Handmade small lanterns are as follows:

Tools: colored paper, ruler, knife, double-sided tape.

1, first prepare a rectangular colored paper.

2, use a ruler to draw a center line on the colored paper.

3. Draw a number of equal dots on the line.

4. And use the ruler to draw straight lines along the dots.

5. Use a knife to cut the paper along the drawn center line.

6. Cut out another long strip.

7, continue to cut along the drawn straight line, being careful not to cross the ends.

8, Put double-sided tape on both sides of the remaining colored paper.

9, two pieces of colored paper on both sides pasted together.

10, stick the excess part of the bottom confetti with double-sided tape.

11, and glue the two ends together.

12, the shape of the lantern will come out.

13: Glue a long strip on the top of the lantern.

14, beautiful handmade lanterns are made.

Chinese lanterns are also collectively known as lanterns

It is an ancient traditional Han crafts. After thousands of years of development, lanterns have developed different regional styles, each with a unique artistic expression. Every year around the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar, people hang up red lanterns symbolizing the meaning of reunion to create a festive atmosphere.

Lanterns synthesize the crafts of painting, paper-cutting, papier-maché and embroidery, and are closely linked to the lives of Chinese people.

Lanterns have become a symbol of festivity for Chinese people. Through successive generations of lantern artists inheritance and development, the formation of colorful varieties and high level of craftsmanship. From the types: palace lanterns, gauze lanterns, chandeliers and so on. From the stylistic points, there are figures, landscapes, birds and flowers, dragons and phoenixes, fish and insects, etc., in addition to the horse lanterns for people to enjoy.