The detailed steps for making lanterns from waste materials are as follows:

1. Paper-cut lanterns

1. Preparation materials: 1 piece each of red and yellow drawing paper, safety scissors 1, 1 stapler, 1 white latex or glue stick, and 1 red hair root.

2. Fold the red paper in half horizontally, and use safety scissors to cut the red paper at equal distances from the fold.

3. Fold a small portion of the yellow drawing paper horizontally and tear it off. Roll up the remaining drawing paper along the long side. The teacher or parent uses a stapler to fix the opening. To make it easier for children to operate, the stapler in this step can also be replaced with white latex or a glue stick.

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 picture below.

5. Paste the slender red paper strips to make the lantern handle, and the colored paper lantern is completed.

2. Paper cup lanterns

1. Preparation materials: 2 disposable tissue cups, 1 safety scissors, 1 ballpoint pen, 1 white latex or glue stick, 1 red hair root root and several watercolor pens.

2. Then draw strips around the paper cups and divide them evenly.

3. The next step is to beautify the cup and give it a pointy shape. This is the rough outline of the finished product.

4. Then cut off the bottom of another prepared disposable cup, and then use double-sided tape to paste the bottom part in the direction of the sharp corner in the picture above.

5. Then cut a circle around the cup with the bottom cut off, and stick the cut circle of disposable paper cups to the lantern with double-sided tape.

6. The hand-made lantern is almost complete and looks presentable.