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A White Celestial Jellyfish Lantern with sun, moon and star cutouts against a sunlit wall with window shadows
A White Celestial Jellyfish Lantern with sun, moon and star cutouts against a sunlit wall with window shadows
Hands holding an Ocean blue Celestial Jellyfish Lantern, showing its sun, moon and star cutouts, in a child's room
Celestial Jellyfish Lantern – DIY Paper Night Light Kit
from €69.00
from €69.00
You assemble itFree EU shipping2nd kit −50%
A White Celestial Octopus Lantern with sun, moon and star cutouts against a sunlit wall with window shadows
A White Celestial Octopus Lantern with sun, moon and star cutouts against a sunlit wall with window shadows
A Mint Celestial Octopus Lantern glowing in a dark blue room at night
Celestial Octopus Lantern – DIY Paper Night Light Kit
from €69.00
from €69.00
You assemble itFree EU shipping2nd kit −50%
A White Celestial Sea Turtle Lantern with sun, moon and star cutouts against a sunlit wall with window shadows
A White Celestial Sea Turtle Lantern with sun, moon and star cutouts against a sunlit wall with window shadows
A Pink Celestial Sea Turtle Lantern glowing in a dark blue room at night
Celestial Sea Turtle Lantern – DIY Paper Night Light Kit
from €69.00
from €69.00
You assemble itFree EU shipping2nd kit −50%
A lit White Celestial Goldfish Lantern with sun, moon and star cutouts against a sunlit wall
A lit White Celestial Goldfish Lantern with sun, moon and star cutouts against a sunlit wall
An Orange Celestial Goldfish Lantern glowing in a dark blue room at night
Celestial Goldfish Lantern – DIY Paper Night Light Kit
from €69.00
from €69.00
You assemble itFree EU shipping2nd kit −50%
A White Celestial Dolphin Lantern with star and moon cutouts against a sunlit wall with leaf shadows
A White Celestial Dolphin Lantern with star and moon cutouts against a sunlit wall with leaf shadows
An Ocean blue Celestial Dolphin Lantern glowing in a dark blue room at night
Celestial Dolphin Lantern – DIY Paper Night Light Kit
from €69.00
from €69.00
You assemble itFree EU shipping2nd kit −50%
A White Bubble Jellyfish Lantern hanging against a sunlit wall with window shadows
A White Bubble Jellyfish Lantern hanging against a sunlit wall with window shadows
An Ocean blue Bubble Jellyfish Lantern glowing in a dark blue nursery at night
Bubble Jellyfish Lantern – DIY Paper Night Light Kit
from €69.00
from €69.00
You assemble itFree EU shipping2nd kit −50%
A White Bubble Octopus Lantern hanging against a sunlit wall with leaf shadows
A White Bubble Octopus Lantern hanging against a sunlit wall with leaf shadows
A white Bubble Octopus Lantern glowing in a dark blue nursery at night
Bubble Octopus Lantern – DIY Paper Night Light Kit
from €69.00
from €69.00
You assemble itFree EU shipping2nd kit −50%
A White Bubble Sea Turtle Lantern hanging against a sunlit wall with window shadows
A White Bubble Sea Turtle Lantern hanging against a sunlit wall with window shadows
Hands reaching for a pink Bubble Sea Turtle Lantern glowing at night by a dark window
Bubble Sea Turtle Lantern – DIY Paper Night Light Kit
from €69.00
from €69.00
You assemble itFree EU shipping2nd kit −50%
A White Bubble Goldfish Lantern hanging against a sunlit wall with window shadows
A White Bubble Goldfish Lantern hanging against a sunlit wall with window shadows
An Orange Bubble Goldfish Lantern glowing in a dark blue room at night
Bubble Goldfish Lantern – DIY Paper Night Light Kit
from €69.00
from €69.00
You assemble itFree EU shipping2nd kit −50%
A lit White Bubble Dolphin Lantern against a sunlit wall with leaf shadows
A lit White Bubble Dolphin Lantern against a sunlit wall with leaf shadows
An Ocean blue Bubble Dolphin Lantern glowing in a dark blue nursery at night
Bubble Dolphin Lantern – DIY Paper Night Light Kit
from €69.00
from €69.00
You assemble itFree EU shipping2nd kit −50%
A lit White Coral Jellyfish Lantern, an open-frame paper jellyfish, against a sunlit wall with leaf shadows
A lit White Coral Jellyfish Lantern, an open-frame paper jellyfish, against a sunlit wall with leaf shadows
A White Coral Jellyfish Lantern glowing in a dark blue room with ship paintings
Coral Jellyfish Lantern – DIY Paper Night Light Kit
from €69.00
from €69.00
You assemble itFree EU shipping2nd kit −50%
A lit White Coral Sea Turtle Lantern, an open-frame paper sea turtle, against a sunlit wall with leaf shadows
A lit White Coral Sea Turtle Lantern, an open-frame paper sea turtle, against a sunlit wall with leaf shadows
A White Coral Sea Turtle Lantern glowing in a dark blue room with sea photos and books
Coral Sea Turtle Lantern – DIY Paper Night Light Kit
from €69.00
from €69.00
You assemble itFree EU shipping2nd kit −50%
A lit White Coral Goldfish Lantern, an open-frame paper goldfish, against a sunlit wall with leaf shadows
A lit White Coral Goldfish Lantern, an open-frame paper goldfish, against a sunlit wall with leaf shadows
A White Coral Goldfish Lantern glowing in a dark blue room with a model ship and a map
Coral Goldfish Lantern – DIY Paper Night Light Kit
from €69.00
from €69.00
You assemble itFree EU shipping2nd kit −50%
A White Coral Dolphin Lantern, an open-frame paper dolphin, against a sunlit wall with leaf shadows
A White Coral Dolphin Lantern, an open-frame paper dolphin, against a sunlit wall with leaf shadows
A White Coral Dolphin Lantern glowing in a dark blue room with an anchor on the wall
Coral Dolphin Lantern – DIY Paper Night Light Kit
from €69.00
from €69.00
You assemble itFree EU shipping2nd kit −50%
GIFT PACK

