Snowman with Lantern SVG

About this design

On a dark winter evening, this snowman lights the way. It stands tall in a top hat with a band and a scarf, holding an old-fashioned lantern out to the side on one stick arm. The lantern hangs by a ring at the top and has a peaked cap, two tall window panes and a sturdy base. The other arm reaches out the opposite way.

The face has coal eyes, a carrot nose and a smile, with three coal buttons down the middle. It is a quiet, cozy design for Christmas Eve, long winter nights and anything lit by candlelight.

Pieces and weeding

The solid file has 6 pieces and 12 cut-outs: the two lantern panes, the eyes, nose, smile, three buttons, the hat band and the seams. The lantern is joined to the stick hand, so it cuts as part of the snowman rather than as a loose piece. It passes our cut checks from about 3 inches tall.

Color layers

• Backing in navy: the lantern panes, face, buttons and hat band
• Design in pale ice blue: the snowman, hat, scarf and lantern

Projects

• Christmas Eve boxes with a lantern-lit snowman on the lid.
• Candle jars decorated with vinyl.
• Porch signs for winter evenings.
• Cards for a Christmas Eve greeting.
• Sweatshirts in white on navy.

Step by step: a glowing jar

1. Set the design to 4 inches tall and download the solid file.
2. Cut it from white permanent vinyl and weed the panes, face and buttons.
3. Apply it to a clean glass jar.
4. Put a battery tea light inside, never a real flame, so the lantern panes glow.
5. Tie a ribbon around the neck of the jar.

Size guide

Color ideas

• Gold backing for warm, glowing lantern panes
• White on black for a night-time sign
• Ice blue on navy, as shown

Making the lantern glow

In the color file, everything cut out of the snowman shows the backing color. Change the backing to a warm yellow or gold in the editor and the lantern panes light up, while the face and buttons turn gold too. For a softer look, keep the default navy and add a small gold vinyl flame inside each pane by hand.

Pairs well with

The Snowman Snow Globe suits the same night scene, and the Holly Candle brings more warm light.