Make your garden and terrace prettier, cozier and, above all, brighter in the evenings with a few beautiful, homemade garden lanterns and lanterns! You can even make one yourself by either decorating the finished paper lanterns to your taste or conjuring up your own models using simple materials and tricks. And since many of us always need a little inspiration, we have put it together for you today. See how you can make creative lanterns yourself.
Buy a simple, round lantern and decorate it with any decorative materials. In the example wereartificial flowersused that will instantly brighten up your outdoor area, but if these don't suit your patio style, you can of course use other things. For a modern outdoor area, stickers with geometric motifs are ideal, for example, or you can paint the lanterns with copper paint.
No matter what you choose, you can use hot glue to secure the decorations. An LED candle can be placed inside. Never use real candles as the lamp can quickly catch fire, especially since it is outside and exposed to winds.
If you get small lanterns, you can also make the lanterns yourself using a string of lights.
Make your own lanterns – instructions with glasses and fabric
These pretty,hanging lanternsYou can hang it above a table and provide wonderful lighting. If you would like to make the lanterns yourself, you will need the following materials:
- Musselin
- Fabric scissors
- Mason jars
- double-sided tape
- battery-operated candles or tea lights
- Hanging yarn
For each lantern, cut a piece of muslin so that when you place it over the glass, it completely covers it and overhangs it a little. Stick a piece of double-sided adhesive tape to the outside of the lid and secure the fabric in the middle. Then you can put the candle in the glass and screw the lid on with the fabric. Now tie yarn around the neck of the jar, directly below the lid and over the fabric so that you can hang the lantern. It's best to make several so that you can illuminate the table well.
Concertina lanterns with paper flowers
You can buy such party lanterns ready-made and then you just have to pull them apart. Then you can decorate them in the same way as the round lanterns from the example above. Paper flowers are particularly pretty and suitable for the coming summer time. We have several instructions on our site that will help you make different types of paper flowers yourself. How about, for example?with these ideas?
Paint the cylinder lantern
You can make cylindrical lanterns and lanterns yourself using small wooden rings and simple paper. Cut the paper a little wider than the diameter of the rings, then you can design it as you wish. We really like the brush strokes in the example, but you can of course come up with something else. Then roll the paper up like a cylinder, overlapping the ends a little so you can tape them together. Then glue the roll inside the rings. Place the cylinder on paper or cardboard, trace the outline and cut it out a little smaller. Glue the circle you received to the bottom of the lantern as a base and place a candle inside.
Use tea lights as the paper lantern is not very stable and these are lighter. Then it is enough to just glue the string for hanging.
DIY with wood without drilling
You don't even need to have much experience in crafts to make such lanterns. You can choose the sizes in the example andthe popsicle stickswhich you use, cut to size or use other types of moldings to create your own size to suit your needs. These models are even more weatherproof compared to the ideas above. How to make the lantern from the example picture:
- 64 Eisstiele (15 cm lang)
- 40 Eisstiele (11,5 cm lang)
- optional glass lanterns for outdoor use as protection from wind
- Wooden angle strips - 22 x 22 x 1000 mm and 12 x 12 x 1000 mm
- Hand saw
- Pencil
- Lineal
- Universal liquid glue
- LED candles
First, cut the corner strips. For example, measure 23 cm for a large lantern and 15 cm for a smaller one. You need 4 pieces per lantern. Then place two of these bars in front of you and distribute the popsicle sticks between them. Play with the spacing and create your own design. Only when you are happy with it do you glue the stems in place. Then turn the whole thing 90 degrees, add another corner strip and repeat the design from just by simply following the previous page.
Continue like this until all four sides are finished, always giving each side enough time to dry thoroughly so that nothing falls apart. Simply place the finished framework over the glass lantern after you have placed it in the desired location. You can also simply set up a candle without glass and place the wooden lantern over it. Since the candle is battery operated, it will not go out even in light winds.
