Paper Lanterns

Students will create light up decorations using tealights (or electronics for added difficulty) and a paper bag that will be cut using a vinyl cutter.

Project Image

Tools

Vinyl Cutter

2D Modeling Software, Gravit or Vectr

Electronic Tools (optional) 

Materials

Tape or Glue

Tealights 

Color Paper Bags

LEDs and Electronics (optional)

Project details

Make paper bag luminaries with cut-out designs, or try using vinyl stickers. The bag can easily be folded and glued or taped together. Use a scoring tool with the Cricut to make folding the bag even easier. Once assembled, illuminate with a battery-powered tealight (or any LED and a coin cell battery).

​Project Files

Cricut designs

Silhouette design files

.svg files

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