’t move around freely in the jar.

Step 2

Now, use some double-sided tape to attach the votive candle to the underside of the lid. Be sure to turn candle on before tapping it to the lid. Don’t glue this or you won’t be able to turn the votive candle back off.

Step 3

Next, screw the lid onto the jar. You may need to move eyeballs around a bit so that the votive fits inside the jar.

Step 4

Finally, take some scary cloth drape it over the jar but make sure you can still see the eyeballs. Once you have the cloth where you like it, glue it to the jar to secure it in place.

Plastic eyeballs Halloween décor- covered in green netting, plastic bugs, filled with a LED light and plastic eyeballs. — Plastic eyeballs Halloween décor are the best at lighting up Halloween night.

Step 5

Use jar at night or in a dark place to see the eyes glow!

Variations On This Creepy Halloween Eyeball Lantern

There are a number of different tealights you can use for these Halloween eyeball lanterns. Some of them are even Halloween themed, check out these tealights:

How To Use Your Creepy Halloween Eyeball Lantern Craft

So, what’s the point of making this creepy eyeball lantern? Because it’s amazing?! But that aside, it makes great Halloween décor. You can use this as party of your seasonal Halloween décor. Use it to decorate your Halloween party, whether it’s at home or in the classroom. Or you can use a string and let your little one carry it around. Though if you use it that way, I suggest a plastic mason jar. You could even use it to line your porch on Halloween night and light up the spooky night.

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Halloween Eyeball Lantern

Sometimes the best holiday decorations are the ones you and your kids make yourself. This Halloween Eyeball Lantern is creepy and cool looking. Plus, it’s made with dollar store supplies making it budget-friendly too!

Prep Time 5 minutes

Active Time 5 minutes

Total Time 10 minutes

Difficulty easy

Estimated Cost under $10

Materials

Plastic Mason Jars
Green Creepy Cloth
Plastic Eyeballs
LED Votive Candle
Scissors
Hot Glue
Double-sided tape

Instructions

Now that you’ve gathered all of your supplies, it is super easy to assemble this!
Start by taking off the lid to plastic jar and filling it with plastic eyeballs. Pack them tightly so that they don’t move around freely in the jar.
Now, use some double-sided tape to attach the votive candle to the underside of the lid. Be sure to turn candle on before tapping it to the lid. Don’t glue this or you won’t be able to turn the votive candle back off.
Next, screw the lid onto the jar. You may need to move eyeballs around a bit so that the votive fits inside the jar.
Finally, take some scary cloth drape it over the jar but make sure you can still see the eyeballs. Once you have the cloth where you like it, glue it to the jar to secure it in place.
Use jar at night or in a dark place to see the eyes glow!

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Creepy Halloween Eyeball Lantern Craft