1, cut out a rectangular piece of red cardboard, and draw two horizontal lines with a pencil about 1cm away from the upper and lower sides of the cardboard. Draw several vertical lines between the two horizontal lines and divide them into equal parts.

2. Fold the cardboard along two horizontal lines, and then cut it along the vertical line with a utility knife.

3. Wrap the cut cardboard horizontally into a cylinder and seal it with glue stick or double-sided tape. The main body of the lantern is finished.

4. Cut two strips of paper with a width of about 1cm on the yellow cardboard and stick them on the upper and lower ends of the lantern body respectively.

5. Decorate them to complete the handmade lanterns.

China lanterns, also known as lanterns, are an ancient traditional handicraft of Han nationality. After thousands of years of development, lanterns have developed 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, needling and other techniques, which is closely related to the life of China people. Lantern has become a symbol of China people's happiness. Through the inheritance and development of lantern artists in past dynasties, it has formed rich and colorful varieties and superb craftsmanship.

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., in addition to which there are lanterns for people to enjoy.