Step 1: Prepare the required materials and tools.

Step 2: Fold the red paper in half horizontally, and cut the red paper at equal distance from the folded place with safety scissors.

Step 3: Fold a small part of the yellow drawing paper horizontally and tear it off. Roll up the remaining drawing paper along the long side and fix the opening with a stapler. You can also replace the stapler in this step with white latex or glue stick.

Step 4: Coat the two long sides of the cut red drawing paper with white latex, and roll it around the yellow straight tube as shown in the figure below.

And step five, pasting a slender red paper strip as a lantern handle, and finishing the manufacture of the small lantern.

China lanterns, also known as lanterns, are an ancient traditional handicraft of Han nationality. After thousands of years of development, lanterns have developed different regional styles, and each lantern has its own unique artistic expression. Every year around the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, people hang red lanterns symbolizing reunion to create a festive atmosphere.