How to make your own lantern:

Step 1: Prepare materials.

First of all, you need to prepare some hard cardboard, these cardboard can be bought inside the stationery store, you can buy white cardboard and color it yourself after you make a good lantern, or you can just buy colorful cardboard, so that the lantern you make will be colorful.

Then prepare a pair of scissors, scissors can choose to cut paper special scissors, such scissors will not accidentally hurt the child. Of course, there is also double-sided tape or glue for crafts.

Step 2: Start making.

First, cut the cardboard into a strip, then cut out a small strip of cardboard, roll it into a circle, use double-sided tape or glue to stick it up, make the head and tail of the lantern, stick the cardboard in a circle and that's the easy cardboard handmade lantern. Once done and then simply decorated, a beautiful simple lantern is completed.

Morals of lanterns:

Lanterns symbolize reunion, red-hot. Lanterns are also collectively known as lanterns, lanterns originated more than 1800 years ago in the Western Han Dynasty, in the past the conditions of the family will hang lanterns, usually during the Spring Festival, Lantern Festival.

Lanterns are closely linked to Chinese life, with lanterns in temples and living rooms everywhere. People hang up red lanterns, which symbolize reunion, to create a festive atmosphere. Later on, red lanterns became the symbol of Chinese celebrations.