Gnome with Lantern SVG

About this design

A gnome lighting the way home. A small old-fashioned lantern stands at the gnome’s side, with a ring on top, a peaked cap, a frame with an open window and a sturdy base.

In folklore the gnome watches over the house at night, so a lantern suits it well. The design has a calm, cozy feel for long winter evenings.

Pieces and weeding

The solid file has 12 pieces and 5 cut-outs. The lantern stands beside the gnome as its own piece, and its window and the ring at the top are cut-outs. Keep everything on one sheet of transfer tape so the parts stay lined up. It passes our cut checks from about 3 inches tall.

Color layers

• Hat and coat in green: the whole gnome, cut as the base layer
• Beard in silver gray
• Nose in peach
• Accents in gold: the lantern and the pompom

Projects

• Candle jars with a battery tea light.
• Porch signs for winter evenings.
• Christmas Eve cards.
• Cozy sweatshirts.
• Mugs for evening cocoa.

Step by step: a glowing jar

1. Set the design to 4 inches tall and download the color file.
2. Cut the gnome from green permanent vinyl and the lantern from gold.
3. Apply them to a clean glass jar.
4. Place a battery tea light inside so the lantern window glows.
5. Tie a ribbon around the neck of the jar.

Size guide

Color ideas

• Red gnome with a gold lantern
• White gnome on black for a night sign
• Green and gold, as shown

Glowing window

The lantern window is a cut-out, so anything behind it shows through. On a jar with a tea light inside, the window really glows; on a sign, paint the board yellow behind it.

Good to know

The lantern stands to the side of the gnome, which makes the design a little wider at the bottom. On a jar, center the gnome and let the lantern sit toward the back, so the glow from a tea light inside shows through its window. For a porch sign, paint a yellow circle behind the lantern before you apply the vinyl, so the window looks lit.

Pairs well with

The Snowman with Lantern holds a lantern too, and the Gnome Holding a Star suits the same quiet evenings.