Here are a few ways to make handmade antique lanterns: ** 1. Use red paper to make ancient lanterns (Method 1)** 1. ** Material preparation **: Two A4-sized red cardboard, compasses, ruler, pencil, scissors, paper cutter, glue stick, drawing (you can choose ancient style pictures, if not, you can use patterned paper instead), ribbon, gold paper. 2. ** Production Steps ** - Take one of the red cardboard, draw a line two centimeters above and below, and divide it into five equal parts. Draw an arc above and below each grid, pay attention to leaving a place to paste, and then cut it along the line. Then, he drew another five millimeters in length, width, and depth in each of the two. - Cut another piece of red paper into ten circles, fold each circle three times towards the center of the circle, stand up the folded edges, cut off the small squares drawn with a paper cutter to get five boxes, and use the paper cutter to gently draw on the connecting line to facilitate folding. - He pasted the ten folded circles in groups of five in order (without sealing them). He cut the pattern that he had cut out earlier into the same size as a rectangular shape and pasted it on the square with its front facing down, forming a prism as the lantern body. - He stuck the assembled circles on the top and bottom of the lantern as the top and bottom. He cut the gold paper into tassels, rolled it on a thin ribbon to make the lantern tassel and put it through the lantern. Finally, he sealed the top and bottom, and tied the extra ribbon on the top and bottom as a hanging rope. ** 2. Use red paper to make ancient lanterns (Method 2)** 1. ** Material preparation **: Two A4-sized red cardboard, pencil, ruler, paper cutter, picture, ribbon, gold paper, glue stick, scissors, compasses. 2. ** Production Steps ** - Divide one of the red cardboard into ten equal parts, draw ten circles and cut them out. Cut out a part of the remaining paper from top to bottom (the length of the cut is the same as the radius of the circle). Divide the paper into five equal parts according to the diameter of the circle and draw a dividing line with a pencil and ruler. Draw five arcs from top to bottom (leave a place for the edge to be pasted) and cut them out. - He used a paper cutter to gently draw each fold line, fold the arc, cut the five pictures into suitable sizes, and pasted them on it. - Fold the circle into three arcs along the center point, and the ten sides form a triangle. After the ten circles are stacked like this, the fold line is erected. The five are stuck together in a group (do not seal) to form the top and bottom of the lantern. - He combined the top and bottom with the lantern body (do not seal the back cover), cut it into tassels with gold paper, roll the ribbon inside, pass the ribbon through the lantern body, tie a circle on the top for hanging, and finally seal the top and bottom. ** 3. Use long strips of cardboard to make ancient moon lanterns ** 1. [Material preparation: Long strip of cardboard.] 2. ** Production Steps ** - Divide the long cardboard into four parts, draw a circle in the middle of each part and hollow it out. Then stick the transparent tape on it, turn it to the sticky side and color it to get the shape of a round moon. - When the paper was connected end to end, it became the shape of a lantern. ** 4. Use black cardboard to make antique lanterns ** 1. ** Material preparation **: Black cardboard, patterned wrapping paper, white rubber, tassels, iron wire, transparent tape, electronic candle. 2. ** Production Steps ** - He cut the hexagonal patterned paper and the triangular cardboard. - Stick the cardboard on the flower paper, prepare 4 such combinations and connect them with tape. - After placing the electronic candle, he surrounded the cardboard and glued it together. Finally, he hung the tassel. ** 5. Use the gift box to make a traditional handmade lantern (hexagonal palace lantern)** 1. ** Material preparation **: Paper box (such as gift box), red cardboard, material paper, small paper strips, lamp (for the bottom), transparent sheet, plastic sheet, etc. 2. ** Production Steps ** - He cut open the lid of the paper box and cut out the six patterns to get the lantern frame. - The lantern was wrapped with red cardboard, and the cardboard was pasted with material paper and painted with patterns to thicken the base of the lantern. - He used small pieces of paper to form an antique door frame, added a light at the bottom, cut out a hexagon with a side length of 7 cm, and surrounded it with a transparent sheet. - He pasted the pattern of the gift box onto the plastic sheet and placed it into the lantern frame. Then, he cut a hollow hexagon to cover the lantern.
