How to make lanterns? What materials are needed?

1. Material preparation: bamboo strips, cotton thread, paste (glue), iron wire, gauze, candles, paper towels, bamboo shavings, scissors, etc.

Second, the production steps:

1. Put the bamboo in a steamer for half an hour, then take it out and put it in the shade to dry, but it should not be excessively dried or irradiated by strong light.

2. Use a bamboo plane to shave the rough epidermis on the bamboo surface.

3. Cutting bamboo strips with required length; This depends on the size of the lantern.

4. Weaving method completes the lamp holder in a cross way.

5. In the middle of the lamp holder, tie several bamboo rings on the lamp wall.

6. Paste (install) lanterns, first paste cotton yarn, and then paste two layers of lantern glossy paper. If there is no glossy paper, fine cotton paper will do. ) to stick cotton gauze, first brush the diluted gauze evenly on the surface of the skeleton, then gently stick the cut gauze on the lamp holder, and then brush it flat with a brush dipped in paste. It should be noted here that the brush for brushing the paste must be a clean brush, otherwise the lamp surface will be messy. At the same time, the pasted paper must be pasted without seams in order to be truly pasted.

7. Put the lanterns in a cool and ventilated place to dry.

8. draw pictures. Painting adopts the required patterns according to personal taste, such as figures, eight immortals, flowers and birds, ladies and so on.

9. After painting, decide whether to write or not according to the situation. When the characters and patterns are completely dried, they are coated with tung oil and then dried in the shade, and the lantern is finished.