Swedish snow lantern

We are getting some more snow today, for the umpteenth time this year already, so I thought back to when I was a child and what I used to like about winter. Making a snow lantern was one of those things that just made winter special.

Making a Swedish snow lantern

• It has to be perfect snowball-making conditions outside


• Flatten the snow on the ground where you want your lantern to stand


• Make snowballs and put them in a circle, snowballs touching each other


• Make a small indent in the snow where you want to put your tealight candle


• Continue placing snowballs in smaller circles on top of your previous circle (most commonly, lanterns are igloo-shaped


• Leave an opening at the top for the heat to escape without melting the snow, which would kill the flame


• Light a tealight candle and place it inside. Sit back and enjoy the glow!