Here are a few relatively simple ways to make handmade lanterns: 1. ** Using Red Envelopes to Make Lanterns ** - Prepare some red packets, cut off the top seal, and use a utility knife to open three edges. Divide a complete red packet into two pieces, and take the back of the red packet and cut off about one centimeter wide. He took out the letter side of the red packet and drew a line with a pen (draw a one-centimeter-wide line on the left and right sides, and the inner part is equal to 0.5 mm). Then, he used a hand-made knife to cut open the thin line. He stuck double-sided tape on the one-centimeter-wide area on the left and right sides of the red packet's outer shell. He stuck the bottom of the letter side to the bottom surface of the red packet. He cut off a part of the left side and stuck double-sided tape on the bottom. Then, he used the cut edge to fold it and stick it to the top to complete a red lantern. 2. ** Using mineral water bottles to make lanterns ** - The plastic bottle was cut into strips at intervals of 1.5 centimeters. A tassel was pierced through the bottom of the bottle. A red balloon was placed at the mouth of the bottle and blown up. Finally, the bottle cap was closed. A rope was connected to the small wooden stick on the lid. The lantern was completed. 3. ** Using a piece of paper to make a lantern ** - He took a piece of paper and folded it up and down by 1cm. He cut the middle every 0.5cm. Then, he took the paper and stuck it on both sides of the paper. He cut two pieces of paper on one side and stuck them on the double-sided tape to roll them into a cylinder. He stuck them on the edge. Then, he took a long yellow paper and stuck them on for decoration. After crossing the short paper strips, he stuck them through the pendant and stuck them to the bottom of the lantern. Then, he stuck the handle. 4. ** Daddy's Paper Lantern Making (Simple Method Using Special Materials)** - Cut out a piece of transparent tape and paint it red. Use toothpicks to form four squares and paste the mooncake star decoration. Then stick a layer of transparent tape on it. Fold the edge and paste it. Treat the upper and lower parts in the same way and punch holes. If you don't have a pendant, you can make it yourself. Cut the rectangular paper into 0.5 cm thin strips, stick a red string and roll it up. Then stick the yellow paper decoration and pass it through the hole.
Here are a few ways to make antique bookmark: ** 1. Use the jade thread to make an ancient style bookmark ** 1. ** Material preparation ** - Pink No. 72 jade thread: 35cm×3, 25cm×2, 20cm×2, 15cm×1, green 3 strands, 3 strands of tassel thread. 2. ** Production Steps ** - Take a 35cm pink No. 72 jade thread as the axis, take 6 threads as the winding thread, and weave an oblique knot on it. The length of the winding thread is arranged according to the requirements. - The two threads in the middle were tied into an oblique knot, and then the specific thread was used as the axis. The other threads were wound into a sparrow head knot. For example, use the orange line as the axis, the green line as the winding line, and make four sparrow head knots on each side. - After a series of operations, such as weaving the two axes in the middle into an inclined coil and combining them, and then continuing to use one line as the axis to do winding and weaving the inclined coil knot, including weaving the inclined coil knot back and forth, a total of 10 inclined coil knots on each side, and so on. - Finally, after some adjustments, such as cutting off the remaining thread, burning it with a lighter, taking a section of No. 72 jade thread to weave an oblique knot, then using 15cm of thread and 3 strands of thread to coil, passing through the front coil and tying it, making tassels, and other operations, the bookmark was completed. ** 2. Use a metal piece with a hollowed pattern to make an ancient style bookmark ** 1. ** Material preparation ** - A metal sheet with a hollowed out pattern, a pair of UV-glue, a color essence, a thin brush, tape, and an ultra-violet lamp. 2. ** Production Steps ** - He used tape to stick one side of the metal sheet. - Mix the glue and the color essence together (be careful not to add too much color essence). - Using a thin brush, he smeared the mixture into the gaps of the metal sheet. - Then, he used an ultra-violet lamp to solidify the glue and color it. He could color and design it according to his own preferences. - After painting and solidifying it, he tore off the tape, and the antique bookmark was completed. "Luo Mingxia Love Letter" is equally exciting. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!
