For Chinese New Year, one of the main attributes is a flashlight, which can be made in a matter of minutes.
How to make a Chinese lantern: step by step instructions with photos / Photo: Pinterest, Collage: Today
Do you want to celebrate the Chinese New Year 2022 with all the rules? Well, almost according to the rules. Anyway, you can decorate the room burning Chinese lanterns
with live fire – it’s so symbolic!
To make such a New Year’s attribute is very simple and fast. stock up colored paper and candle-tablet
. And an empty plastic bottle can be found in every home.
How to make a Chinese lantern: life hack
- How to make a Chinese lantern: step 1.
How to make a Chinese lantern / Photo: pinterest
Take a plastic bottle and carefully cut off the top
to make a not too high cylinder.
- How to make a Chinese lantern: step 2.
How to make a Chinese lantern / Photo: pinterest
A sheet of thick colored paper fold in half
. Its length should be slightly larger than the diameter of the bottle, and its width should be 2-3 cm wider than the height of the bottle.
- How to make a Chinese lantern: step 3.
How to make a Chinese lantern / Photo: pinterest
Bend from the edges a small strip
.
- How to make a Chinese lantern: step 4.
How to make a Chinese lantern / Photo: pinterest
Use a ruler to measure and draw stripes about 1.5 cm wide
.
- How to make a Chinese lantern: step 5.
How to make a Chinese lantern / Photo: pinterest
Along the drawn lines make cuts
from the side of the fold, not reaching the very end.
- How to make a Chinese lantern: step 6.
How to make a Chinese lantern / Photo: pinterest
Unfold the paper and stick along the edges double sided tape
.
- How to make a Chinese lantern: step 7.
How to make a Chinese lantern / Photo: pinterest
Gently stick the paper to top part
prepared bottle.
- How to make a Chinese lantern: step 8.
How to make a Chinese lantern / Photo: pinterest
Glue the paper along the bottom of the bottle in the same way, slightly lifting
to make a flashlight.
- How to make a Chinese lantern: step 9.
How to make a Chinese lantern / Photo: pinterest
From the same paper, cut and glue a pen for a flashlight 1.5 cm wide
.
- How to make a Chinese lantern: step 10.
How to make a Chinese lantern / Photo: pinterest
Place a pill candle inside and light it with a straw. Be careful with fire
and follow safety precautions!
Earlier, we talked about what to give for Chinese New Year 2022 and how to present a gift correctly.
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