Glitter firefly lantern

When the days get shorter and the evenings are bathed in warm light, it’s the perfect time to make lanterns. Whether it’s for a lantern parade, the autumn festival, nursery or a creative afternoon at home – with lanterns you’ve made yourself, you can add a splash of colour to any occasion.

Here you’ll find plenty of materials and ideas to help you create your very own lantern. A firefly lantern, for example, is particularly cute: using coloured vellum paper, craft cardboard, wobbly eyes, undecorated products such as lantern bases and small sparkly details, you can create a cheerful firefly in no time at all, which glows beautifully in the dark.

But there are plenty of other designs you can create too. How about an owl lantern, a colourful rainbow, a little monster or a classic star lantern? There are no limits to your imagination. With lantern blanks, vellum paper, LEDs, glue and the right accessories, you’ve got everything you need to get creative.

Design your lantern exactly as you like and look forward to a unique, one-of-a-kind creation that you can proudly carry in the next lantern parade.