Here are some ways to make lanterns for children aged 7 - 12: - ** Simple Material Combination Method **: - He prepared two pieces of paper and two strips of tape for the mask. The lantern could be made by simply folding and sticking the paper, and then fixing or hanging it with a mask strap. - ** Paper Cup Making Method **: - Prepare two paper cups, scissors, candles, matches, soft iron wire or copper wire. First, he cut a window in the bottom of one of the paper cups with scissors and put the candle in. Then, he cut a few right-angled triangular openings on the other paper cup at equal distances with scissors. He could also draw patterns or add decorations. Then, he twisted one end of the soft iron wire into a ring, and the other end was vertical up to form a support. He placed it in the first paper cup and fixed it well. Then, he carefully placed the second paper cup on the top of the iron wire and kept it balanced. After lighting the candle, the lantern was ready. The lantern could also rotate. - ** Using Red Envelopes (New Year atmosphere)**: - Prepare 4 rectangular red packets, 2 square red packets, 4 disposable chopsticks, 1 glue gun, 1 tape, a few red strings, and 1 red pendant. First, he placed the four rectangular red packets in a row, aligned them up, down, left, right, and secured them into a rectangular shape with tape. Then, he used a red packet to seal the bottom of the cuboid. An adult would operate the glue gun or be accompanied by an adult. The disposable chopsticks would be fixed with the glue gun into the shape of a "well". They would be stuck in a suitable position above and below the lantern, and then capped with a square red packet. Finally, he stuck a red pendant on the bottom and strung a red string on the top. - ** Twist Rod Making (can be used to make a bunny lantern, suitable for festivals such as the Mid-Autumn Festival)**: Use the twister rod to make a lantern, such as making a soft and cute bunny lantern. The specific steps are not mentioned in detail, but you can use the twister rod to create the shape of the lantern. - ** Comprehensive Material Production Method **: - For example, the lantern making in the happy little reporter's class. First, the teacher brought the materials, then assembled the lantern frame, and then assembled the string of lights. The switch of the string of lights was fixed to the top of the lantern, tied to the button of the lamp with a hemp rope, and the other end was tied to the handle. A red tassel was hung. After that, he would draw on the lantern, such as a little rabbit, a landscape painting, a small fish, a small bird, and so on. Then, he would use glue to stick the patterns on the lantern, and a beautiful lantern would be completed. Another simple method was to use colored paper to brush glue, put in the light bulb, stick tape, and spray glue.
The following are some handmade lantern making tutorial: ** 1. Use two pieces of A4 paper to make lanterns ** 1. He aligned the two pieces of A4 paper with the edges aligned. 2. He stuck one end of the paper together with the transparent tape, then stuck the bottom of the two pieces of paper together along the bottom edge. 3. Using the same method, he glued the other end of the paper to the side, forming a closed rectangular shape. 4. The four corners of the lantern were folded inwards to form an arc at the top, completing the shape of the lantern. ** Two, similar to how Dad made lanterns (using a variety of materials)** 1. He cut out a piece of transparent tape and painted it red. Then, he placed it in four squares with toothpicks and pasted the mooncake star decoration on it. 2. Then, he stuck a layer of transparent glue on top of it, folded it around the edges, and stuck it on top and bottom in the same way. 3. Punch holes up and down, cut the rectangular paper into 0.5 cm thin strips, stick a red string and roll it up, then stick a yellow paper decoration, and pass through the holes. 4. He folded the edges and stuck them together. He passed the hemp rope through the top and tied the tassels to the hemp rope. He placed them into the lamp and the ancient lantern was ready. ** 3. Making lanterns with mineral water bottles (example 1)** 1. Every 1.5 centimeters, he cut the plastic bottle into strips. 2. Thread a tassel at the bottom of the bottle, put a red balloon at the mouth of the bottle and blow it up. 3. He closed the bottle cap and tied a rope to the small wooden stick. ** 4. Making lanterns with mineral water bottles (example 2)** 1. He cut off a section of the mineral water bottle and pasted it on the yellow colored paper. 2. He made a small rabbit out of white paper, pasted it on the round moon, drew its facial features, and pasted it with small hands and clouds. 3. He punched a hole in the water bottle, passed it through a string on a mooncake box, and put in a small lamp. ** 5. Making lanterns with cardboard ** 1. Cut out 12 ladders of the same size (for the lantern body) and 2 hexagons (for the bottom and top). - Hexagon production steps: - Draw a straight line on the cardboard and determine the center point. - He used a protractor to find the 60-degree and 120-degree points and connected them to form a hexagonal prototype. - The length of the hexagon was taken as the size of the short side of the hexagon. 