Get ready to light up your holiday and winter season with our captivating roundup of DIY Christmas lantern ideas. From transforming pickle jars into charming Christmas luminaries to crafting rustic wood lanterns and even creating enchanting ice lanterns, these creative ideas will add a warm and magical glow to your space.

Add a wintry feel to an outdoor lantern by filling it with a mix of plain and frosted pine cones. Maison de Cinq created a simple porch display using a vintage galvanized metal lantern embellished with a fleur-de-lys. Add instant Christmas style to simple black or silver metal lanterns by topping them with bright red bows.

Lanterns are magical at any time of the year, they are indoor Christmas themed centerpiece and exterior Christmas lights centerpiece too. But they look especially whimsical during Christmas full of ambience and a beautiful atmosphere. Especially when DIY Christmas lanterns are dressed up in festive colors for example in red and white colors.

Despite all your work on perfectly-planned holiday meals and various holiday decorations, one thing that you might have overlooked is lighting. We’re not talking outdoor Christmas light ideas and tightly wrapped twinkle-lit trees (because those are likely top of mind already), but rather Christmas lanterns.