How to make a lantern handmade children's handmade

How to make a lantern craft for children's handmade is as follows:

1, cut out a rectangular piece of cardboard, and at each end of the rectangle, draw a line one centimeter wide with a ruler and a pen, which is the top and bottom edges of the lantern.

2. On the cardboard between the two lines, use a ruler and pen to draw lines one centimeter wide, which is the skeleton part of the lantern.

3, use a knife to cut the lines drawn in the paper one by one, fold back the two lines drawn at the beginning with force, make creases and then unfold them.

4, bend the ends of the cardboard, put the two ends together, stick double-sided tape on one of the sides, glue the two ends, and then press down with your hand, you can clearly see the shape of the lantern.

Lanterns, also known as lantern colors, are ancient Chinese traditional Han crafts that originated more than 2,000 years ago during the Western Han Dynasty. Lanterns synthesize the art of painting, paper-cutting and other crafts, there are palace lanterns, gauze lanterns and other types, from the stylistic point of view, there are figures, landscapes, birds and flowers, etc., as well as horse lanterns, which are designed for enjoyment.

Every year around the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar, people hang up red lanterns to symbolize the meaning of reunion, to create a festive atmosphere. Lanterns are associated with gods, so they are also endowed with many symbolic meanings. In ancient times, in order to expel the fear of darkness, so the lanterns were derived to have the meaning of exorcism and pray for light.