Dried Orange Jack-o'-Lanterns

These dried orange jack-o’-lanterns are perfect to use with tea light candles for Halloween decor. Or fill it with candy corn and use it as a mini candy dish!

I love using dried oranges in crafts – I’ve made dried orange garlands, and a dried orange wreath, and decorated cakes with dried orange slices. So I thought it would be fun to try this dried orange craft for Halloween!

They’re a fun and easy craft to do! A little less work than carving a pumpkin. But more time for drying. I actually dried mine two different ways, just to see how they turned out. (And definitely preferred air drying, you can see the difference between the methods in the video). And I think they’re so cute lit up with tea light candles!

wood mantel decorated for halloween with ghost garland, cheesecloth ghosts, mini pumpkins and orange jack o lanterns with tea lights in them

dried orange jack o lantern filled with candy corn with mini pumpkins around it

two dried orange jack o lanterns sitting on wood cutting board with mini pumpkins around them

Supplies for Dried Orange Jack-O’-Lanterns:

oranges
knife
spoon
x-acto knife
aluminum foil
tea light candles (beeswax tea light candles or flameless tea light candles)

Watch the video to see how to make these:

wood mantel decorated for halloween with ghosts and mini pumpkins and dried orange jack o lanterns

five dried orange jack o lanterns on wood cutting boards with mini pumpkins around them

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-Manda

Dried Orange Jack-o’-Lanterns

Supplies for Dried Orange Jack-O’-Lanterns: