Tools and materials you need to prepare: cardboard, paper tube, ribbon, white latex, ruler, brush, art knife and scissors.

Step 1: Paste the paper tube with yellow paper, or brush it with yellow pigment.

Step 2: Take a piece of orange and black cardboard and cut it alternately with a utility knife and a ruler. As shown below

Step 3: Fold the head and tail in half, and then apply white latex. The following figure

Step 4: Apply white latex to the head and tail of the paper tube and paste the cut cardboard.

Step 5: Needle two opposite holes at the top for piercing the handle.

Step 6: Finally, put on the handle.

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Chinese lantern

Paper lantern is a common traditional folk handicraft. Lanterns made of paper have names, and it can be seen that the main raw material is paper. The decorative effect of paper lanterns is better than its lighting effect. We usually use paper lanterns for viewing or decoration to add festive atmosphere.

Lantern is a kind of cage lamp. It is a very old folk handicraft. Its outer layer is mostly made of thin strips or iron wires, and covered with transparent things such as paper or yarn, and internal combustion lamps and candles. For lighting, decoration or enjoyment.

Lanterns in China, also known as lanterns, originated in the Western Han Dynasty more than 1800 years ago. Every year around the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, people hang red lanterns symbolizing reunion to create a festive atmosphere. Later, lanterns became a symbol of China people's happiness. Through the inheritance and development of lantern artists in past dynasties, it has formed rich and colorful varieties and superb craftsmanship. There are palace lanterns, gauze lanterns, chandeliers and so on. From the modeling point of view, there are figures, landscapes, flowers and birds, dragons and phoenixes, fish and insects, etc., in addition to which there are lanterns for people to enjoy.

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