Little Lanterns

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LIGHT UP A LITTLE LANTERN

The little lantern is easy to make.  It’s a great decoration for any celebration. 

You can place these lanterns on a table over an LED tealight or hang them over a string of lights.

When you print this page you’ll notice that there are two lantern patterns on each page.  If you are making this project with a large group of children, you can save paper by cutting each sheet in half, so each child has one lantern to decorate.

The lanterns are fun to decorate.  The kids can be super creative with stripes, dots, scribbles, or doodles. 



LET’S LOCATE LOTS OF LETTERS

If you are working on letter sounds, here’s a game you can play with the little lanterns.  Print all of the letters of the alphabet (lowercase) on a sheet of paper.  Space them out so there’s room around each letter.  Have your child use his/her lantern to “circle” the letter you are looking for.  Say, “I’m looking for the letter at the beginning of the word light.  Can you find it?”  Or, “I’m looking for the letter at the end of the word star.  Can you find it?”