Read on and learn how to make your very own bedroom string lights. (IKEA, eat your heart out!)

Make Bedroom String Lights With Origami Paper Lanterns

It's always sad to see folks pulling down their Christmas lights after the holidays have come and gone. I get attached to the cheery, twinkly lights adorning door fronts and lawns around the neighborhood. When they're packed away, the world loses a little sparkle and a humdrum quotidian pace settles back over the city.

To preserve a little Christmas spirit for the rest of the year, I like to bring the magic of string lights into my bedroom. I found this lovely idea for paper cube string lights on Wit & Whistle, which shows you how to cover LED string lights with paper origami lanterns. The paper lanterns give the lights a pretty muted effect, so the string lights can be draped around a headboard without blinding you or guests!

Materials

All you need is a string of 20 lights and 20 square pieces of paper (Wit & Whistle used 8.5″ x 8.5″.) Tip: Use LED lights if you are worried about potential fire hazards.

Step 1

Fold your 20 square pieces of paper into lanterns following these steps:

Step 2

Now poke each light into a paper cube. No glue necessary!

Step 3

Hang wherever you want and enjoy! They make great headboard decorations.

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