Preparation materials:copy paper, double-sided tape, scissors, string.

1, prepare a square piece of copy paper. As shown in the picture below.

2.Fold the copy paper in half as shown in the picture below.

3, fold all four corners of the paper as shown below.

4, turn the paper over and fold the back corners as well, as shown in the picture below.

5. Fold the paper from the center as shown in the picture below.

6, as shown in the figure below, fold one of the corners so that a good lotus petals, and then use the same method to do 8 such petals.

7, in which the petals are glued with double-sided tape, as shown in the figure below.

8, the petals will be overlap adhesive, as shown below.

9, as shown below, the lotus flower is done.

10, on a piece of yellow paper with double-sided tape, and then use scissors to cut in the part that does not use double-sided tape, as shown below.

11, the double-sided tape will tear off the paper rolled up, as shown in the following picture.

12, the same way to make a flower center to make a tassel, as shown below.

13, as shown below. With the method of making petals to make out the base of the lotus, single after the tassel will be fixed with a rope at the bottom of the lotus leaves, in the lotus leaves on the line.

14, the lotus flower petals and flower center are fixed in the lotus leaf using double-sided tape, as shown in the figure below.

15, as shown below. Lotus lantern is done.