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Mesh pumpkin lantern

A honeycomb pumpkin for Halloween: two halves round an LED tea light, with a hanging hole in the stem.

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3D render of an orange honeycomb mesh pumpkin with a stem and hanging hole, in front of the green plug and blue cavity that press it into shape
Print only ~111 g

A Halloween pumpkin you print flat: two honeycomb nets that you warm and press into halves, then close round a battery LED tea light. It is 104 mm wide and about 60 mm deep, and the light shines out through every cell. Hang it from the hole in its stem or set it in a bowl.

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Made with our mesh former. Each net prints in about 80 minutes, with no supports. The press is printed once and makes both halves, because the pumpkin is symmetric. The creases between the lobes come from the press itself, so every half comes out with the same ribs.

Print it in orange PETG for the classic look, or in a glow-in-the-dark filament. The zip has both nets, the plug, the cavity, a print sheet and the outline as an SVG for the mesh former.

Shown as a 3D render of the closed pumpkin in front of the two press halves, not a photo.

Mesh pumpkin lantern at a glance: every printed part with its size, print time, filament, print settings and the three steps to use it
How it is made

What you need

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  • About 18 g of orange PETG or PLA per pumpkin, and 95 g of PLA once for the press
  • A battery LED tea light (never a real candle)
  • A heat gun, or a hair dryer on its hottest setting

How to make it

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  1. Print the front net, the back net, the plug and the cavity, all flat on the bed.

  2. Lay the front net in the cavity's pocket, flat face down, so the small pins go through the holes in its rim.

  3. Warm it with the heat gun kept moving 15 to 20 cm away until it goes limp. Turn the plug over side to side, like the page of a book (its left edge goes to the right, its top stays at the top), push it straight down and hold it for a minute while it cools.

  4. Do the same with the back net in the same press.

  5. Switch on an LED tea light, set it in one half and press the other half on by its pins.

Print details

3 h 30 minPrint time
~111 gFilament
4Printed parts
104 × 71 × 90 mmSize (W x D x H)
All print details
Print details
TypePrint only
Printed parts4
Size (W x D x H)104 x 71 x 90 mm
Print bed needed112 x 98 mm, 35 mm tall
Filament~111 g
Layer height0.2 mm
Infill10%
SupportsNot needed
DownloadZIP: front and back nets + press plug + press cavity (STL) + outline (SVG) + print sheet
Added2026-09-24
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Questions about this design

Can I put a real candle in the mesh pumpkin lantern?

No. A tea light flame reaches well over 100 C right above it, and the net softens at 60 to 80 C, so the pumpkin would sag and could catch fire. Use a battery LED tea light; it runs cool and looks the same through the mesh.

How do I switch the LED in the pumpkin on and off?

Leave the pins unglued. The halves press together firmly enough to hang, and pull apart again to reach the switch or change the battery. Some LED tea lights have a remote or a timer, which saves opening it at all.

Does the mesh pumpkin stand on a table?

It is round on both sides, so it rolls onto its front or back rather than standing on its edge. Set it in a small bowl or on a napkin ring, or hang it from the hole in the stem, which is how it looks best with the light on.

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