1, toothpick, crepe paper, glue gun, Chinese knot, scissors, glue stick.

2. Make six squares with toothpicks, four of which are glued as shown in the figure.

3. Fix the remaining two squares at the upper and lower ends respectively. Stick red crepe paper on the side of the square, stick five pieces, and leave one mouth as a lantern.

4. Replace the remaining 8 triangles with orange crepe paper, and finish.

Colourful lights and lanterns are used for:

Colored lanterns, lanterns, also known as lanterns. Lantern is a traditional folk handicraft originated in China. In ancient times, its main function was lighting. Paper or silk was used as the outer skin of the lantern, and the skeleton was usually made of bamboo or wood strips with candles or light bulbs in the middle, which became a lighting tool. Influenced by Chinese culture, lanterns are also quite common items in temples in Asian Chinese areas and many countries.

Colored lanterns and lanterns are the products of ancient traditional culture in China, which have both life functions and artistic characteristics. Lantern is an important entertainment culture of the Chinese nation for thousands of years. It rewards God and entertains people. It not only has the function of "Nuo Opera" to reward God, but also has the value of entertaining people. In modern society, it is hung more than festivals such as Spring Festival and Lantern Festival, adding luster to the festive days and praying for peace.

What are the Lantern Festival lanterns?

Lantern lanterns are usually divided into chandeliers, seat lamps, wall lamps and lantern lanterns.

It is a comprehensive handicraft made of bamboo, silk, bright ball, Yu Pei, silk ear, feather, shell and other materials, which are colored, pasted, braided, embroidered and carved, and decorated with paper-cutting, calligraphy and painting, poetry and so on. It is also a traditional folk handicraft in China.

China Lantern is a comprehensive art made of various techniques, crafts, decorative techniques and materials. There are many kinds of lanterns, including dragon lanterns, palace lanterns, gauze lanterns, flower blue lanterns, dragon and phoenix lanterns, corner lanterns, tree lanterns, fireworks lanterns and mushroom lanterns, and their shapes are round, square, cylindrical and polygonal. Dragon Lantern, also known as "Dragon Dance", is one of the folk lighting and dance forms in China, which is popular in many places in China.

There is a dragon head in front of the dragon lantern, and the number of joints in the middle of the body varies, but it is generally singular, and there is a stick under each joint for support. Those who burn candles in each section are called "Dragon Lantern", and those who don't burn candles are called "Bulong". During the dance, one person plays the dragon with colored beads, and the faucet rotates with the beads. Many other people each hold a section to accompany them, tilt up and down, turn left and right, and cooperate with gongs and drums, which is very spectacular.