How to make a lantern out of paper

The steps to make a lantern from paper are as follows:

1, fold the red paper horizontally in half, and use safety scissors to cut the red paper at equal distances from the fold.

2, fold a small portion of the yellow drawing paper horizontally and tear it off, roll up the rest of the drawing paper along the long edge and fix the opening with a stapler. Note: You can also replace the staples in this step with white latex or glue sticks.

3. Coat both long edges of the cut red paper with white latex and roll it up around the yellow straight tube as shown in the photo below.

4, paste a thin strip of red paper to make a lantern handle, confetti lanterns on the production is complete.

Chinese lanterns and collectively known as lanterns, is an ancient traditional Han crafts. After thousands of years of development, lanterns have developed different regional styles, each lantern has a unique form of artistic expression. Every year around the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar, people hang up red lanterns symbolizing reunion to create a festive atmosphere.

Lanterns synthesize the crafts of painting, paper-cutting, papier-maché and sewing, and are closely linked to the lives of Chinese people. Lanterns have become a symbol of festivity for Chinese people. After generations of lantern artists inheritance and development, formed a colorful varieties and high level of craftsmanship.

From the types of lanterns: palace lanterns, lanterns, chandeliers and so on. From the modeling points, there are figures, landscapes, birds and flowers, dragons and phoenixes, fish and insects, etc., in addition to the horse lanterns for people to enjoy.