How to make handmade toys when I was a child?

Handmade toys played as children are made as follows:

Preparation materials: red and yellow drawing paper 1 piece, safety scissors 1 piece, stapler 1 piece, white latex or glue stick 1 piece, red hair root 1 piece.

1. Fold the red paper horizontally, and use safety scissors to cut the red paper at an equal distance from the folding place, as shown in the figure.

2. Fold a small part of the yellow drawing paper horizontally and tear it off. Roll up the remaining drawing paper along the long side and fix the opening with a stapler. You can also replace the stapler in this step with white latex or glue stick, as shown in the figure.

3. Coat the two long sides of the cut red drawing paper with white latex and wrap it around the yellow straight pipe as shown in the figure below, as shown in the figure.

4. Paste the slender red paper strip as the lantern handle, and the colored paper lantern is finished, as shown in the figure.

Introduction and cultural concept of lanterns

1, Introduction

Lantern, also known as lantern, is an ancient traditional handicraft of Han nationality. After thousands of years of development, lanterns have formed different regional styles, and each lantern has its own unique artistic expression. Every year around the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, people hang red lanterns symbolizing reunion to create a festive atmosphere.

Lantern is a combination of painting, paper-cutting, paper binding, acupuncture and other technologies, which is closely related to people's lives in China. Lanterns have become a symbol of happiness for the people of China. Through the inheritance and development of lantern artists in past dynasties, colorful varieties and exquisite craftsmanship have been formed.

There are palace lanterns, gauze lanterns, chandeliers and so on. From the modeling point of view, there are figures, landscapes, flowers and birds, dragons and phoenixes, fish and insects, etc. Besides, there are lanterns for people to enjoy.

2. Cultural concept

Lantern is an important part of China folk culture. Whether in the old days or now, hand-tied lanterns not only set off the festive atmosphere of the festival, but also gave people more inspiration to pray and pinned people's good expectations for health, peace and longevity.

In China, lanterns are closely related to people's lives. There are lanterns everywhere in temples and living rooms. After careful calculation, there were lanterns in China after Qin and Han Dynasties and paper lanterns after the invention of paper in the Eastern Han Dynasty. In China, lanterns are not only used for lighting, but also a symbol. Today, there are still two big lanterns in front of God's head, which is a continuation of this custom.