Our Weekly Tip: A Glowing Sky Lantern Release for a Nighttime Celebration of Life Ceremony

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Our Tip of the Week: Consider a breathtaking experience of symbolically releasing floating sky lanterns at the memorial service you’re planning. Guests can collectively take part in this unforgettable experience of celebrating the life of your most loved and unforgettable person. End the service with a final farewell release with all the attendees offering their loving hand. You will need some volunteers to aid the guests assuring the lanterns float off without a hitch. Paper sky lanterns can be made or purchased in many loving shapes including a heart. What remains is the memory of a night filled with glowing lanterns against the stars – and a hush-filled profound remembrance moment.

How-to Suggestion: Sky lanterns can be purchased online or handmade with an instructional video. Here’s a Youtube tutorial on how to make your sky lanterns. Caveat: in some countries these are not legal, so please be sure to check ahead. Just like when employing fireworks, you want to take precaution in the location, amount of wind and that they are properly supervised.

More Tips: Explore more of SevenPonds’ tips through the Practical Tips page, in which you can discover everything from memorial service ideas to ways to heal through grieving to help with end-of-life planning.