Lanterns are one of the most traditional and old-fashioned Christmas decoration ornaments. They bring light and warmth to any place and make it even cozier. Christmas lanterns decoration is certainly a very popular trend from the past few years. Decorating your outdoors and indoors with lanterns can make your home look more welcoming and festive. It can also add a traditional touch to your decorations. You can use the traditional glass and metal lanterns available in various shapes and sizes for your decor. If you like, you can also adorn them with many different things like twinkling fairy lights or pinecones. You can create little Christmas vignettes inside your lanterns too.
Lanterns have a magical appeal irrespective of the time of the year. But they look especially whimsical during Christmas. Adding candles, ribbons, bows, lights, or baubles can surely transform a boring lantern into a Christmas decoration centerpiece. You can also show your individuality through your lanterns and make them shine out among other Christmas decorations. Personally customized lanterns can add a unique touch to your decorations. Lanterns bring light and cheer to even the simplest of decorations. We have collected a few unique and stunning Christmas lanterns decoration ideas that will certainly add warmth and holiday cheer to your decorations.
{ 1 } Indoor Christmas Table Lantern Decoration
This simple lantern decoration used here as a table centerpiece looks very suave. Simple lanterns decorated with red beads and white candles give a very traditional Christmas look. This stupid simple lantern decoration is easy, cheap, and looks immensely beautiful and festive.
{ 2 } Living Room Table Lantern Decoration
This stunning lantern decoration is a small Christmas vignette in itself! A vintage wooden lantern decorated with a Christmas woods vignette brings the holiday cheer to the living room. Vintage ornaments like the wooden reindeers and mini wreaths and bottlebrush Christmas trees and little pinecones come together to form a small woodsy look. Finally, a little faux frost gives the decor a snowy Christmas look.
{ 3 } Vintage Fireplace Mantel Lantern Decor
As seen above, lanterns can have more uses than just giving light. You can also use them for showing your creativity through Christmas vignettes. Especially when the lantern in question is this beautifully carved vintage marble lantern. A few evergreens and a red berries wreath adorn the top of the lantern. Inside is a little vignette of frosted mini bottlebrush trees and a tree farm sign with candy cane sticks as posts. A vintage truck with a mini tree in the back tied with candy-colored strings further adds to the vintage look.
{ 4 } Creative Hanging Lanterns Dinner Decor
Hanging lanterns always look very elegant and also bring some style and class to the decor. This glittery silver red small lanterns chandelier brings holiday cheer to the Christmas table. These creative lanterns are easy to make. All you need is some red paper, silver glitter, strings, and some origami skills! Alternatively, you can buy the origami lanterns and use the silver glitter to make them look more festive.
{ 5 } Carve Wood Lanterns Staircase Decor
Admittedly, carving may not be a skill most of us possess! But these rustic wood lanterns look so amazing, I just had to include them. Made out of a hollowed log and carved with Christmas shapes, these lanterns give the place a rustic charm. Add a wooden handle for convenience, fill the log with some sand, and put candles on top of it. If you can’t carve Christmas shapes into it, don’t be disheartened. In fact, keep it simple. It will look festive even without the carvings.
{ 6 } Dinner Table Christmas Lanterns Decor
This fabulous Christmas lanterns decor is certainly inspiring. Traditional lanterns and glass candles give an immensely festive and comparatively cheap Christmas decoration. Instead of a traditional Christmas tree, this decor uses a dried tree near the dinner table. Big and small yarn balls garlands draped artfully over the tree give a soft sophisticated look to the decor. Traditional lanterns hung on the tree by chains bring a rustic charm to the decor. The dinner table decorated with numerous glass candles and a lantern looks very festive. The whole decoration looks cheerful and dreamy.
{ 7 } Window Sill Christmas Lanterns Decoration
This simple lantern decoration on your windowsill makes the windows look very festive. All you need to replicate this look is some traditional lanterns and some in different shapes like houses. Add tea light or LED candles to them and that’s it. You can see your Windows Look Even more Bright and Cheerful this Christmas!
{ 8 } DIY Moss Christmas Lanterns Decoration
Amazing Christmas Moss Lanterns Decorations by Wunderweib
If you’re into natural and organic decorations, this DIY moss lantern is something you will certainly love. Made from moss and other natural elements, this lantern looks very artistic and pretty. Decorating the porch steps or staircase with these lanterns will give them a fresh and organic look. You can also add in some pinecone decorations to give the decor a rustic charm.
{ 9 } Festive Dinner Table Lanterns Decor
This elaborate dinner table Christmas lanterns decoration looks very festive. The dinner table decorated with evergreens, pinecones, glittering Christmas ornaments, and shiny ribbons look ready for a sumptuous meal. The various lanterns bring warmth and light to the decor. The stunning lantern stand with small hanging lanterns forms a visual treat for the guests and also serves as a great conversation starter.