2. He hollowed out the middle of the 12 echelons and 2 hexagons (one of the hexagons should be used as the base to leave a place for candles). 3. Cover the hollowed out part of the lantern with cellophane (can be omitted). 4. He stuck the two long sides of the ladder together, and the short side of the ladder was stuck together with the hexagonal side. 5. The hexagon that made the roof was tied to the thread and glued to the echelon. ** 6. Create a lantern with Photoshop (PS software)** 1. He used the [Oval Tool] to draw an oval shape as the outline of the lantern. 2. Press [Control + J] to copy an oval shape, turn off the fill color, and choose yellow for the stroke. 3. Clone the yellow oval and press [Control + T] to shrink it. 4. Duplicated the yellow oval multiple times and shrunk it freely. 5. Using the [Rectangle Tool], he drew an orange and yellow rectangular shape and placed it above the lantern. 6. He copied a rectangular shape and placed it under the lantern. 7. He added the hanging rope and the tassel at the bottom of the lantern to complete the simple lantern production. ** 7. Make a simple lotus lantern (can be used as a lantern for the Mid-Autumn Festival)** 1. After folding the pink square paper several times, draw the arc of the petals on it, cut off the excess parts, and paste the glue on the short crease after opening it. 2. He took a paper cup, cut off the bottom, tied it with a string, and placed it in the middle of the petals. He folded the petals and stuck them to the cup. 3. He used green paper to make lotus leaves. After folding and opening them many times, he put them away along the traces. After folding and sticking them together, he made two lotus leaves and stuck them together. Then, he applied glue to the lotus leaves.
Making Handmade Lanterns The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming. I want to add some festive atmosphere to the house, so I decided to make a few lanterns. I asked my mother to buy me some semi-finished lantern materials, including double-sided tape, tassels, main accessories, light source lamp poles, etc. I began to make the lantern. I first removed the hollow part of the main body of the lantern and stuck double-sided tape on one side of the end. Then, I carefully folded the six sides and stuck the head and tail together. This way, the lantern body was formed. Finally, I inserted the lamp post into the lantern cover and hung the tassels. A beautiful lantern appeared in front of me. Looking at the lanterns that he had made himself, he was extremely happy. This was really creating beauty with his own hands! Other than this method, there were many other interesting ways to make lanterns. For example, a lantern could be made from a piece of paper. First, he folded the note up and down by 1cm and cut it every 0.5cm in the middle. Then, he took another note and stuck it on both sides of the note. He cut two pieces of paper on one side and stuck them on double-sided tape. He rolled them into a cylinder and stuck them on the edges. Then, he took a long yellow paper strip and pasted it on it to decorate the lantern. He took a short paper strip and pasted it cross-over. After passing through the pendant, he pasted it on the bottom of the lantern. Then, he glued the handle. A lantern was done. My family members have also been very creative in making different lanterns. When his father was making the lantern, he took out a piece of transparent tape and cut it out. He painted it red and arranged it into four squares with toothpicks. Then, he pasted the mooncake star decoration on it with a layer of transparent tape. He folded the edges and pasted it on, and then stuck it on the top and bottom in the same way. Then, he punched holes up and down. Since he couldn't find the pendant, he made one himself. Cut a 0.5-centimeter strip of rectangular paper, stick a red string and roll it up, then stick a yellow paper decoration on it, and finally pass it through the hole. Her mother made it out of a delivery box. She first drew a circle in the middle of the delivery box and cut it out. Then, she cut a strip from top to bottom to make the box look better. Then, she stuck a face towel on it and turned it to the front to draw flowers and the moon. She wrote some words to make it look like the Mid-Autumn Festival. Then, he folded the edges and stuck them together. He passed the hemp rope through the top and tied the tassels that his father had made to the hemp rope. Then, he placed the lamp on, and an ancient lantern was born. The elder sister made a lantern out of a finished mineral water bottle. She cut off a section of the bottle and pasted it on yellow colored paper. She also made a little rabbit out of white paper and pasted it on the round moon. She drew its facial features and pasted her small hands and clouds. He punched a hole in the water bottle, passed a string through a mooncake box, and put a small lamp on it. It was extremely cute. By making lanterns, I felt the joy of hand-making and filled my house with a festive atmosphere.
