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How to make lanterns

Steps are as follows:

1. Prepare materials. The main materials used are cardboard and rice paper, and some other common materials, such as wire, solid alcohol, art knife and so on.

2. 3 fold the cardboard, so that it can be folded into four parts, but be careful to leave a certain width at the edges, to be used in the final closed paste.

3. Next, use a carving knife to cut out some patterns on the top of the cardboard.    

4. Then use a glue stick to attach the rice paper to it.

5. Paste the cardboard together according to the folds in the front to form the lantern. This time you can use the wire to string the ends together.    

6. And the bottom of the same need to tie a cross-shaped wire, and then placed on top of the solid alcohol. This beautiful lantern is finished.