How to make a lantern look good

Lantern practice:

1, take a piece of 7.5cm*7.5cm square paper, fold a pair of opposite sides along the center line, and then fold again along the center line.

2, fold along a diagonal line, then use a pen to draw a semicircle on it, and then cut it with scissors to get four folded semicircles; take another two 7.5cm*7.5cm square paper and fold eight semicircles, ***12.

3, take 7.5cm * 3.75cm rectangular paper and two 7.5cm * 0.4cm rectangular strips of paper, the two rectangular strips of paper were pasted on the upper and lower sides of the rectangular paper.

4, cut down the 12 half-circle in order to paste in the middle of the rectangular paper, and then the first and last coated with solid glue to paste each other together to form a cylinder, and then the half-circle toggle some.

5, put a 7.5cm * 0.4cm rectangular strip of paper ends coated with solid adhesive, pasted in the lantern above the ends of this side.

6, the remaining piece of 7.5cm * 7.5cm square paper rolled into a cylinder, and then coated with solid adhesive at one end, pasted in the middle of the rectangular strip of paper in step 5; this time, a three-dimensional red lantern is folded, but also can be hand-held.

The origin of lanterns:

Chinese lanterns, also collectively known as lanterns, are an ancient traditional Han crafts. After thousands of years of development, lanterns have developed different regional styles, and each type of lantern has a unique form of artistic expression. Every year around the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar, people hang up red lanterns to symbolize the meaning of reunion, to create a festive atmosphere.