1. How to make a lantern
The first step is to make a skeleton paper lantern. The simpler shape is a cube or cylinder. It is best to use bendable bamboo branches or bamboo skin to build the frame. , the connecting parts are tied tightly with thin wire.
If it is difficult to find, thin strips of cardboard and bamboo skewers used for barbecues will also work. They will lack strength and flexibility, but they are also very good decoration indoors. The second step is to make the lamp body. Buy some white or red ordinary rice paper or gold-sprinkled rice paper at the Wenfangsibao store, cut it to the length and width of the lantern frame, and then you can design the pattern yourself.
Calligraphy, painting, and paper-cutting can all be displayed on small lanterns. After pasting, you can also use narrow strips of imitation silk paper to border the upper and lower sides to make it look more elegant, much like an ancient palace lantern.
If you are not very good at calligraphy and painting, there is a simple method for reference. Use a piece of tissue paper to trace the desired words on the copybook, then overlap the tissue paper with the dark red rice paper, and dig out the writing with a single-edged blade.
Take off the tissue paper, and hollow writing appears on the red rice paper. Use white rice paper to make the lamp body, and paste red rice paper inside. The candlelight or light is reflected from the hollow part, and the effect is quite beautiful.
The third step is to make a light source. If you put it indoors, you only need to light an ordinary candle in the lantern; if you want to carry it out, it is best to use a light bulb and a battery to make a simple circuit. It may look a little rough, but lighting a handmade lantern during the Mid-Autumn Festival will definitely give you a unique flavor! .
2. How to make handmade lanterns
First cut off the circles on the left and right sides of the disposable cup.
Then cut the paper cup into strips. Then cut out some nice pointed shapes.
Then draw strips around the paper cups and divide them evenly! The next step is to beautify the cup and give it a pointy shape. This is the rough outline of the finished product. The sharp corners on the top are pretty! Cut off the bottom of another disposable cup you prepared, and use double-sided tape to stick the bottom part to the sharp corners in the picture above.
Paste method. Then cut a circle around the bottomed cup.
Cut out a circle of disposable paper cups and stick them on the lantern with double-sided tape. The handmade lantern is almost complete, and it looks stylish.
String on the thread prepared in advance, and you’re done. The handmade lanterns made from disposable paper cups are all completed! .
3. How to make lanterns
If you make your own lanterns, you can choose some simple and easy-to-make styles with easy-to-find materials. Too complex and delicate lanterns cannot be used by professionals. .
To make a lantern, you must first determine the style of lantern you want to make and collect the required materials. Then, analyze its construction to determine how to tailor it.
The easiest way to make a lantern is to use paper cups, lampshades, etc., just decorate it slightly, and then hang it up. For slightly more complicated paper lanterns, you need to find specific drawings online, measure the size, choose the appropriate paper, and then cut it.
Finally, the lantern is made, and some decorations are added to the appearance, such as painting or painting. Children can also make fruit lanterns, which are made from the peels of oranges, grapefruits, etc.
Hollow out the middle, leaving only the skin. You can cut the skin into strips and thread a thread on the top to hang it up; then, put a candle of appropriate length inside the fruit skin. This is a simple lantern.
Lanterns play an important role in today’s home decoration. People often see lanterns of various styles in their lives. I suggest that parents can teach their children to make simple lanterns using materials they can find at hand, so as to cultivate their hands-on and brain-using abilities.
4. How to make your own lanterns
Colorful lanterns 1.
First we need to prepare six pieces of yellow rectangular colored paper, nine rectangular pieces of red colored paper, one rectangular yellow colored paper, a long red rope, and a bottle of glue. 2.
Fold the prepared square colored paper one by one like a folding fan. After folding, use glue to glue three pieces of colored paper of the same color into a circle. At this time, two yellow circles will come out. The shape is followed by three red circles 3.
Thread a long red rope through the middle of the six circles. After connecting them together, tie a few more knots on the red rope at the bottom of the lantern to prevent it from falling off.
4. To make lantern spikes: Use scissors to cut the yellow colored paper into connected whiskers. After cutting, wrap it with a thicker pen. After the shape is wrapped, use glue to stick the two sides. Take a sharp object and punch two holes.
5. Tie the lantern spikes on the red string and a complete paper lantern is completed.
Cardboard lantern 1. First we need to prepare a piece of red rectangular cardboard, a ruler, a pair of scissors, a long red rope and double-sided tape.
2. Use a ruler to compare the cardboard and leave 0 on both sides.
Fold the remaining edge at a distance of 5cm-1cm to make a mark 3. .
Then use a pencil to draw a number of straight lines with equal distances in the middle part, and use scissors to cut the drawn lines in sequence 4. Roll the cardboard paper to make it appear an arc, and then use double-sided tape to stick the two sides together 5.
We used scissors to cut the side of the cardboard that had been left apart into thin strips, and then attached the red rope together to serve as the lantern spike 6. Take a long strip of paper and glue it to the two ends of the top of the lantern, so that a complete cardboard lantern is completed.