How to make rabbit lanterns

First, the production method

1. Prepare three-color A4 paper (pink, white and yellow), scissors, brushes, double-sided tape, small lights, transparent plastic cups or beverage bottles, strings and other materials.

2. Fold a piece of yellow A4 paper in half, draw the moon shape on it and cut it out.

Draw a circle (the outline of rabbit's face) on white paper and cut it out, then draw the five senses.

4. Stick the rabbit's ear and then stick it on the moon.

5. Paste the rabbit's hand and decorate the cloud.

6. Do it again according to the above part to get two sides of the rabbit lamp.

7. Cut off the proper part of the cup (not more than the whole rabbit lamp) and stick double-sided tape on the cup.

8. Stick the Moon Rabbit on the front and back of the cup and put a string on the cup.

9. Finally, put a small lamp in the cup, and the rabbit lamp will be ready!

Second, the introduction of rabbit lights

1. Rabbit lantern is an ancient traditional handicraft in China. Its production is simple, and everyone in the village can tie it, but the wonderful and exquisite "lantern-picking" has become an ancestral art in the village. The traditional folk custom of "crossing the lantern" in Tai Po originated in the Tang Dynasty. People regard rabbits as auspicious things, and wherever the rabbit lights go, it means that auspiciousness and reconciliation are transported there.

People use this mascot to greet the gods and receive blessings, which embodies the good wishes of ancient working people to pray for the blessing of the gods and look forward to the bumper harvest of crops and the prosperity of people and animals in the coming year. The color art of lanterns embodies the intelligence of the Chinese nation. It integrates abstract composition, conformal sculpture, plane painting and calligraphy, composite decoration and photodynamic mechanism, and is a comprehensive space art with strong national characteristics.