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How to Make a DIY Paper Flower Lantern

Start by cutting a circle about 6″ diameter out of your cardstock. It can be a rough cut and the size doesn’t have to be exact.

Cut a cardstock circle and attach velcro

Step 1

Step 2

Stick a puck light to the velcro

Peel back the film from the adhesive on the velcro, then place and firmly press your puck light down to adhere.

Cut a long strip of cardstock about 2.5″ inches wide, then make vertical snips down the length, cutting about 2/3 of the way through.

Cut the center frill pieces

Step 3

Step 4

Curl and glue your frill to the puck light

Using a marker or a pencil, curl your frill edges. It works just like a curling iron.

Grab your scissors and cut out a bunch of petals. Once you start gluing, this paper flower lantern will come together fast so it’s worth it to cut and prep your petals ahead of time.

Cut and prep your petals

Step 5

Step 6

Glue the petals to your base

Now comes the fun part — hot gluing all the petals to the base. Starting from the outside edge, glue two of the large petals directly opposite each other:

The finishing touch is to reattach the puck light to the base. Press the velcro pieces gently back together and muss up the frill a bit to give it a more natural look.

Attach the puck light

Step 7

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