VIDEO: Make a bat lantern

How to design the transparent shell of the lantern

1. In the middle of the black cardboard box, a rectangular window measuring 25x14cm is cut with the help of scissors.
2. The edges of the colored parchment paper are coated with the glue.
3. Now the tracing paper is glued to the cardboard so that the cut-out window is completely covered.
4. If available, small bats can be punched out of the remaining black cardboard with the motif punch.
5. The punched out bats are then glued to the parchment paper.


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6. If there is no motif hole punch at hand, you can cut out small bats with scissors and Glue it on, or use the black pen to stick a large bat or several small ones in different sizes paint on.

More steps to craft the bat lantern

1. Now cut out a hole in the lid of the cheese box through which you can e.g. B. can use the tealight.
2. Then you can glue the transparent cover to the cheese boxes. To do this, lay the tracing paper in front of you in landscape format and stick one half of the cheese box to the lower and upper edge of the paper.
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3. In order to be able to use the lantern later with an electric lantern stick, drill two opposite holes in the cheese box on the upper edge.
4. The lantern bracket or wire is hooked into these holes.
5. The last step is to insert the tea light or attach the electric lantern stick. Your bat lantern is ready.

With this guide you can Lanterns tinker with different motifs for different occasions. Beautiful effects can also be achieved with textured parchment paper. to Halloween You can also paint spiders or gruesome pumpkin heads instead of the bat. The time required is about 10 to 20 minutes. All in all, a nice idea for rainy autumn and winter days.