How to make small lanterns is simple and beautiful as follows:
Materials and tools: red a4 paper, yellow a4 paper, double-sided tape, ruler, knife, scissors and rope.
1. First, cut the red a4 paper from the middle, fold half of it up and down to about 1cm, and stick double-sided tape on the folded place.
2. Then use a knife to draw on the red paper every 5 mm. The more accurate the drawing, the better. After drawing, put it aside for use.
3. Then cut the yellow paper into a rectangle with a width of 11cm, stick double-sided tape on one side of the rectangle and roll it into a barrel.
4. Tear off the double-sided tape on the red paper, align the edge of the red paper with the cylinder, and stick the double-sided tape on the upper and lower sides of the cylinder.
5. Next, cut the remaining red paper into a 5cm rectangle, fold it at the top 1cm, stick double-sided tape on it, and cut out the lantern ear.
6. Then roll the ear of the lantern on the rope, make the top and bottom of the lantern with two 6cm yellow squares, and pass the ear of the lantern through the bottom of the lantern.
7. Finally, put on the lantern and glue the bottom of the lantern, then pass through the top of the lantern and glue the top.
Simple and beautiful lantern course:
1. Take a piece of 7.5cm*7.5cm square paper, fold a pair of opposite sides in half along the center line, and then fold them in half again along the center line.
2. Fold in half along a diagonal line, then draw a semicircle on it with a pen, and then cut it out with scissors to get four folded semicircles; Take two pieces of 7.5cm*7.5cm square paper and fold them into eight semicircles, with ***12 pieces.
3. Take 7.5cm*3.75cm rectangular paper and two 7.5cm*.4cm rectangular paper strips, and stick the two rectangular paper strips on the upper and lower edges of the rectangular paper respectively.
4. Paste the 12 cut semicircles in the middle of the rectangular paper in turn, then paste the ends with glue stick to form a cylinder, and then stir the semicircles apart.
5. Paint glue stick on both ends of a 7.5cm*.4cm rectangular piece of paper and stick it on both ends of the side above the lantern.
6. Roll the remaining 7.5cm*7.5cm square paper into a cylinder, then coat one end with glue stick and stick it in the middle of the rectangular paper strip in step 5; At this time, a three-dimensional red lantern is folded and can be used by hand.
Origin of lanterns:
China lanterns, also called 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.