How to make beautiful lanterns

Lanterns are made as follows:

Prepared materials: paper cups, double-sided tape, scissors, wool.

1, first of all use scissors to paper cups above the raised circle to cut off.

2, and then cut the paper cups into long strips of uniform thickness.

3, then trim the top of the paper cups and cut out small triangles.

4. Invert the cups and flatten them.

5, then prepare another paper cup, cut off the bottom of it, wrap a circle of double-sided tape.

6, tear off the double-sided tape and then stick it to the small triangle just cut, be sure to stick.

7, and then just cut off the bottom of the paper cups cut down a circle of paper cups, double-sided tape on the inside.

8, the circle of paper cups cut off the tear off the double-sided tape on the outside of the triangle, again to stick firmly.

9, are completed after the hand gently press down the paper lantern so that it can be molded.

10, the best we use scissors to poke a small hole in the bottom of the lantern.

11, cut the wool into lengths of the same size, and then tied together in a knot, stuffed into the small hole, the lantern is complete.

Chinese lanterns, also collectively known as lanterns, is an ancient Chinese traditional crafts. Originating more than 2,000 years ago in the Western Han Dynasty, around the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar every year, people hung up red lanterns to symbolize the meaning of reunion to create a festive atmosphere. Later, the lantern became a symbol of festivity for the Chinese.

After successive generations of lantern artists inheritance and development, the formation of colorful varieties and high level of craftsmanship. From the type: palace lanterns, lanterns, chandeliers and so on. From the stylistic points, there are figures, landscapes, birds and flowers, dragons and phoenixes, fish and insects, and so on, in addition to the horse lanterns are designed for people to enjoy.