Make a Minecraft-themed lantern

Get ready to level up your creativity! Join Hollywood stars Jason Momoa and Danielle Brooks from A Minecraft Movie to make a Minecraft-themed lantern.

Instructions

Do the preparation task first. Then watch the video and do the exercises. Remember, you can read the transcript at any time.

Transcript

[Minecraft film clip]
Jack Black (Steve): This … is a crafting table.

Presenter: We’re going to create these Minecraft-themed lanterns with stars of the movie Jason Momoa and Danielle Brooks. To make one, you will need: a cardboard box, tracing paper, scissors, sticky tape, sticky tack, a pencil and ruler, paint and brushes, and some LED fairy lights. Step one: cut out your windows. Take your cardboard and cut out four rectangle shapes on each side.
Danielle Brooks: It is some caveman cutting the cardboard!
Presenter: This is where your lantern windows will go. Don’t forget – while using the scissors, grab a grown-up to help. So, they’ll look a little something like this. And we have all four sides …
Jason Momoa: Oh!
Danielle Brooks: Are you OK?

[Minecraft film clip]
Jason Momoa (Garrett Garrison): Kadoosh! Oh.
Jack Black (Steve): That’s OK, bud.

Presenter: Step two: paint your lantern. We’re using grey and brown, but you can choose your favourite colours.
Danielle Brooks: Oh my gosh, they’re neat!
Jason Momoa: I love crafting!
Danielle Brooks: I love it. I have a five-year-old, so this is right up my alley.
Presenter: Step three: paint your tracing paper. We’re using yellow, orange and red blocks to create a flame effect. I do like the warm colours.
Danielle Brooks: This is very calming.
Presenter: Step four: fit your windows. Once your tracing paper is dry, tape or stick them inside the box. How are you managing to do this so quickly?
Jason Momoa: I play Aquaman and Lobo, so I’m, kind of, like, two superheroes.

[Minecraft film clip
Sebastian Eugene Hansen (Henry): Whoa!

Presenter: Step five: fairy lights. Just before you tape it down.
Jason Momoa: Ahhh!
Presenter: I’m sorry, you’ve jumped the gun.
Jason Momoa: What did I miss?
Presenter: You've missed the fairy lights.
Danielle Brooks: Ohhhh.
Presenter: The lovely fairy lights that go inside. Pop through the fairy lights and then leave the power pack outside, so you can still control it. We’ve also made a lid and a handle for the lantern, out of just extra cardboard. So that goes on the top. And you can also use it to hide the power pack inside.
Danielle Brooks: Look at y’all. Fancy, fancy!

[Minecraft film clip
Jack Black (Steve): And kaboom!

Jason Momoa: This is the one that I made earlier.
Danielle Brooks: Well, here’s the one I made earlier!
Jason Momoa: Yours looks like mine!
Danielle Brooks: They look like twins!
Presenter: It’s like a triplet!
Danielle Brooks: What? It’s a quadruplet, because your shirt looks like it too!
Presenter: Thank you very much for joining us on our make. It’s been lovely.

[Minecraft film clip] 
Jason Momoa (Garrett Garrison): Vaya con Dios. It means goodbye, brother.
Emma Myers (Natalie): No, it doesn’t.
Jason Momoa (Garett Garrison): Don’t look at her. It does.

Discussion

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Submitted by ReelSnoob123 on Wed, 26/11/2025 - 12:17

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