My wife wanted some Christmas LED fairy light lanterns for the living room but wasn't sure how she wanted them to look, so I built a lantern where you can swap the bits around to change how it looks.

You can easily make:

• A lantern with a big base and short top
• A lantern with a tall top and short base
• A lantern with a hook so it can be hung up

You can also choose what panels you want to put in it and, when you get bored of them, swap them for other panels. We have:

• Christmas panels with: bells, an Xmas tree, Christmas baubles and one with Merry Christmas written on it with stockings
• Floral panels with: trees, flowers and leaves
• Zig-zag and linear panels
• Panels with bubbles, circles and ovals

I went a little nuts on the panels. When I've finished uploading them there will be 18 different types of panels.

They can be slotted together pretty easily and you can remove the panels and swap them with other ones pretty easily. I'm making my 6th lantern right now. I hope you like making these too.