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Practice of traditional lanterns

The practice of traditional lanterns is as follows:

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1 and 2 1*28cm blue A4 paper were folded twice along the center line of the short side respectively, and after the second unfolding, the two sides were folded at the center line crease respectively.

2. Divide the origami into 8 parts and fold it into rectangular origami strips from the edge crease of 1.

3. Fold the paper into a corrugated shape from the short side of the rectangular origami strip 1 to the other side.

4. Unfold the corrugated paper, and fold another 1 sheet 2 1*28cm blue A4 paper into corrugated paper in the same way.

5. Glue the short edge of the corrugated paper 1 with a glue gun, then glue another piece of corrugated paper 1, and then glue the other two ends of the folded paper with a glue gun to form a cylinder of 1.

6. Cylindrical origami is folded into blue circular paper in turn along the corrugated crease.

7. Take two pieces of 15cm round hard paper, where the surface of 1 is sealed with white paper, put a 9cm round paper mold on the surface of the white paper, draw a circle along the edge, and then cut off the circle with 9cm as the center to form a ring.

8. Glue the edge of 15cm round cardboard with a glue gun, and then stick the blue round paper on the 15cm round cardboard as the bottom of the lantern.

9. Poke two flush round holes on the circular cardboard with a bamboo stick, and then stick the blue circular paper with a glue gun, and the two will stick together.

10. After the white wires pass through the fine holes, fasten and stretch the corrugated lamp body respectively, and a lantern will be made.