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Simple handicraft course of lantern making

Handmade lanterns are made as follows:

Preparation materials: cardboard, scissors, needle and thread, double-sided tape, disposable chopsticks.

1. Fold the cardboard in half.

2. Use scissors to cut according to the picture.

3. Roll the card paper a few times, it looks very radian.

4. Open the cardboard, stick double-sided tape on one side and stick it on the other.

5. Coat the gluing drum with plastic.

6. Thread a few threads on both ends of the lantern with a needle, and tie disposable chopsticks at one end of the thread.

7. Cut the cardboard into thin strips with scissors and tie them to lanterns.

Lantern, also known as lantern color, is an ancient traditional handicraft of Han nationality in China, which originated in the Western Han Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago. Lantern combines painting art, paper cutting and other techniques, including palace lantern and gauze lantern. From the modeling point of view, there are figures, landscapes, flowers and birds, lanterns for appreciation.