Snap Fit Gothic Lantern for LED Tea Lights

This snap fit gothic lantern is a mini haunted chapel for your Halloween displays. It has pointed arch windows, trefoil tracery, a stepped octagonal base and a tall spire with a hanging loop. Drop an LED tea light inside, snap the roof on, and an eerie amber flicker spills through every arch. It’s lovely on a mantelpiece or bookshelf, or hung from a doorway to greet trick or treaters.

Everything comes apart, so swapping the tea light takes seconds. The light cover hides the plastic tea light so only the flame shows through the windows. The spire loop means you can display it standing or hanging. Try silk bronze for an aged church look, or black with an orange flame for full Halloween mood. LED tea lights only, never a real flame.

How It Works

• Snap-fit roof: clips onto the body to close the lantern, and pops off again to reach the light.

• Removable light cover: sits over the LED tea light, hiding its body so only the flame shows.

• Hanging loop: built into the spire, so it can stand or hang.

• Swappable light: fits a D37.2 x 36.6mm LED tea light.

Parts

• Body

• Roof with spire

• Light cover

• You’ll also need one D37.2 x 36.6mm LED tea light. This isn’t printed.

Assembly

1. Switch the LED tea light on and place it in the base of the body.

2. Fit the light cover over the tea light.

3. Line the roof up with the body and press down until it clips in place.

4. To hang it, thread fishing line or twine through the spire loop.

Filament Colour & Material

PLA works well. Silk bronze or antique gold gives an aged gothic feel, and matte black with an orange or amber flame makes the most of the Halloween glow.

Print Settings

• Layer height: 0.12mm

• Infill: 15%

• Walls: 2 or more

• Supports: Yes

• Nozzle: 0.4mm