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Paper lantern SVG

Paper lantern with a gold lining SVG pieces
Size with margin: 256 × 286 mm (10⅛ × 11¼ in)

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Finished size 73 × 130 mm (2⅞ × 5⅛ in) at the bands, without the handle

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The other formats are made in your browser, at the same size; nothing is uploaded. The DXF puts the fold lines on a layer of their own; the PDF prints them black, like the cut lines. Either way, set them to Score before you cut.

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The classic paper lantern: a red sheet with 18 slits rolled round a gold lining, so its 19 strips bow out and the gold shows between them. Its body is 130 mm tall, with the handle arching above it.

Cut size
256 × 286 mm (10⅛ × 11¼ in)
Size with margin
256 × 286 mm (10⅛ × 11¼ in)
Shapes
4
Layers
4

What you need

  • Cardstock: see paper and card weights for what holds a fold
  • A scoring stylus or scoring wheel for the fold lines
  • Glue or double-sided tape for any joins
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What is in the SVG

Blue lines are slits: cut them through the sheet. Red lines are folds: set them to Score, so the machine creases them instead of cutting.

cut outlines; lining; cut slits; score guides. The preview shows the shapes in the file; the drawing beside the size shows the folded shape. It is not a photo of a finished project.

Its body is 130 mm tall, the handle arching above it, and 73 mm across at the top and bottom bands; the strips stand out to about 140 mm across in the middle, depending on how sharply you crease them. Cut the lantern and handle from red card and the lining from gold card. Card, not paper: the strips have to hold their bend.

  1. Cut the red lantern and handle and the gold lining from separate sheets.
  2. The blue lines are slits: keep them as cuts. Set the thin rust lines to Score; the color alone won’t do it.
  3. Crease the strips on the middle line, roll the lining, then glue the lantern’s bands round the top and bottom of the lining.

Need another size? Resize the SVG, or check it in the SVG checker. Then set the thin rust fold lines to Score in your software.

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How it goes together

  1. LanternLining

    1. Cut and score

    Cut the lantern, its handle and the lining. The lantern has 18 slits, each 120 mm long, that make 19 strips 12 mm wide between a 15 mm band at the top and the bottom. Score the line across the middle of the slits and the short line at each tab.

  2. 2. Crease the strips

    Fold the lantern in half along the middle line, slits and all, then open it out again. The crease makes all 19 strips bend at the same height.

  3. 3. Roll the lining

    Roll the lining into a tube and glue its 10 mm tab inside the other end. The tube is 130 mm tall and about 71 mm across.

  4. 4. Wrap it round

    Wrap the lantern round the tube and glue its top band round the top of the tube, the 10 mm tabs under the other end. The bottom band hangs 20 mm below the tube: push it up round the bottom of the tube and glue it there, so the strips bow out and the lining shows between them. Glue the ends of the 150 mm handle inside the top, opposite each other.

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