The creative manual method of turning waste products into lanterns requires 8 steps.

Pastry box lantern: Preparation tools: two pastry inner boxes, Chinese knots, scissors, scissors, red envelopes (or red paper), small stickers (or colored paper), and tape.

Step one: piercing.

Poke a small hole in the middle of the two pastry boxes. Use scissors or a sharp object to poke a hole. However, if you use a needle to poke a small hole, it will be too small. , it is impossible to proceed to the next step.

Step two: tie the Chinese knot.

Put the Chinese knot rope through the hole you just poked. Note that the Chinese knot knot should be outside the inner box. Do not close the Chinese knot inside the lantern.

Step 3: Tie the knot.

In order to fix the Chinese knot, we need to tie a knot on the rope on the inside of the pastry box, so that it will not fall apart when lifted.

Step 4: Put on the other half.

Connect the other pastry box with holes punched in it to the pastry box that has just been passed through the Chinese knot, and fix it with tape. If you want it to look beautiful, you can use patterned tape or wrap it around with colored paper. Remember Thread the Chinese knot string through the other pastry box.

Step 5: Tie the knot.

Tie a small dead knot on a section of the Chinese knotted rope that is threaded through.

Step 6: Make tassels.

Spread out the red envelope or red paper and cut it as shown in the picture. It is best to cut these small whiskers thinner to be more delicate. Note that these small whiskers cannot be cut short, and the upper position is better. Leave a fifth of the area uncut. Attach the tassel to the knotted end of the Chinese knot.

Step 7: Decorate.

You can use your favorite small stickers to stick on the mooncake inner box, or you can cut out your favorite patterns on colored paper according to your own preferences and stick them on the mooncake inner box. Remember not to use too many to look fancy. On the contrary, it doesn't look that good.

Step 8: Complete.

Lift up the Chinese knot, and a beautiful little cake box lantern is ready.