Create your own laser cut glowing Halloween decoration

Join Maidstone Hackspace for a hands-on Halloween workshop where you will customise an existing wooden lantern design with your own spooky laser-cut artwork.

Choose the images, shapes or patterns you would like to feature—such as pumpkins, ghosts, bats, skulls, cobwebs or haunted houses—and we will show you how to prepare them for laser cutting.

Your chosen designs will then be cut into the wooden lantern panels before you assemble your finished light.

Each lantern includes a mains-powered colour-changing LED light with a wireless remote control, allowing you to choose different colours and lighting effects at home.

No previous laser-cutting, design or making experience is required.

What you will do

During the workshop, you will:

choose your own Halloween-themed images or designs;

learn how artwork is prepared for laser cutting;

position your designs on the lantern template;

see your personalised panels produced using the laser cutter;

assemble your wooden lantern; and

install and test the colour-changing LED light.

You will take home a completed, personalised Halloween lantern with its mains power supply and wireless remote control.

What is included

Your ticket includes:

one pre-designed wooden lantern kit;

all required wooden panels and fixing materials;

use of the laser cutter and workshop equipment;

help preparing your selected images for laser cutting;

one mains-powered colour-changing LED light;

one wireless remote control; and

your completed lantern to take home.

Who is the workshop for?

This workshop is suitable for complete beginners, adults, families and young makers interested in laser cutting, digital design or Halloween crafts.

Under-18s must be accompanied and supervised by a responsible adult throughout the session.

Each ticket covers one lantern. An accompanying adult helping a child does not need a separate ticket unless they also wish to make their own lantern.

Accessibility

Please contact Maidstone Hackspace before booking if you have any accessibility requirements or need additional support during the session. We will do our best to make the workshop accessible and enjoyable.

About Maidstone Hackspace

Maidstone Hackspace is a community workshop where people can learn, share skills and work together on creative, technical and practical projects.

Our activities include laser cutting, electronics, robotics, 3D printing, coding, crafts and other forms of digital making.

You do not need to be a Maidstone Hackspace member to attend this workshop.

Booking and cancellations

Places are limited, so advance booking is required.

Please let us know as early as possible if you are unable to attend. Refunds or transfers will be managed in accordance with the refund policy shown on the Eventbrite booking page.

Maidstone Hackspace may need to postpone or cancel the event if minimum attendance is not reached or circumstances outside our control prevent the workshop from taking place. Attendees will be contacted using the email address provided when booking.

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