VIDEO: Make your own Star Wars lantern

If you don't want to be one of many with your lantern, then you should consider making something yourself. A Star Wars lantern is certainly a great alternative to the Martins lanterns that you bought.

How to design your Star Wars lantern

• Find a suitable character from Star Wars on the Internet and adjust it to the size of the desired lantern.
• Now cut out the lid surface from part of the cheese box. This will be the top of your lantern.
• Place the cardboard around the cheese box once to get the dimensions. Shorten the box to the appropriate length.
• Transfer the motif to the cardboard and cut it out. Of course, you can also transfer and cut out several different figures such as Yoda, Darth Vader or R2D2.
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• When you have cut out the figures neatly, glue the cardboard back with parchment paper or colored foil.
• Once the glue has dried, glue the lantern shade to both parts of the cheese box and also seal the transition point. You may have to cut through the edge of the cheese box lid that you cut beforehand so that the Shapes are the same size, or you use 2 lids or 2 bases for one each from the start Lantern.
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• Then pull the craft wire through the holes previously made in the upper lantern ring so that you can also hang the lantern on a stem.

Tips for your lanterns

• There are now lantern sticks with a light bulb attached. In this way, your lantern is protected from catching fire due to the open flame and is therefore also suitable for small children.
• If you use a tea light, it is best to attach it to the base of the lantern with modeling clay.
• For greater stability of your Star Wars lantern, you can also cover it with clear varnish. However, you should pay attention to the drying times here.

• If you print the figures directly onto the cardboard, you save yourself the hassle of transferring and you can use the more quickly Handcraft getting started.

Of course, other figures can also be transferred for the lantern. So you can create different and individual for each child with simple means Lanterns to make. If you are not a cheese eater, you can also make square lanterns by using tetra packs (beverage cartons) as the basic lantern shape and cutting out the motifs here.