The final installment of my Disney Villain paper lantern series is here! Today’s vengeful villain is the original evildoer of Disney—the first of her ilk. Look out for those pernicious poison apples: it’s time to round off your contemptible collection with this rancorously ravishing Evil Queen paper lantern.
Be sure to check out my other Disney paper lantern designs in this series!
Watching Snow White is an unforgettable experience as a child…mostly because it’s terrifying! Seriously, this movie has no shortage of nightmare-inducing scenes: from Snow White being chased by a hunter trying to rip out her heart, to the trees in the woods becoming horrible monsters, to the queen turning herself into a terrifying witch. The scene that takes the cake (in my opinion), though, has to be when Snow White is in the cottage, and the Evil Queen (in witch form) is suddenly right there—peeking her hideous face into the window.
But, Walt Disney believed that kids were capable of handling scary themes in movies. Despite the nightmares she gave us as children, the Evil Queen has still managed to find a way into our hearts. So I suppose Disney was right.
My favorite part of this Evil Queen paper lantern has to be the poison apple! I’ve been wanting to make a paper cut design including that motif for a while now. I restrained myself when designing my Snow White paper lantern only because I knew I’d be making this design in a few shorts months.
To learn how to assemble my paper lanterns, see this tutorial.
I use a Cricut Explore to do my die cut designs, and I absolutely love it! For tips on creating this delicate paper cut, see the FAQ section on my website.
Like most all my paper lanterns, removing the final design from your cutting mat is as much of an art as the cut itself, so be sure to go slowly.
These villain lanterns are the first ones I’ve ever used colored vellum with, and I couldn’t be happier with the results. Also, I tried out the new Cricut Premium Fine-Point Blade on these lanterns, and, holy crap, that thing is amazing—my cuts were SO smooth!
(Tip: On my Cricut, I found that, with this particular vellum, the Light Cardstock setting worked better than the custom vellum setting I usually use.)
And there you have it! I hope you’ve enjoyed my Disney Villain paper lantern series! It’s been a lot of hard work, but I couldn’t be happier with the results. Put my magnificently malevolent Evil Queen paper lantern to good use, and have a happy Halloween!
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Mandee is a professional graphic designer, amateur bird watcher, and rollercoaster enthusiast. She is a wife to hardworking high school teacher and mommy to three adorable little humans. She fell in love with graphic design when she started working on a comedy website with a guy she met her freshman year of college. Design wasn’t the only thing she fell in love with, and they were married a year and a half later. She created Designs By Miss Mandee to be a place where she could merge her passion for design with her lifelong love of crafting. 17 Comments on Evil Queen Paper Lantern – Disney Villain Paper Lantern Series
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Helen Selock
October 26, 2017 at 7:57 pm (6 years ago)Love your designs!! Where do you get your vellum from?
Mandee
October 27, 2017 at 8:39 am (6 years ago)Thanks Helen! I usually get my opaque, white vellum from Michaels. This particular gold vellum I got from Hobby Lobby, and the other colored vellum I used for my villain lanterns I purchased from a site called Mulberry Paper and More. 🙂
Jude Samson
October 28, 2017 at 10:46 am (6 years ago)Is the vellum/liner part needed or can the lanterns be made without them? Like is the vellum more of an accent or is it a necessity?
Mandee
October 30, 2017 at 9:57 am (6 years ago)The vellum is just used to accent the design, so you don’t have to add it if you don’t want to. 🙂
Shondae
November 1, 2017 at 3:35 pm (6 years ago)I love all the lanterns you have created. I’m waiting on some Moana art! It’s my daughters favorite right now.
Cristina Franco Carrillo
May 14, 2018 at 8:15 pm (6 years ago)I love your designs and have used them for my family and grandkids. I am looking for your evil queen lantern file. It appears to be the same file with 2 different names.The Download above is the Snow White Lantern. Could you please send me the link?
thank you
Mandee
May 15, 2018 at 10:02 am (6 years ago)Hi Cristina! I’m so glad you enjoy my paper lantern designs. I’m not sure why the link is giving you trouble on your end, it seems to be working fine for me. It should take you to a file titled “EQ Paper Lantern.” https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8WXcinfu72UdDhSVEhIMkZqUVE/view?usp=sharing
If you’re still having trouble, I might suggest clearing your browser cookies/history or trying a different browser. If it’s still giving you a hard time after that, let me know.
Julia Marquez
August 19, 2020 at 5:48 pm (3 years ago)Hello! I really love the way your lanterns look but when I press download it says unsupported file. I’d there another way to get the file??
Mandee
August 20, 2020 at 10:56 am (3 years ago)Hi Julia! It sounds like you either need to to unzip the file before uploading it to your cutting software, OR (if you are a Silhouette user and don’t have the Designer Edition) you may need to convert the SVG to a PNG before uploading.
Feel free to check out my FAQ page for more troubleshooting tips. 🙂
Kim
May 22, 2018 at 7:23 pm (6 years ago)I love these !! What candles did you use? I just made the jafar snake with red vellum and the amber tea light makes it look amber rather than red.
Mandee
May 23, 2018 at 9:09 am (6 years ago)Thanks Kim! Ooo, I’m so happy you were able to make the Jafar lantern—that’s one of my all-time favorites! I bought a big pack of little LED tea light candles on Amazon a while back, and they are still going strong. 🙂
Megan
June 25, 2018 at 5:55 pm (5 years ago)can you make a queen of hearts one?! love them
Mandee
June 27, 2018 at 9:20 am (5 years ago)Thanks Megan! I’m glad you like them. I will keep your suggestion in mind—Queen of Hearts would be super fun! ^_^
Marsha
May 9, 2019 at 8:50 am (5 years ago)You are WICKED talented!! I am loving these lanterns sooooo much! Thanks for sharing your talents and creativity with all of us.
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Mandee
May 9, 2019 at 3:51 pm (5 years ago)Love the pun! Glad you like my lantern designs. ^_^
Katie
July 21, 2019 at 8:35 am (4 years ago)We are planning a Descendants 3 Watch Party for my daughter and her friends and I have just spent the past half hour going through your site and download all of your amazing villain lantern and silhouette images- THANK YOU!!! She’s going to be delighted (and impressed) and I thank you for sharing your talents!
Mandee
July 23, 2019 at 9:54 am (4 years ago)Yay! That sounds like a blast. 😀 I’m so glad my designs can be a party of your daughter’s fun party!