What card should I print on?

Print on card rather than paper, so the lantern keeps its shape. Check the sheet size against your printer before you print.

How do I tell cut lines from fold lines?

Cut lines are solid black and fold lines are dashed, as marked on each sheet.

What is the difference between the styles?

Plain outline is black lines on white, colour-in leaves patterned panels to colour, and coloured has flat saffron, magenta and gold fills.

Can I ask for a different shape?

Yes, type the shape you want. A new template is a request and may need adjusting before cutting.

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Diwali lantern templates: star lantern, cutwork lantern, hexagon lantern

Diwali lantern templates — a template for a five-pointed star lantern, two star panels and a folding side strip with glue tabs, cut lines solid and fold lines dashed, a plain outline template, solid black cut lines, dashed fold lines, cut-out windows outlined, no fills

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Printable cut-out templates for making a paper lantern for Diwali. The three shapes are a five-pointed star lantern, a cylindrical lantern with star, crescent and flower windows, and a hexagonal box lantern with lotus windows. Each comes as a plain outline, a colour-in version with patterned panels, or a ready-to-print coloured sheet. Type a different shape or window pattern and the same three styles carry it.

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A template to print and colour in

Frequently asked questions

What card should I print on?: Print on card rather than paper, so the lantern keeps its shape. Check the sheet size against your printer before you print.
How do I tell cut lines from fold lines?: Cut lines are solid black and fold lines are dashed, as marked on each sheet.
What is the difference between the styles?: Plain outline is black lines on white, colour-in leaves patterned panels to colour, and coloured has flat saffron, magenta and gold fills.
Can I ask for a different shape?: Yes, type the shape you want. A new template is a request and may need adjusting before cutting.

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This page is a showcase and a starting point: nine samples already rendered, three readings of the pack crossed with three styles, each shown at the size and ratio it was made for. Take any of them further on the wall with a few words, or ask for all nine again under your own direction; a sign-in keeps what you make, and it is free while Toile is new. The recipe behind each sample — the subject, the style, the palette, the framing — travels with the image rather than staying private to the render: it is in the alt text of every sample and in the page's own structured data, so a search engine reads the same handles a person would.