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Hoi An Full Lantern Making Class: Create Your Own Traditional Vietnamese Foldable Lantern
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Join our Hoi An Full Lantern Making Class and create your own traditional Vietnamese foldable lantern. Make a symbol of luck, happiness, and wealth using silk and bamboo. Perfect for a family bonding activity and a unique souvenir to take home!
Join our Hoi An Full Lantern Making Class and create your own traditional Vietnamese foldable lantern. Make a symbol of luck, happiness, and wealth using silk and bamboo. Perfect for a family bonding activity and a unique souvenir to take home!
Duration:
2 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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8 Trần Cao Vân - Residents of Hoi An hold the belief that displaying lanterns at the entrance of their homes brings fortune, joy, and prosperity to the household.
To begin, participants will have the opportunity to savor our herbal tea while listening to the master share insights about the history and culture of Hoi An Lanterns.
Our lanterns are…
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8 Trần Cao Vân - Residents of Hoi An hold the belief that displaying lanterns at the entrance of their homes brings fortune, joy, and prosperity to the household.
To begin, participants will have the opportunity to savor our herbal tea while listening to the master share insights about the history and culture of Hoi An Lanterns.
Our lanterns are crafted from silk and bamboo, available in various shapes such as lotus, diamond, sunrise, and sunset.
The process includes all 11 steps to create your own lantern:
Step 1: Connect 12 bamboo stakes using wire thread
Step 2 and 3: Form the stakes into a sunrise (inverted triangle) or sunset (triangle) shape
Step 4: Place the bamboo stakes into a hanger and secure them with thread
Step 5: Choose your preferred silk and color
Step 6: Apply glue and allow it to dry
Step 7: Position the silk and stretch it to cover the stakes
Step 8: Completely cover the sides with silk
Step 9: Cover the top and bottom of the hanger with silk strips
Step 10: Choose a tassel for the lantern’s base
Step 11: Done! Your lantern can be folded and packed in your luggage to take home
Additionally, the master will create an extra lantern for you as a special gift at the conclusion of the class.
What's Included
- Foldable Lantern
- Water
- Special Lantern made by instructor
- Instructor and English-speaking guide
- Traditional Herbal Tea
- Foldable Lantern
- Water
- Special Lantern made by instructor
- Instructor and English-speaking guide
- Traditional Herbal Tea
What's Not Included
- Hotel pick up
- Hotel drop-off
- Hotel pick up
- Hotel drop-off
Additional Information
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Create your own Vietnamese lantern, believed to be a symbol of luck, happiness, and wealth
-Where you make lanterns from scratch - Experience a fun family bonding activity where you can release your inner artist
- Experiment with different materials like silk and bamboo to create lanterns of different shapes
- Learn a new skill and bring home your very own handmade souvenir!
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Create your own Vietnamese lantern, believed to be a symbol of luck, happiness, and wealth
-Where you make lanterns from scratch - Experience a fun family bonding activity where you can release your inner artist
- Experiment with different materials like silk and bamboo to create lanterns of different shapes
- Learn a new skill and bring home your very own handmade souvenir!
Location
507 Đ. Hai Bà Trưng
Đường Hai Bà Trưng
we are at 507 Hai Ba Trung St, next to Vietcom Bank, we have alots of lantern outside.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Ashleigh_t
Apr 27, 2026
10/10 recommend this unique experience. - I did the Hoi An Full Lantern Making Class, and it was such a fun experience. Our instructors, Huy and his brothers and sisters, were all incredibly lovely, patient, and helpful. Huy especially was amazing, I’m definitely not the crafty type, but he made the whole process enjoyable and helped me every step of the way. They taught us about the history of lanterns, which was was fascinating, and creating our own lantern was such a unique experience. We got to choose our own design and were taught how to assemble the lantern, as well as how to properly collapse and reopen it without damaging it. Plus, the playlist was absolutely banger. 10/10 I highly recommend this class!
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K_b
Apr 27, 2026
Excellent product - Fun Project - Our Instructor was energetic, entertaining and best of all a subject matter expert. He helped us and we needed a lot of help lol
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Charlie_b
Apr 25, 2026
Unforgettable experience!! - Absolutely amazing experience! One of my favorite things I’ve done in Hoi An. The family who runs the business and teaches you are so kind and knowledgeable. They made us laugh the whole time and their expertise shows in every detail. Cannot recommend enough!!
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Nat
Apr 20, 2026
Fun lantern experience - This was so much fun! Being able to make my own lantern to take home with me was amazing. A really fun atmosphere
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World_wanderer127
Apr 20, 2026
Great staff, Great experience! - We had a really great time lantern-making here! The staff were super friendly and fun. They helped show us how to make the lanterns but also gave us time and space to enjoy the process and be creative, without being rushed at all. We ended up staying almost 2.5hr as one of our kiddos was really taking her time and it was no problem. At one point, they gave a little history presentation on the lanterns, which was really nice info. I'd highly recommend doing a workshop here!
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R_l
Apr 14, 2026
Great experience in Hoi An / Da Nang area - Very fun experience and you get to go home with an easy to pack decoration as a souvenir or gift. Lots of very friendly and helpful staff that can speak English made it easy to craft a beautiful lantern. The place was full of both individuals and families having a great time. Took about 1.5 hours to do the full/long lantern clasa.
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Janethi5078jz
Apr 11, 2026
An amazing experience. - Loved everything at the Lantern class. Very friendly, helpful people. The selection of fabrics were plentiful and the colors beautiful. I stayed and made a 2 nd lantern- and bought kits to make at home . I would 100% recommend. Thanks for a memorable morning.
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Robert
Apr 7, 2026
Great fun! - Really good fun and looked after my daughter really well with lovely lantern!
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967jamiek
Apr 6, 2026
Great for crafty people - I spent a little over 2 hours at this class making my own lantern. The place was packed with other crafty tourists like myself. The instructors were patient and helpful when needed. I ended up with a creation I was very proud of as a souvenir. I thought this class was a good value for both the time and money.
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Cara
Apr 5, 2026
Excellent workshop! - Really enjoyed this session and we came home with a lovely lantern each. We saw lots of lantern making classes in old town, which were basically a table in a lantern shop, but this was more of a work shop - a proper set up with lots of helpers (all members of the same family) to correct our mistakes and guide us, plus some lovely fabrics to choose from. I’d absolutely recommend this. It’s a short walk from old town and easy to find!
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