A paper Christmas tree and a heart, in every kit this season

From 15 October to 31 December, every DIY lantern kit arrives as a gift pack with two bonus paper templates wrapped around the envelope: a 3D paper Christmas tree and a paper heart. They are a quick first make before the lantern, and the easiest Christmas craft in the box.

A bonus paper Christmas tree in four simple steps

Press it out of the gift wrap, crease the tab, add a line of glue and roll it into a cone.

A bonus paper Christmas tree in four simple steps

Press it out of the gift wrap, crease the tab, add a line of glue and roll it into a cone.

CHRISTMAS CRAFT GIFTS

A craft gift that stays up after Christmas

What makes a good craft gift for adults?
 A good craft gift is an evening of making that leaves something worth keeping. These DIY paper lantern kits give both: a few calm hours of folding, then a sea-animal night light that glows softly on the lantern itself. Unlike most papercraft kits, every edge is numbered in the exact order of assembly, so there is no guesswork about what comes next. Our Etsy shop, open since 2016, holds a 4.8 average across 328 reviews.

Why a lantern instead of another Christmas craft kit? 
Most Christmas craft kits for adults make ornaments that come down with the tree. A lantern from this collection has no holiday theme, so it stays up in a bedroom, nursery or reading corner long after the season ends. And for the season itself, every kit also brings a little paper Christmas tree to make first. Putting it together is part of the gift: they get the joy of making it themselves, and you give an experience as well as an object.

Which lantern should you choose? 
Start with the series, then the animal. Celestial lanterns carry sun, moon and star cutouts for a quiet, dreamy mood; Bubble lanterns are covered in tiny round cutouts like rising air bubbles; Coral lanterns open into a slim geometric latticework for a modern, architectural look. For ocean lovers, the animals across the series include goldfish, jellyfish, octopus, sea turtle and dolphin. Every design is drawn by hand, with no AI at any step. Browse all DIY paper lamp kits for the full range.

What’s in the box, and what else will they need? 
Each kit holds pre-cut templates with perforated folding lines, edges numbered in assembly order, printed step-by-step instructions, and two bonus paper templates wrapped around the envelope: a practice heart to test the glue on and, for the season, a Christmas tree. The only extra they need is glue, either our glue option at checkout or their own adhesive. Once it’s made, the lantern hangs on any pendant bulb or socket already in the home; just make sure the bulb is an LED. It can also go on a pendant cord set with a low-heat LED bulb inside. By day it can also hang unlit, like a mobile, as a paper art object. If they’d rather watch than read, our assembly videos walk through each lantern. Assembled sizes vary by animal and are listed on each lantern’s page.

Will it arrive in time for Christmas?
Order by December 5 for Christmas delivery in the US, and by December 15 within the EU. Shipping on these kits is free to the US and to the EU countries we deliver to, and every kit travels flat in a slim, compact parcel and arrives as a gift pack, wrapped and ready to give. Choose a lantern from the collection above.