How to make your own lanterns, tutorials for making lanterns

There are many ways to make your own lanterns, for example, you can fold them with paper, generally speaking, you can buy the red cardboard, fold it into the shape of that lantern, and then you can paste some favorite patterns and so on.

In addition, I have learned on Douyin before, using that big Sprite bottle to make a lantern, for example, buying a large bottle of the Sprite bottle at 2:50, and then you can pour out the Sprite and smooth it along a number of thin strips, be careful not to slip off, and then you can compress the bottle a little, and tighten the bottle cap, and then paste the relevant red paper to decorate, which forms a plastic lantern, and even a small candle can be placed inside, and there will be some light.

1.Prepare 12 pieces of square colored paper, colored ropes, etc.

2.Take a piece of colored paper, fold it diagonally, open it and fold it diagonally to make a cross.

3.The two corners are folded inward, and the opposite is folded inward. Fold in half, open in half, and fold inward on both sides. Open and fold the two corners inward according to the trace. Both sides plug in each other and am finished. 1.Prepare 12 pieces of square colored paper, colored ropes, etc.

2.Take a piece of colored paper, fold it diagonally, open it and fold it diagonally to make a cross.

3.The two corners are folded inward, and the opposite is folded inward. Fold in half, open in half, and fold inward on both sides. Open and fold the two corners inward according to the trace. Both sides plug in each other and am finished. 1.Prepare 12 pieces of square colored paper, colored ropes, etc.

2.Take a piece of colored paper, fold it diagonally, open it and fold it diagonally to make a cross.

3.The two corners are folded inward, and the opposite is folded inward. Fold in half, open in half, and fold inward on both sides. Open and fold the two corners inward according to the trace. Both sides plug in each other and am finished.

The tutorial for making a lantern is as follows:

Prepare tools: 2 sheets of colored cardboard, scissors, solid glue or double-sided tape, pencils, rulers, utility knives.

Production steps: 1. First find a piece of hard red paper as the roll paper bucket material, and then find two pieces of red paper, which are larger than the paper tube or more than 20 cm long.

2. Fold the cardboard into a cylinder, and staple the two ends of the cylinder with staples or glue. The circumference of the paper tube should be less than the width of the tissue paper.

3. Fold both ends of the width of the two sheets of tissue paper (with a slight imprint or draw a straight line with a pencil), and then use scissors or a paper cutter to cut the middle of the tissue paper into strips about 1 cm wide, and cut them to the imprint folded at both ends, do not cut through.

4. Then stick one end of the cut tissue paper to one end of the paper tube with glue or staples, and the two pieces of paper should be wound around the paper tube. The same is true at the other end.

5. Tie small holes at both ends of the paper tube with a sharp needle, tie a rope carrying a lantern at one end, and tie a red lamp spike at the other end.

Precautions: When making paper lanterns, whether it is paper cutting or paper cutting, you need to fold the traces, but do not fold the traces of the orange pick, and the imprint is not obvious, otherwise it will affect the appearance. In addition, the middle paper tube can be used a little harder advertising paper or other packaging paper, which is better for waste utilization.

Care must be taken during the production process so that your hands cannot be cut by scissors, and the made lanterns need to be handled with care.

Here's how to make your own lanterns:

Method 1: 1. First make the black cardboard into a triangular shape, and then coat the finished cardboard with white latex.

2. Next, paste the hard cardboard coated with white latex on the hexagonal wrapping paper, and use the same method to make four.

Method 2: 1. Simple lantern method: If you can't make the "big guys" sold on the street, and you can't find any materials such as steel wires and steel plates, then use bamboo, rice paper, pen and ink to make a simple paper lantern.

The materials and process of making paper lanterns are very simple, so you can design your favorite patterns and patterns, and add a lot of fun to the festival. The first step is to make a skeleton. The relatively simple shape of a paper lantern is a cube or cylinder, and it is best to use bamboo branches or bamboo bark that can be bent to form a frame, and tie the joints with thin wires.

If you can't find it, you can also use slender strips of cardboard and bamboo skewers for barbecue, which will lack firmness and flexibility, but they are also very good decoration for the interior.

2. The second step is to make the lamp body. Buy a few pieces of white or red ordinary rice paper or sprinkle gold rice paper at the Four Treasures of the Study, cut them to the length and width of the lantern skeleton, and then you can design your own patterns. Calligraphy, painting, and paper-cutting can all be displayed on a small lantern.

After pasting, you can also use narrow strips of imitation silk paper to edge up and down, which looks more elegant, much like an ancient palace lamp. If you are not very good at calligraphy and painting, there is a simple way to refer to it. Use a piece of tissue paper to trace the desired character on the notebook, then overlap the tissue paper with crimson rice paper, and use a single-edged blade to dig out the handwriting.

When the tissue paper is removed, hollowed-out handwriting appears on the red rice paper. The body of the lamp is made of white rice paper, and the red rice paper is pasted inside, and the candlelight or light is reflected from the hollow, and the effect is quite beautiful.

3. The third step is to make a light source. If you put it indoors, you only need to light a regular candle in a lantern; If you want to carry it out, it's best to make a simple circuit with a light bulb and a battery. It may look a little rough, but lighting your own handmade lantern during the Lantern Festival will definitely have a different flavor.

It's easy to do this with lanterns:

Color-edged lanterns: 1Take the A4 white paper and fold it into a small rectangular paper along the center line of the short side, and mark the short side with a ruler 2cm away from the long side and mark it with a pencil to form a straight line.

2.Mark the position with a pencil from one end of the line at 1cm intervals to the other end.

3.The folded edges are sequentially marked with a pencil at 1 cm intervals from the same 1 end to the other end.

4.Connect 2 horizontal dots in the same vertical position with a pencil to form a straight line.

5.Take 1 wide brown ribbon, align the crease edges and paste it, and then cut it into strips in a vertical line with scissors.

6.After origami, paste two 2 cm wide brown ribbons on the top and bottom sides of the origami.

7.Take 1 piece of A4 white paper, mark it with a pencil at 2cm on the short side, and then cut the narrow strip of paper with scissors along the straight line.

8.After cutting a 2cm rectangle of paper and coating it with glue along the long edge, paste the strip of colored edge paper on the edge of the white rectangular paper to form an arched origami mountain brother.

9.The arched origami is curled into a cylindrical shape, and the two short sides are firmly stapled with a stapler, and the main body of the color-edged lantern is ready.

10.A narrow rectangular paper strip 2 cm wide is coated with glue at both ends and glued to the inside of the lantern mouth to make a rounded handle.

Cut-out flower basket lantern:

After the white paper is folded along the center line of the short side, the scissors are cut from the short side 1 side to the other side at 1cm intervals along the fold edge.

2.Origami, apply glue to the first strip of paper on the right, roll it into a cylinder and stick it to the first strip of paper on the left, and press down the cylindrical origami into the shape of a flower basket.

3.Take 1 long strip of paper, cover the short side with glue, and stick it to the inside of the basket-shaped lantern mouth, and the other end is also glued to the inside of the lantern mouth.