Acorns love the light. This little set is five ways to catch it: a stained-glass suncatcher for the window, a wind chime for the porch, a paper-bag luminary for the table, a tea-light holder that makes the whole room glow, and a paper lantern to carry the autumn light with you. Five templates, one download — colour them, cut them out, and let the autumn light do the rest.
Acorn Suncatcher
Ages 4–8. The stained-glass suncatcher is the easiest of the five: colour the acorn and leaves, cut them out, then fill the diamond panes with tissue paper — tear and stick — and hang it in a window where the light comes through.
Acorn Wind Chime
The wind chime hangs from a branch on the porch. Colour the hanging pieces, cut them out, then thread them onto string with an adult’s help. It is the fiddliest of the five, so take your time with the threading.
Acorn Fall Luminaries
The luminaries are paper bags that glow on the table. Colour the bag, leaves and acorns, cut them out, then pop a battery tea light inside. Colour, cut and fold — with an adult handling the folding.
Acorn Tea Light Holder
The tea-light holder is a wrap-around band for a glass holder: colour the band, cut it out and wrap it around a glass holder to make the whole room glow. An adult should handle the tea light and the folding. Tea lights are for adults to light and supervise.
Paper Lantern
The paper lantern is the only real lantern in the set. Colour the lantern net, cut it out, fold it into shape, tape the edges, add the cap and the handle strip, and put a battery tea light inside — then carry the autumn light with you. An adult should help with the folding.
How to print (A4 and US Letter)
Print the PDF single-sided on A4 or US Letter, 100% scale. Colour first, then cut along the dashed lines, then assemble: fill the suncatcher’s diamond panes with tissue paper and hang it in a window; string the wind chime’s pieces from the branch; wrap the tea-light holder band around a glass holder; pop a battery tea light into the paper-bag luminary; fold the paper lantern net into shape, tape the edges, add the cap and the handle strip, and put a battery tea light inside. Never use a real flame inside paper.
Looking for more? Start with our Acorn Crafts for Kids hub.
