Tissue Paper Votives

Since beginning The Freckled Elephant nearly two years ago, I have accumulated a pretty large stash of leftover tissue paper.
I don't like the idea of throwing it away because it could someday be useful.
If for nothing else, shipping filler.
Looking online, I found a craft project for making a glass jar into a decorative candle holder.
I would have used a glass jar from our recycle bin, but I had previously purchased (like three years ago, seriously) four votive holders from A.C. Moore.
And I didn't use Mod Podge, just regular Elmer's.

Brief directions for the kids, and off they went!

In retrospect, I should have tried this first before asking the kids to do it.
Probably should have read the directions better myself.
Like - water down the Elmer's glue.
Their little fingers wanted to stick to the paper.
They added too much glue (again, thinning it would have helped).
The paper pieces they chose were way too big.
So, in the end, I had to help more than anticipated.
But it was still fun.

And I think they turned out pretty nice.