Handmade lanterns for children in Mid-Autumn Festival (let children make special decorations for Mid-Autumn Festival)

Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the traditional festivals in China, and it is also a day for family reunion. On this special day, people will light lanterns, enjoy the moon, eat moon cakes and pray for reunion and happiness. Making Mid-Autumn Lantern is an important traditional cultural activity of Mid-Autumn Festival, and it is also a good opportunity for children to experience China culture. Next, I'll introduce you to the method of making Mid-Autumn Festival lanterns.

Prepare materials

The materials needed to make Mid-Autumn Lantern are: colored paper, scissors, glue, pencil, ruler, thread, needle and candle.

Production steps

Step 1: Make lantern skeleton.

1. Take a piece of colored paper, fold it in half, and then fold it again to make it a quarter size.

2. Draw a right triangle on the diagonal of colored paper with a pencil, and then cut it with scissors.

3. Unfold the cut triangle and it becomes a square.

4. Fold the square pair into two triangles, and draw two parallel lines on one triangle, about 1cm away from the bottom.

5. Cut the triangle into strips along the two lines of the painting.

6. Unfold the cut thin strips to form a hexagon.

7. Fold the two opposite sides of the hexagon in half and sew them together with a needle and thread to form a conical skeleton.

Step 2: make the lantern shell

1. Take a piece of colored paper, fold it in half, and then fold it again to make it a quarter size.

2. Draw a big circle and a small circle on colored paper with a pencil. The diameter of the big circle is about the bottom diameter of the lantern skeleton, and the diameter of the small circle is about the top diameter of the lantern skeleton.

3. Cut out the big circle and the small circle.

4. Fold the cut big circle and small circle in half to form two semicircles.

5. Fold the semicircle in half along a straight line, and then cut out a long strip along the broken line.

6. Unfold the cut thin strips to form a hexagon.

7. Fold the two opposite sides of the hexagon in half, and then stick them together to form a conical shell.

Step 3: combine the lantern skeleton with the lantern shell.

1. Put the lantern skeleton in the lantern shell and stick them together.

2. Cut a small hole at the bottom and top of the lantern for ventilation and hanging.

Step 4: Decorate lanterns.

1. Cut out various patterns on colored paper with scissors, such as flowers, birds, insects, fish, etc.

2. Glue the cut pattern on the lantern, which is more beautiful.

Step 5: Light the lanterns.

1. Put the candle in the hole at the bottom of the lantern.

2. light the candle, then hang the lantern in the right place and enjoy the beauty of the lantern.