Lanterns how to do handmade kindergarten

Here's how to make a lantern do-it-yourself craft:

Give the colored paper a rough size comparison on a paper cup. Cut out the excess. Using a pen than a ruler, draw multiple vertical lines on the paper that are parallel and a certain distance apart. After drawing, use a knife to cut out the vertical lines.

Glue the cut paper to the cup. Take the remaining colored paper and fold it in half. Fold the sides against the center line a second time and then fold in half again. Tape the ends with tape. Simply tape the long strip to the sides of the cup.

Chinese lanterns, also collectively known as lantern colors, are an ancient traditional Han craft. After thousands of years of development, lanterns have developed different regional styles, each with a unique 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.

Lanterns, is a cage-shaped lamps. Its outer layer of thin gimlets or wire and other skeleton, and masked with paper or gauze and other transparent things, inside the light candle. For lighting, decoration or play. Lanterns synthesize the painting, paper-cutting, papier-maché, stitching and other crafts, and the Chinese people's lives are closely linked to the temple, the living room, everywhere there is the figure of the lantern.