Mid-Autumn Lantern Red Packet Handmade Tutorial

Mid-Autumn Lantern Red Packet Handmade Tutorials are as follows:

1. Prepare materials: cardboard, glue, scissors, knife, ruler, double-sided tape, pen. Take out a piece of colored cardboard, put the cardboard horizontally, and draw two straight lines with a ruler on the top and bottom of the cardboard. Then use the ruler to draw vertical lines between the two straight lines, and then cut the vertical lines with a knife, paying attention to the interval between each vertical line should be the same.

2. Cut two thin rectangular strips and stick them to the top and bottom of the cardboard, connect the cut cardboard to the left and right, and glue the ends together to make a cylinder. Slowly hold up the cylinder with your hands to make a lantern shape. Using other colors of cardstock, cut out some small decorations and stick them on the lantern.

3. Cut a circle at the top of the lantern and glue it with double-sided tape, then cut a circle bottom and glue it with double-sided tape. Cut a long strip of colorful cardboard, glue the ends of the strip with double-sided tape and stick it to the bottom of the lantern to hold it up.

4. Cut some small circles out of colored cardboard and glue them to the bottom of the lantern to form a small ball. Place the small round ball on the bottom of the lantern and hold the lantern up in an upright position. Finally, cut a long strip of colored cardstock, glue the ends of the strip with double-sided tape and stick it to the top of the lantern to hold it up.

5. Prepare materials: red paper, bamboo sticks, glue, scissors, pencil, ruler. Cut a round piece of red paper and set it aside. Use the ruler and pencil to draw the shape of the lantern on the red paper sheet, then cut it out with scissors. Place the cut out lantern on the bamboo stick and use glue to fix the lantern and bamboo stick together.

6. Use the same method to make several lanterns, you can choose different colors and shapes according to your preference. Fix all the lanterns on a line, fix this line in one position and you can hang them up to enjoy.

The origins of the Mid-Autumn Festival are as follows:

1. It evolved from the ancient moon festival. The ancient calendar divides each season into three months, which are the month of Meng, the month of Zhong, and the month of Quarter. The eighth month of the lunar calendar is exactly the second month of autumn, known as "mid-autumn", and the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar is exactly the second half of the autumn, so it is also known as "mid-autumn". Initially, this day was designated as a festival for ancient emperors to worship the moon, which slowly evolved into the Mid-Autumn Festival.

2. Chang'e runs to the moon. Legend has it that Chang'e drank the elixir and flew to the moon, and people couldn't bear to see her, so they shared the mooncakes to send their thoughts. Ancient autumn equinox moon. Zhou Dynasty, there have been "Mid-Autumn Night to welcome the cold", "Autumn Equinox Sunset (moon worship)" activities. Northern Song Dynasty officially set the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar for the "Mid-Autumn Festival".