Every year, on 21st December, 1000s of Brighton residents make lanterns lit with LEDs, then walk them through town in the Burning the Clocks Parade. The parade ends with a large bonfire on the beach, marking the shortest day of the year, and the beginning of the days getting longer. We're bringing the parade to EMF! This will be a sticky, crafty workshop, where you can make a weird alien lantern. We can provide kits (includes materials for TWO lanterns) or raw materials, you bring your creative flair and at the end of the workshop you’ll have a lovely (if slightly damp) lantern to take away. The lanterns are made by bending and taping together lengths of willow to form a frame. Then comes the messy bit - you wet sheets of tissue paper with watered down PVA glue, and cover the frame. As this dries, it tightens to form a rigid and surprisingly robust lantern. Once your lantern is made, you can leave it plain and simple, or decorate it - you can add black shapes whilst it's wet, or add stuff later at your leisure (we’ll give you the stuff you need). Then join the lantern parade on Saturday evening, adding a new memorable event to EMF!