7 min read
Age: Suitable for ages 7+
7 min read
Age: Suitable for ages 7+
Leaves arts and crafts are especially fun in autumn! Our bright lantern brings the vibrant colours of dried autumn leaves into your home and creates a cosy atmosphere. You can find the instructions here.
Sturdy A3 photo card (colour of your choice)
White tracing paper (alternatively, greaseproof paper)
Coloured tracing paper in various colours
Scissors
Pencil
Ruler
Cutter knife
Dried leaves
A4 photo card (or leftover photo paper for the leaf templates)
- Sturdy A3 photo card (colour of your choice)
- White tracing paper (alternatively, greaseproof paper)
- Coloured tracing paper in various colours
- A4 photo card (or leftover photo paper for the leaf templates)
- Scissors
- Pencil
- Ruler
- Cutter knife
- Dried leaves
- Pritt Glue Stick
- Pritt Multipurpose Glue
Always supervise children when using sharp tools.
Around 30 minutes per lantern (plus drying time, overnight if necessary)
Cut two strips from the A3 photo cardboard. One should be 47 cm long and 2 cm wide – this will be the top edge. The second is 47 cm long and 8 cm wide, forming the base.
Fold the wide strip in half lengthwise. The best way to do this is to carefully score the fold line beforehand with a craft knife or scissors. Use a ruler to help you and make sure you only score the surface so that you don't accidentally cut through the paper.
Now cut small triangles every 7 to 10 cm along one long side of the wide strip. Cut up to the fold in each case. The incisions will ensure that the lantern can stand securely later.
Cut a rectangle out of white tracing paper. It should be about 17 cm high and 46 cm wide.
Tip:
Don't have any white tracing paper? No problem: greaseproof paper works just as well.
Glue the narrow strip of cardboard onto one long side of the transparent paper rectangle. Glue the wide strip onto the other long side so that the fold is flush with the edge. The cut-out points should face away from the transparent paper. Use your Pritt Glue Stick and make sure you work neatly. Allow everything to dry thoroughly before continuing.
Place real leaves on a piece of construction paper and trace their outlines with a pencil. Cut out the leaf shapes; they will serve as templates.
Now transfer the templates onto coloured tracing paper. Then carefully cut out the paper sheets – they will decorate your lantern later.
Now it's time to decorate your lantern. Stick both the transparent paper sheets and the dried autumn leaves onto the white transparent paper. Arrange the leaves however you like and leave everything to dry thoroughly before continuing.
Tip:
For the paper leaves, it is best to use the Pritt glue stick. Crafting with leaves works particularly well with Pritt Multipurpose Glue.
Apply a strip of glue to one narrow end of your future lantern. You can also use the Pritt Glue Stick for this.
Roll the tracing paper into a cylinder and press both ends firmly together.
Fold the cut triangles at the bottom edge of your homemade lantern evenly inwards so that it will stand stably later. Done!