How to make a lantern craft with red envelopes simple elementary school students

How to make lantern crafts with red packets is as follows:

1, first take a red packet and fold it along the horizontal center line and vertical center line respectively.

2, then fold it so that a cross-shaped cross-fold line is formed on the red bag, and then fold it from near the midpoint of the narrow sides on each side to the midpoint of the long sides on each side (white dotted line).

3, continue to fold the red envelope into a bobbin-shaped hexagon.

4, then fold all 6 red envelopes in the same way, folded shape should be the same size.

5, and then in each of the red bag folded part of the double-sided tape, and then the red bag with the same end of the two sides glued together.

6, continue to glue the 6 red envelopes into a circle, remember to glue the same end in the same direction, so that the red envelope bag in a circle, and the other end of the red envelope is also glued in the same way.

7, then use scissors to cut out a length of wool, ready to be used to make the lantern's handle, using transparent tape to glue the ends of the wool on the inside of the lantern at the same end of the opening.

8. Finally, prepare a bead and fix it to the bottom of the lantern with a needle and thread.

Chinese lanterns, also collectively known as lantern colors, are an ancient traditional Han craft. 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.