I’m not sure I have seen a more beautiful paper lantern before! To create these woodland paper lanterns, our designer Krista used her illustrations from these 3D ornaments and added so many amazing details to the design that really bring it to life. She also used a new layering technique for these lanterns, which we will teach you how to do in our instructions below.
Because of the intricate cuts, we recommend using a cutting machine for this project. However you can always cut your lanterns by hand with our template.
Walkin’ in a winter woodland
One of my favorite things about these woodland paper lanterns is all of the little details. Each window shows a different winter woodland scene with two deer, a squirrel, a fox, and a rabbit.
Another thing I love about this lantern is it has a unique layered effect when lit up because it has an additional background layer behind the vellum. We recommend using two different colored papers to increase the visibility of the design so that it can be enjoyed during the daytime and in the dark with LED lights. For example, we used our frosted teal paper on the outside and a lighter blue color behind the vellum on the inside.
Ready to craft your own woodland paper lanterns? Just follow our tutorial and be sure to let us know if you have any questions!
Tools
- Cutting Machine (recommended)
- Detail Knife, Ruler, Scoring Tool, and Cutting Mat (if cutting by hand)
Materials
- Lia Griffith Frosted Craft Paper – Conifer Pack: color 1 and Succulent Pack: color 4
- Translucent Vellum
- Adhesive Dot Roller or Glue Stick
- Mini Antique Metal Brads
- Flameless Flickering Tea Lights
How to Make Woodland Paper Lanterns
- Gather craft tools and materials. Then download the template below.
- Cut out lantern according to template using a cutting machine (recommended) or by hand with a detail knife, scoring along the dotted lines with a scoring tool and ruler. For cutting out the lantern in our frosted paper, we recommend using a fresh fine tip blade and mat and cutting the paper on the “Copy Paper” setting with “More” pressure.
- Glue a piece of vellum behind each window scene.
- Glue the corresponding papercut background scene behind the vellum layer.
Full tutorial available for members to download below.
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10 Comments
Hello Lia and team! These lanterns are so beautiful, however there are no instructions to help with changing the lines to “score” manually. Also, when I set it up to cut in DS, it shows cutting out something in black. What is that supposed to be? The vellum? Projects like these are a frustration when full directions are not given. Thank you in advance for your help. Coleen Barnes
Hi Coleen! Sorry you are feeling frustrated. Check out this video, showing how to change the intended folds to score lines. https://liagriffith.com/craft-academy/how-to-use-files-cricut/
I looked at the file in Design Space, and I am not seeing a black anything except for the design notes and score lines. So I am guessing that it might be an unwanted Cricut artifact that sometimes happens. I am seeing the vellum layer as 4 rectangles. Try hiding that black layer and see if that works.
What a beautiful idea and so easy to make
So glad you like it 🙂
I’ve tried downloading the SVG files a few times now, with no success it seems. Could you please give me the name of the file so that I may search for it. Thanks.
The file is titled “WinterWoodlandLantern.zip” – it will likely download as a Zip folder, but could also automatically open and then be titled “WinterWoodlandLantern.svg” 🙂
Great – thanks. These lanterns are so beautiful!
So glad you like them!!
I’m a brand new member, so please forgive my ignorance but I’m confused: the SVG says to resize the artwork to 16″x18″ but when I click on it it’s that size anyway? What do I have to do? Also, I have to manually change the cut lines to score lines because they’ve not been set up that way, is that right? Thanks.
Last year we noticed some of our SVG files were being downsized when imported into Cricut, so we started adding that layer of size information. The issue seems to have resolved itself but figure we should keep it just in case! So just delete that layer. And correct, you have to manually change those lines to SCORE in Design Space 🙂