How to make paper lanterns?

Lanterns are also called cage lights and colored lights. Lantern was originally called cage lamp, because the fire candle is covered with wind-proof and light-transmitting materials, which can emit light normally in an environment with strong air convection. Lighting lamps with wind-proof and smoke-exhausting functions appeared in the Western Han Dynasty, and the representative unearthed cultural relic is Changxin Palace Lantern in the Western Han Dynasty.

The shape and decoration of lanterns can be described as appealing to both refined and popular tastes, with various forms and complete functions. From the modeling point of view, the spherical shape represented by palace lanterns is the most common, including square, cylindrical, fan-shaped, diamond-shaped, and even imitating flowers, fruits, animals, utensils and so on. In terms of decoration, auspicious patterns with festive theme are the most popular, with handles and tethers on them and tassels below, including poems, calligraphy and painting, terraces, flowers and birds, insects and fish, animals, shop names and surnames. In ancient governments and military camps, night lighting and even night patrol were inseparable from lanterns. Lanterns hung high on the lintel of the official residence show the territorial name or the owner's font size of this office; The lanterns hung high on the shaft door of the military camp show the font size of the country or supreme general of the army.

The manufacturing method of paper lanterns is as follows:

1. Fold the red paper pair into a narrow strip.

2. Cut the broken thread with a knife, but don't cut it.

3. Stick double-sided tape on both sides of the red origami and stick it on the cardboard.

4. Cut the yellow origami into thin paper strips with scissors, and then stick it on the inside of the cardboard with double-sided tape.

5. Glue the cardboard into a circle, make a lantern ear with yellow origami and wool, and fix it.