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Laser Cutting Wood Pumpkin Lanterns – Happy Halloween

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Introduction

– Laser Cutting Wood Pumpkin Lanterns – Happy Halloween

Looking for a fun and easy-to-create DIY laser project? Our beautifully crafted and laser cut pumpkin lantern design will be a unique and festive addition to any Halloween décor. Made from high-quality pre-stained JPPlus Colorshop Wood, this simple lantern design features fun pumpkin face artwork, allowing light to shine through for a fun and creepy glow. The lantern is perfect for displaying on a porch, mantel, or table, and can be customized with different wood types, finishes, and pumpkin faces to suit your personal style. Additionally, the lantern is equipped with a battery-operated LED light, making it safe and easy to use indoors and outdoors. The lantern is also lightweight and portable, so you can take it with you to parties, trick-or-treating, or any other Halloween event.

Project Settings

Materials Needed

Machine Used

Epilog Fusion Edge - 60 watt CO2

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Laser Vector Cutting

Speed20

Power100

Frequency10

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Step 1: Adobe Firefly – AI Artwork Generator

Start by visiting Adobe’s AI Artwork Generator Firefly at https://firefly.adobe.com/

Step 2: Pumkin Face Artwork – AI Artwork Prompts

Enter a descriptive and specific prompt to generate a variety of pumpkin faces for the pumpkin lantern. We used these description prompts to create some pumpkin face options. Being as specific and descriptive will help yield better output.

Adobe Firefly Prompt: “Halloween pumpkin faces, pumpkin face svg, jack-o-lantern faces, clipart, black and white, white background, simple.”

Once you see the designs you like, click on the download option in the top-right corner of the option.

Step 3: MakerCase – Box and Case Creator

Next, we’ll use a box generator to create a design to complete our pumpkin lantern design. Start by visiting https://en.makercase.com. Select the Simple Box design option, and enter the following specs into the various prompts to create a box that will fit on a single 24” x 12” sheet of wood.

Width: 5 in.
Height: 5 in.
Depth: 5 in.
Material Thickness: 0.13 in.
Open or closed box: Closed
Edge Joints: Finger
Finger Join Size: 1.95”

Then click the “Download Box Plans” button to generate your design’s flat laser cut line plans and select the Download SVG option to save the design.

Step 4: Adobe Illustrator – Artwork Setup

In Adobe Illustrator, we’ve combined the AI-generated pumpkin face and MakerCase box designs to form the available Pumpkin Lantern artwork.

Step 5: Send Artwork to the Epilog Dashboard

Within Adobe Illustrator, print the design to the Epilog Laser Dashboard.

Step 6: Dashboard Print Settings

Within the Epilog Dashboard, we’ve turned off the IRIS Camera, turned off the black engraving process, and added our cut lines settings to cut the pumpkin box lantern design. With the laser job now set up, click the Print button to send it to the laser.

Step 7: Place Your Material and Auto-Focus

At the laser, place your material into the laser and use the auto-focus feature at the control panel to bring your material into focus. Then press Go at the laser!

Step 8: Finalized Laser Cut Parts

Once the pieces and parts for the pumpkin lantern design are cut, remove them from the laser.

Step 9: Remove Protective Masking

Remove the masking material from the parts.

Step 10: Assemble the Pumpkin Lantern with Glue

Now assemble and glue the sides and top of the box together without gluing the base piece of the lantern together.
Note: You’ll need the bottom piece of the box unattached so you can add the puck light to the lantern later.

Step 11: Finished Pumpkin Lantern Laser Project

With the lantern now assembled, add a puck light and test its look in the dark. This fun and festive design will be a great décor addition to your home or party this Halloween season.