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Hung in a tree or placed on a table, these little lanterns give a glow of dappled light. The delicate woodland motifs make these sophisticated enough for a grown-up and relaxed dinner party, but kids are sure to love them, too. However, do make sure that you only use battery-operated tealights.
Large deer lantern
Cut one dark green felt rectangle 15cm x 12cm and one light green felt rectangle 14cm x 12cm. Hand stitch them together on the 12cm sides by overlapping slightly and using a running stitch with orange thread.
Cut out the deer and tree trunk in orange felt and the rabbit in pale pink felt using the templates provided. Punch or cut out a few holes along the deer’s back.
On the pale green felt, hand stitch the rabbit to the left-hand side using dark pink thread and the tree trunk to the right-hand side using brown thread in running stitch.
Cut out 14 small oval leaf shapes (approximately 1.5cm long by 0.8cm wide) from dark green felt and place them at random around the top of the tree trunk, secure them with a single hand stitch in orange thread. In the gaps, cut out eight leaf-shaped holes (approximately 1cm long by 0.5cm wide).
Hand stitch the orange felt deer onto the left-hand side of the dark green felt using brown thread. Cut out eight leaves (approximately 1.5cm long by 0.8cm wide) from light green felt, arrange them around the deer and towards the right and hand stitch them with a single stitch using dark green thread. For the flowers, cut out seven rough circles in dark pink felt, two smaller circles in pale pink and five in red. Lay a small cir
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