The tutorial for making lanterns by hand is as follows:

1. How to make lanterns by hand.

1. Material selection: You can choose iron wire, small plastic tubes (straws for drinking drinks) or bamboo strips, colored paper or rice paper, etc.

2. Cutting: Cut the straw or bamboo strips to the required length, depending on the size of the lantern. If you use wire, you can directly fold it into the shape you like.

3. Tie the frame: Use single-sided tape to tie the intercepted materials into the frame of the lantern.

4. Make the lamp body: Use colored paper, rice paper or gold-sprinkled rice paper, cut it to the length and width of the lantern frame, and then you can design the pattern yourself. Calligraphy, painting, and paper-cutting are all acceptable. After pasting, you can also use narrow strips of imitation silk paper to border the upper and lower sides to make it look more elegant, much like an ancient palace lantern.

5. If you are not good at calligraphy and painting, you can find some paper-cut patterns you like, trace them on a copybook with a piece of tissue paper, then carve them out with scissors or a knife, and use white rice paper to make the lamp body. After pasting the paper-cut pattern, candlelight or lights are reflected from the hollows, and the effect is quite beautiful.

2. How to make lanterns from cardboard.

1. Material selection: Use colored cardboard, usually red and yellow, and cut pieces of paper of appropriate size.

2. Carving: Carve your favorite pattern on cardboard.

3. Shaping: Fold the carved cardboard into square, hexagonal, etc. shapes as needed.

4. Install lights: Find a small lamp bead (or LED light), connect it to the battery and switch, and you're done.