Making handmade lanterns with red packets tutorial is as follows:

Materials Preparation: 5 red packets, stapler, red and yellow two square colored paper

1, first five red packets of paper folded in half, and also do not have a too deep marks.

2, use a ruler to align the lower corners of the red envelope, and then turn up one corner to fold inward, and the other side as well, all four corners folded like this.

3. Then staple all five red envelopes together into a cylinder.

4, and then take out the red and yellow two square colored paper, make a stick and a rope. The stick is glued with double-sided tape and inserted into the lantern.

5, and finally do the whiskers below, use two square pieces of colored paper instead, colored paper folded in half, and then use scissors to cut the whiskers below.

6, then use a red square of paper to make a rope.

7, and then wrapped up, red colored paper made of rope rolled up, and then stick a layer of double-sided tape in the whiskers, and then insert the rope into the bottom of the lantern, it is done.

Introduction of lanterns:

Chinese lanterns, also collectively known as lanterns, is an ancient traditional Han crafts. After thousands of years of development, lanterns have developed different regional styles, each with a unique form of artistic expression. Every year around the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar, people hang up red lanterns symbolizing reunion to create a festive atmosphere.

Lanterns synthesize the crafts of painting, paper-cutting, papier-maché and sewing, and are closely linked to the lives of Chinese people. Lanterns have become a symbol of festivity for Chinese people. Through successive generations of lantern artists inheritance and development, the formation of colorful varieties and high level of craftsmanship. From the types of lanterns: palace lanterns, lanterns, chandeliers and so on. From the stylistic points, there are figures, landscapes, birds and flowers, dragons and phoenixes, fish and insects, etc., in addition to the horse lanterns for people to enjoy.