Paper Garden Lantern Décor
Paper lanterns are one of our favorite things to design. They make such beautiful décor for your home, a party, or a wedding. And they’re really easy to craft! You can always create lanterns for certain holidays, seasons, and events. Or you can make some with a classic design that works year-round, like these DIY paper garden lanterns.
Light the Way
For these DIY paper garden lanterns, I used a frosted text weight paper and translucent vellum for the windows. While these lanterns are pretty as is, you can also place some battery-operated tea lights inside of them. This is a great way to add a little soft glow and cozy vibe to your room or table setting. You can see our picture below for an example!
If you want to make these paper garden lanterns, you can find this project in our book, Cutting Machine Crafts. There are 50 projects total in the book plus 60 SVG templates to make it easier for you to craft a variety of paper projects. You can also browse the DIY lanterns on our site if you’re a member and want some other ideas!
Another fun thing I like to do when decorating with paper lanterns is to use some of my other paper creations as décor. So for an outdoor party, I might add some of my paper plants to the table, for example. And I might add some paper flowers too. There so many ways to use (and re-use!) your creations, which is one of the best things about a DIY project.
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For more DIY ideas, browse our projects here on the site and be sure to follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest. We also have video tutorials to help you make paper flowers and plants, decorate with DIY décor, and more. To start crafting with us, sign up for a Lia Griffith membership.
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6 Comments
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Kerstin
November 29, 2025 at 11:27pm
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Lia
November 30, 2025 at 4:46pm
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cindy
November 11, 2025 at 8:40am
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Lia
November 11, 2025 at 8:53am
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Rebecca
February 28, 2021 at 1:02pm
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Lia
March 1, 2021 at 5:27am
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Back to the TopI’ve made this lantern last winter, the test model with 120 g cardboard, which is too soft, a 180 g or better 200 g to 240 g cardboard is better. This will be the next one. For the windows I used white transparent paper with a gold coloured stars print, it’s similar to vellum. But, most important, instead of glueing the sides together , I used sample bag clips. They can easily be removed later to store the lantern flat. When glued, a flat storage is not possible
What a great idea! I love that you made them foldable. 🙂
I own the book & should be able to download this file (according to the book) Where do I enter the code???
Hello Cindy. Yes! There is a URL in the same paragraph as your code. Here is a link for your convenience. 🙂 https://liagriffith.com/cuttingmachinecrafts/
This lantern is under svg files. Why is there no option to download the file? I was under the impression that for $9.99 a month, members can download 5 projects a month? Please help! TIA.
This specific post is a promotion for our book. You can find the lantern SVG on our site available to download here: https://liagriffith.com/paper-garden-lanterns/