How to make lanterns by hand is simple and beautiful?

Making lanterns is simple and beautiful.

I. Tools/raw materials

Two pieces of paper with different colors, a ruler, a pair of scissors, a tool knife, a glue stick (or glue) and a pencil.

Two. Methods/steps

1. First, we need to prepare these tools, including two pieces of paper with different colors, a ruler, a pair of scissors, a tool knife, a glue stick (or glue) and a pencil, as shown in the following figure:

2. Then, draw a straight line on the yellow paper with a ruler. The distance from this straight line to the paper edge is 1.5 cm. As shown in the figure:

3. Just cut it with scissors. As shown in the figure:

Then put the cut paper aside and use it later. Now we're going to take out another piece of paper and fold the two long sides into a strip with a width of 1.5 cm. (Note: One side of the paper is required here, and the middle of both sides is folded in half). After folding, it will appear as follows:

Draw such a straight line on the paper with a ruler. The width between rows is 1.5, and the line length is the length after folding. draw

6. Then put the ruler on the drawn line and cut it with a tool knife. (Note: 1.5 You can cut the creased inside, only the middle part. ) as shown in the figure:

7. Wait until all cut, only the middle is broken and the two sides are still intact. So the lights will cover us, and we will be ready. As shown in the figure:

8. Put the finished lampshade aside first, then take out the newly cut paper and draw a straight line with the width of 1.5cm on it. As shown in the figure:

9. Then apply a glue stick to the line width of 1.5cm and stick the paper into a tube. Complete as shown in the figure:

10. Then, apply glue on both sides of the lampshade, with the crease 1.5cm wide, and stick the lampshade on the straight pipe, with both sides aligned with both sides of the straight pipe. The completion is as shown in the figure:

1 1. At this time, you need a piece of paper with the width of 1.5 cm that just came down. Draw a range of 1.5 cm on both sides like Bian Xiao, and then stick a glue stick on the inside of the lantern, so that we can hang the lantern. As shown in the figure:

China Lantern, also known as Lantern, is an ancient traditional handicraft of Han nationality. After thousands of years of development, lanterns have formed different regional styles, and each lantern has its own unique artistic expression. Every year around the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, people hang red lanterns symbolizing reunion to create a festive atmosphere.