DIY Halloween Luminaries with Recycled Materials
Create glowing Halloween luminaries from recycled materials with a fun, sustainable STEM activity exploring light, shadows, and design.
This project is perfect for the classroom, homeschool, library or as part of a Halloween make and take project, where students create a spooky, glowing spider Halloween Luminary that combines learning, creativity, engineering, and sustainability.
Using recycled cardboard tubes, pipe cleaners, fairy lights, and imagination, learners explore how light travels, structures stand, and design and engineering work together.
It’s hands-on science, spooky art, and sustainable thinking all rolled into one brilliant Halloween activity.
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Author's summary: Create a spooky Halloween luminary with recycled materials.