{ 10 } Unique Christmas Lanterns Staircase Decor
These historical monument replica lanterns look classy and stylish. They also create visual interest and are safe to use with kids too. Decorating your staircase with these unique lanterns will give them a bright, cheerful, and artistic touch. This is the perfect idea for a modern and stylish lantern decoration.
{ 11 } Traditional Porch Christmas Lanterns Decoration
This dreamy front porch look is certainly very warm and welcoming. As mentioned above, lanterns are a traditional Christmas ornament. Hence, it is also a very traditional look. The snow-covered porch illuminated with lanterns of varied shapes and sizes looks like a scene out of a fantasy dream! This is quite simply the easiest and the most stunning of Christmas lanterns decoration ideas we have here.
{ 12 } Front Door Christmas Balls Lantern
This beautiful lantern decoration is another simple and easy lantern decor idea that we love. This is a very no-fuss decoration. Some leftover Christmas balls and ornaments from your previous decorations will also do for this decoration. Firstly, get some large lanterns and fill them up with Colorful Christmas Ornaments you have. Now tie some evergreens and red berries to a string and tie it on top of the lantern. Also, add a colorful ribbon on top of the mini wreath. That’s how easy it is to get this look!!
{ 13 } Red Lights And Lanterns Christmas Porch
Lights and lanterns adorn this minimalistic and beautiful front porch. The lack of other decorative ornaments does not make this porch any less festive. On the contrary, it enhances the bright and festive vibe of the lights and candles. A few lanterns on the front steps and a couple on the porch are enough to Give this Porch a Festive Look. The cozy throws on the chair coupled with the warmth of the lanterns and lights give this porch a cozy and welcoming vibe.
{ 14 } Entryway Staircase Red Lanterns Decor
For those who prefer minimal and simple decorations, this is another easy option. All you need is some ornate lanterns in large, medium and small sizes. First of all, color these lanterns a bright red Christmas color and then add candles to them. Red is a traditional Christmas color, looks festive and bright and lifts the mood of the decoration. Make a small Christmas decoration with evergreens and red berries to add an extra ‘Christmassy’ effect. If you have some red berry planters place them near the porch steps for added effect.
{ 15 } Christmas Porch Rustic Lanterns Decor
Traditional Colors Rustic Lanterns Decoration by Dimples And Tangles
Rustic country style decoration can also look very warm and welcoming. These rustic looking vintage lanterns look very welcoming and certainly have a rustic charm. Using only traditional colors and decorations, these lanterns transform the look of the entire porch. Decorated inside with fresh magnolia leaves, red berries, and candles, they look perfectly festive for a Christmas decoration. Also, add mini wreaths made of red berries, pinecones, and evergreens to the top of the lanterns to complete the look.
{ 16 } Rustic Glam Hanging Christmas Lanterns
Rustic as well as glamorous, these DIY lanterns are a stunning upgrade to the traditional Christmas lanterns. Fully wrapped in evergreens and decorated with fairy lights, these unique lanterns look very fresh and natural. They bring a rustic charm to the decor. The twinkling fairy lights give the lamps a dreamy look. When decorated with these innovative lanterns, the porch looks like a Christmas wonderland.
{ 17 } Creative Red Lanterns Porch Decor
If you don’t want the hassle of decorating your lanterns elaborately, you can go for this simple and easy lantern decoration. All you need is some lanterns and pre-lit fairy lights. Just add the fairy lights to your lanterns and put them anywhere on your porch. They lift the mood of the decorations and bring light and warmth to the decorations.
{ 18 } Unique Lantern Posts Entry Decor
This fantastical lamp post decor reminds us of the lamp post in Narnia, doesn’t it? The ornate lanterns look very sophisticated and simple compared to other elaborate decorations. And yet, they also have a wonderfully festive appeal. The garland of evergreen, pinecones, and red ornaments wrapped around the top and the base of the lantern posts also give the decoration a grand and festive touch.
{ 19 } Porch Railing Paper Lanterns Decor
Christmas Themed Origami Paper Lanterns by Lia Griffith
If you love origami and are very skilled at it, this DIY Christmas lantern would be a fun challenge for you. But if you’re, like me, not very skilled in origami, don’t be disheartened. You can still have these amazing paper lanterns on your porch railing this Christmas. You have the option to buy the origami sheets for the lanterns online from sites like Liagriffith.com. Now, just fold and stick the sheets together to form a lantern. Also, add a pre-lit LED candle to it and your lantern is ready to use!
{ 20 } Creative Basket Lantern Christmas Decor
These basket lanterns can add a creative and unique touch to your Christmas decorations this season! Just get some wicker baskets, pre-lit twinkling fairy lights, and silver 3d star ornaments. First of all, wrap the baskets in fairy lights making sure to keep all the wires inside the basket. Now, cover the wires inside with some snow and the silver stars. Hang the baskets on your porch stairs or along the railings for a beautifully lit porch. These rustic looking lanterns are certainly easy to make, cheap and reusable. I’m sure you can already think of many other creative uses of these amazing lanterns.