1. required materials: colored paper or red and yellow paper. Scissors. Glue or double-sided tape. Line or line. A colored pen or pencil. Ruler. Button cell LED light (optional). A ring made of steel wire or metal.

2. Choose color and paper: Choose the color of colored paper according to your own preferences and themes. Traditional Mid-Autumn Festival lanterns are usually red or yellow, but you can choose other colors according to your personal preference. Make sure the paper is strong enough to make lanterns.

3. Make the bottom of the lantern: choose a piece of colored paper and cut out a square or rectangular bottom, which will become the main body of your lantern. The size of this bottom can be changed according to your needs, generally between 10x 10 inch (25x25 cm) and 20x20 inch (50x50 cm).

4. bottom design and decoration: draw Mid-Autumn Festival patterns at the bottom with colored pens or colored pens, such as rabbits, moons and osmanthus flowers. You can also decorate the lanterns with stickers to make them more themed. If you want to light lanterns at night, you can consider designing windows or openings at the bottom to accommodate small LED lights.

5. Make the upper and lower rings of lanterns: Choose another piece of colored paper to make the upper and lower rings of lanterns. Cut a long strip about 1-2 inches (2.5-5 cm) wide and long enough to bypass the bottom edge. This will become the bottom ring. Make an upper ring similar to the bottom ring.

6. Install the bottom ring and make the upper ring: fix the bottom ring on the bottom edge with glue or double-sided tape. The upper ring and the bottom ring are made of colored paper.

7. Install the upper ring and add a lifting rope: cover the upper ring with glue or double-sided tape above the bottom ring to ensure that they are aligned. Cut a small hole on each side of the upper ring with scissors. Pass rope or thread through these holes, and then tie them together to hang lanterns.

Making ancient lanterns in Mid-Autumn Festival has rich cultural significance and traditional value.

1. Inheriting culture: Making ancient lanterns in Mid-Autumn Festival is a part of traditional Chinese handicrafts. Pass on the ancient culture through traditional skills and crafts, so that future generations can understand and respect their own cultural heritage. Symbol of reunion: Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional reunion festival in China, and ancient lanterns symbolize family reunion and harmony.

2. Enjoy the beauty: Ancient French lanterns usually have exquisite appearance and decorative patterns. The production process itself is an artistic creation and aesthetic enjoyment, and it also provides people with pleasing decorative items.

3. Make a wish and pray: In the Mid-Autumn Festival, people often write their wishes and wishes on lanterns, and then fly them, which means sending their hopes and wishes to the sky, expecting to realize their wishes.

4. Socialization: Making lanterns is often a social activity, and family members or community residents can participate together to enhance interaction and friendship. Making ancient lanterns in Mid-Autumn Festival is not only a handicraft art, but also a symbol of cultural inheritance, emotional expression and reunion, which has profound cultural significance and interpersonal value.