How to make red envelope lanterns is simple by hand.

How to make lanterns with red envelopes is as follows:

Tools: Prepare red envelopes, red needle and thread, 1 piece of red rectangular paper. If there is no red envelope, you can use red cardboard instead.

1. Cut the red envelope into red envelope strips with scissors, each with the same width. Then pick up the vertical bars with patterns on both sides and throw them away, leaving 12 vertical bars for later use.

2. Cut the red rectangular paper into vertical strips as shown below, be careful not to cut it on it, and then roll up the cut rectangle to make the ear head.

3. Thread the nail head with a red thread, and then tie a knot about 4 cm above it to fix the lantern strip.

4. Thread the 12 lantern strips in turn (with the patterned side facing up), and then tie a knot at the top.

5. Then, put on the lamp strips in turn with red lines and press them into a semicircle, and then tie them at the top to fix them.

6. Finally, pass the remaining red thread through the top lantern strip, leave it on the hanging line about 10 cm above the lantern, tie it tightly and fix it, and cut off the excess length to complete the round lantern.

Introduction of lanterns

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.

Lantern is a combination of painting, paper-cutting, paper binding, acupuncture and other technologies, which is closely related to people's lives in China. Lanterns have become a symbol of happiness for the people of China. Through the inheritance and development of lantern artists in past dynasties, colorful varieties and exquisite craftsmanship have been formed.

There are palace lanterns, gauze lanterns, chandeliers and so on. From the modeling point of view, there are figures, landscapes, flowers and birds, dragons and phoenixes, fish and insects, etc. Besides, there are lanterns for people to enjoy.