20 Pack Square Chinese Lanterns Wishing, Praying, Floating, River Paper Candle Light

Utilized for our wedding reception which was at a friends home... they have an inground pool and I wanted to be able to utilize what would be a nonwalkable space with something. As the reception was in the evening, this was the perfect solution. We used about 100 of these and I could have used more to fill the pool solid, but it did the trick! The key was having two friends who set these up for us prior to guests arriving as these do arrive flat, and you need to "pop" them open.I used the JINHEZO 36 Piece Waterproof Wedding Underwater battery operated lights with these lanterns, and it worked great! (yeah, my two friends did a lot to make this happen - pop open lanterns, twist on little lights, set lights in lanterns, place lanterns in the pool yada yada). They are rimmed with a shiny metallic gold - and are a paper style lantern, that are slightly waterproof. While I did lose a couple over the 8 hours they were in active reception time mode, I felt that impressive! They are biodegradable, so if you wish to place in an open body of water, feel free to do so with no guilt. The next day the majority were still afloat, and the ones that had degraded, we simply used the pool net to fish out, which was an easy task.I deff recommend for anyone who wants to purchase a large quantity of lanterns without breaking your budget.

These lanterns are good. There were many reviews about how awful they were but we didn't have issues, even on a windy day, with a bit of boat wake. We floated them into the Willamette River. Only one blew out just as it launched. The paper is a bit brittle and can crack easily if it's opened too quickly. The gold paper is also very stiff and we creased it away from it's original fold to hold the shape better. We drew on the sides with Sharpie and Copic markers. Recommend these over the more expensive, "unsinkable" lanterns. They are the same, these just don't have the seemingly unnecessary air packet glued to the bottom. No boards were necessary to float the lanterns.

Hosted a party in my backyard and was excited to add these floating candles to create a beautiful ambiance!!! Was very disappointed, when one of my guests screamed fire!!! The Chinese lantern had caught fire!! in the middle of the pool no less!! They also did not float nicely - kind of all drifted to the edge of the pool! overall very disappointed!!!!

Poor quality they tore up when we opened them didn't get much use from them

They did float and were beautiful. I would recommend them and I will buy them again .

Great purchase! This item was purchased for a memorial event, at first glance taking the box out of the bag it looks very delicate but it didn’t break at all. We wrote on the side of the boxes on the parchment paper like material with sharpie and put flowers and the included candle inside. The boxes floated very well and candles stayed light for the most part while floating away in the water. Definitely would repurchase or recommend as well! It helped make a very tough memorial service go smooth.

Seems sturdy, then as you try to open them, they tear and the weight of the folded corners keepFolding in on themselves.

The media could not be loaded. Lost my dad two weeks ago. Was 3 days before his birthday. I thought of those flying lanterns to set off but couldn’t find. Came across these. The pack came with 20. Easy to write on. Just be careful opening them up. And don’t write on them upside down.These were the absolute perfect birthday send off for my dad’s first in heaven. The family loves them and we set them off to float down the river. Great to know biodegradable.