What are the steps required to make a handmade tool? The following is the relevant information I collected, for your reference only!

Material preparation: rice paper, some wooden chopsticks, tape/rope, glue stick, colored paper, thin thread

Production steps:

The first step is to use the prepared wooden chopsticks to build a wooden stand composed of 12 chopsticks. You can first make two squares, and then use four chopsticks in the middle of the two directions as the four supporting columns of the lantern. You can use rope or tape to fix it when making it. Remember to leave a little extra edge for adjustment.

If it is tied with rope, remember to burn the knotted area with fire after tying the braided rope to prevent it from unraveling.

In the second step, use five pieces of rice paper and glue to stick the four sides and bottom of the lantern.

The third step, the crucial step, is decoration. What I used here was a simple drawing of a small fish, and then cut it out as a decoration. You can also put stickers on your favorite characters, or use red paper cutouts. Finally, you can use a Chinese knot, which will be very beautiful.

Step 4: Finally, use string to connect the four corners of the lantern to make a hanging rope, and the lantern is ready.

Parent-child handmade lantern making experience

It’s winter vacation, and the teacher asked us to make a unique lantern to celebrate the arrival of the Year of the Sheep. .

First of all, the materials for making lanterns include: colored paper, oil pastels, tassels, double-sided tape, knife, red ribbon, etc. We first leave 3 cm on each side of the cardboard, draw a number of parallel lines into equal parts, and then cut it with a knife. Then, roll the cardboard to make it arc-shaped, stick it together, and cut the scraps into thin strips to make fringes. Cut two more identical circles to make a chassis. Drill a small hole in the center of the chassis. Tie a red ribbon on one of the holes to hang a lantern. Tie a beautiful tassel on the other hole. , as decoration. The lantern body has gradually taken shape, and I put cute stickers of sheep on the left and right sides of the lantern to express the joy of "sheep"; I wrote the word "福" in block letters in the middle of the lantern body, which means blessings in the Year of the Sheep! As if I had cast a spell on the lantern, it suddenly became alive. In order to make the lantern more festive, I painted the bottom of the lantern full of flourishing flowers, as if there are bright flowers everywhere in the New Year! In this way, the lantern came alive in front of me, and the lantern was finally completed.

Novel small productions can not only cultivate our ability to use our hands and brains, but also expand our imagination, cultivate our sentiments, and make our after-school life more colorful.