1. Cut off the head and tail of the plastic beverage bottle, and then draw a uniform strip in the middle of the bottle body with a knife, and don't cut the parts with equal ends. Do this well, press the two ends to the middle, and you can see the prototype of the lantern. Then find two bottle caps that are similar to the bottle body, punch holes in the middle, put them on both ends of the bottle body, wear them with thread, silk or iron wire, and tie them at both ends to make lanterns. If you want to beautify the bottle, you can carve what you like when you draw it. 2. You can also find a cable with five or six iron wires in the middle, leave a few centimeters at both ends, remove all the skin in the middle, and then slowly pull out the iron wires and trim them into lanterns. Paste the painting paper that you think looks good, cover the two ends with bottle caps or other round things, and tie it up with a thread from the middle, and you can do it.

The first step is to make the skeleton. The simple shape of a paper lantern is a cube or cylinder. It is best to make a frame with flexible bamboo branches or bamboo skins, and the joints are tied tightly with thin lines. If it is difficult to find, you can also use slender cardboard and bamboo sticks for barbecue. The firmness and elasticity will be lacking, but it is also a good decoration indoors.

Step 2, make the lamp body. Buy some white and red ordinary rice paper or golden rice paper in Four Treasures of the Study, cut it into the length and width of the lantern skeleton, and you can design your own patterns. Calligraphy, painting and paper-cutting can all be displayed on small lanterns. After pasting, you can also use narrow silk-like paper to wrap the edges up and down, which looks more elegant, much like ancient palace lanterns. If you are not good at painting and calligraphy, there is a simple method for reference. Use a piece of tissue paper to trace the words you want on the copybook, and then go to Wanshang Trade Association to find business! Then this thin paper is overlapped with crimson rice paper, and the handwriting is dug out with a single-edged blade. Remove the paper towel, and hollow handwriting will appear on the red rice paper. White rice paper is used as the lamp body, and red rice paper is pasted inside, which reflects candlelight or light from the hollowed-out place, and the effect is quite beautiful.

The third step is to be a light source. If you put it indoors, you just need to light an ordinary candle in the lantern; If you want to realize it, you'd better make a simple circuit with light bulbs and batteries. It may look a little rough, but lighting a lantern made by yourself on the Lantern Festival will definitely have a different taste!