Steps to make a lantern with colored paper

Steps to make lanterns with colored paper are as follows:

Materials: colored paper, scissors, glue.

1, first prepare scissors, red and pink cardboard, novice need to prepare a few more.

2. Take out a piece of red cardboard and fold it in half

3. Cut the cardboard along the spine, leaving 5 centimeters at the end.

4. Roll the cardboard a few times to make it look curved.

5. Unroll the rolled cardboard and glue it together with double-sided tape to make a cylinder.

6, and then glue the cylinder down, and then slowly adjust the curvature of the paper strips by hand, the main part of the lantern is completed.

7, with a needle and thread, disposable chopsticks to the two ends of the lantern with a needle threaded on a few lines, the line to tie a knot.

8, one end of the line tied to a small wooden stick, can be used as a lantern handle.

9, and then two colors of cardboard with scissors cut into thin strips, mixed as a lantern tassel.

10.Tie the tassels to the main part of the lantern, and the lantern is finished.

The advantages of doing handicrafts

1, doing handicrafts can stimulate creativity. Handcrafting requires us to think with our hands, design and create our own work. When we create a handmade work from scratch, we think about the matching of materials, the arrangement of structure and the choice of colors, and this series of process can stimulate our creativity.

2. Doing crafts can also develop patience and concentration. Handicrafts usually require some complicated steps and skills, which require us to observe carefully and practice patiently. By practicing and trying again and again, we can improve our concentration and patience, and learn not to give up when facing difficulties.

3. Doing handicrafts can also increase our imagination and problem-solving skills. In handicrafts, we need to design and finish the work according to our creativity and imagination. When we face problems, we need to use our brains to find solutions. This kind of thinking exercise helps to improve our imagination and problem solving ability.

4. Doing handicrafts can also develop our sense of beauty and careful observation. Handicrafts usually require attention to detail and a sense of aesthetics, which requires us to carefully observe and handle details such as colors, shapes and materials. By doing handicrafts, we can improve our aesthetic ability and sensitivity to beauty.