Steps to make lanterns from plastic bottles are as follows:

Prepare materials such as scissors, used beverage bottles, colorful paper and related tools. Put the head-tie string through the drink bottle to fix it. Wrap the neutral pen with colorful paper and fix it with adhesive tape. Use scissors to cut out the colorful paper and attach it to the bottom of the bottle. Attach the other end of the string to the pen. Color the finished lanterns with markers.

Related knowledge of lanterns is as follows:

1. Lanterns are a special kind of decorations used to decorate the night, which can create a festive atmosphere. The history of lanterns can be traced back to China, with its early origins in the paper lanterns used in Chinese New Year celebrations, and it is also widely used in the West. Lanterns are usually made of a transparent or semi-transparent material, such as paper, metal, plastic, fabric, etc., and contain a light inside.

2. The external material can have different patterns or colors to serve as decoration. Lanterns also have many types in modern times, such as LED lanterns, crystal lanterns, aluminum lanterns, etc. Some of them can also change the color of the light to increase the decorative effect. Chinese lanterns, also collectively known as lantern colors, are an ancient traditional Han Chinese craft that originated more than 2,100 years ago during the Western Han Dynasty.

3. Every year, around the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar, people hang up red lanterns, which symbolize the meaning of reunion, to create a festive atmosphere. Later, lanterns became the symbol of Chinese celebrations, and through the inheritance and development of lantern artists through the generations, they formed a rich and colorful variety and a high level of craftsmanship.

4, Chinese lanterns and collectively known as lantern color, 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.

5. Lanterns synthesize the crafts of painting, paper-cutting, papier-maché and stitching, which are closely related to the life of Chinese people. Lanterns have become the symbol of Chinese celebrations. 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, gauze lamps, chandeliers and so on.