Snowflake Lanterns - Snow and Ice Theme

For our last snow and ice theme activity this month, we made snowflake lanterns.  When I lived in New York, I loved looking out the window on dark, snowy nights and watching the snowflakes dance past the street lights.  I wanted to capture this same feeling with a lantern.  Miss E and I each made a snowflake lantern, and each is a little different.

Miss E made her snowflake lantern using the same steps as the fall lanterns in the link.  The only other step is that she put cut, paper snowflakes on top of the glued tissue paper, and then covered the snowflakes in another layer of watered down, liquid glue.  Her lantern is the one on the right of the above picture.

The frosted luminaries I have seen all over Pinterest are stunning.  I wanted to use that same method with my lantern, but with images of snowflakes.

Materials
-glass jar (I used an old food jar)
-cut, paper snowflakes
-Mod Podge
-epsom salt
-clear glass sealer

Directions
-See this salt luminary tutorial for tips on working with jars and epsom salt.
-Cut out paper snowflakes.
-Apply layer of Mod Podge to glass jar.
-Put snowflakes on jar.  I found that it looks better not to layer the snowflakes on top of each other, but keep them separated when placing on jar.
-Apply another even layer of Mod Podge over the snowflakes and entire jar.
-Roll the jar in epsom salt.
-Allow to dry.
-Spray on glass sealer.  I didn't use this step, and it means that some of the salt trickles off the jar when I touch the lantern.

Next time, I try making these lanterns, I will make smaller snowflakes with a more intricate pattern and not layer them on top of each other.  Despite my lantern's imperfections, my daughter wanted to use it as a nightlight for sleep tonight.  I believe I did capture that feeling of peace found outside a window on a snowy night, after all.