Suzhou embroidery was the short form of Suzhou embroidery, a traditional Chinese folk art. It had a long history. The ancient style Su embroidery was hand-embroidered with ancient elements, showing a unique artistic charm. In ancient times, Su embroidery had been used in daily clothing and other aspects. Under the influence of the Song Dynasty's courtyard paintings,"painting embroidery" became popular during the Northern Song Dynasty. Imitating famous paintings became one of the main subjects of Su embroidery. This ancient painting theme was integrated into Su embroidery, making Su embroidery work have a strong classical artistic atmosphere. Su embroidery was exquisite. The picture was smooth, gentle, elegant and harmonious. The needlework was rich and varied. It had the characteristics of "flat, neat, fine, dense, harmonious, smooth, light and even". Embroidery masters could use the silk-splitting technique to divide a single thread into multiple strands. In addition, there were more than a thousand kinds of colored threads. The color of the colored threads connected naturally without revealing any traces of color connection. These technical characteristics allowed the ancient Su embroidery to be vivid when displaying ancient figures, flowers, birds, mountains, and other patterns. In the ancient style Su embroidery, the embroidery patterns were beautiful and the colors were elegant. For example, when displaying ancient ladies, palace scenes, and other contents, the delicate needlework and elegant color matching could create an ancient atmosphere. Moreover, Su embroidery continued to develop and develop. The embroidery methods derived from it, such as single-sided embroidery and double-sided embroidery (including double-sided different-color embroidery, double-sided three-sided embroidery, etc.), could also be applied to ancient style Su embroidery works, adding more forms of expression and artistic value to ancient style Su embroidery. "Palace Wall Flower Shadow: The Legendary Life of the Mute Embroidery Girl" was equally exciting. Everyone was welcome to click and read it!
The operas in the 2020 Lantern Festival opera party can be regarded as ancient songs, including Qiao Genyuan's "Lingnan Great Scholar·Chen Baisha Fu," Li Zhiren's Beijing opera "Si Lang Visits Mother·Sitting in the Palace," Xiao Ya's Yue opera "Pan Wife Seeking Wife," and Gu Wenyue's "Flower as the Medium." In addition, Song Xiaorui and Chen Peter sang "Long Song" at the Lantern Festival Gala of Shandong Satellite TV in 2024. Although it was not the content of the Lantern Festival Gala in 2020, it also belonged to the category of ancient songs, which could be used as a reference for the performance of ancient songs at the Lantern Festival Gala. <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>
Handmade embroidery was one of the best traditional China crafts, also known as silk embroidery. It had a history of at least two to three thousand years in China. It was a kind of embroidery that used silk thread to create various patterns. Handmade embroidery had a rich meaning. For example, a Miao girl went to various places to collect embroidery works in order to protect her own handmade embroidery. These embroidery products reflected tranquility, concentration, inheritance, and the continuation of national culture. In the place of the non-hereditary inheritor of Manxiu, there were qipaos embroidered by the embroidery lady, the painting of the Qingming Festival, and other embroidery works. The pictures were vivid and lifelike. In terms of types, there were different kinds of embroidery like Jiayu lace embroidery, such as three-dimensional embroidery, multi-colored flat embroidery, three-dimensional coiling embroidery, etc. There were many patterns. Just Jiayu lace embroidery had thousands of patterns in stock, and they could be customized to make dresses, children's dresses, halter dresses, etc. There were also embroidery pieces like Qing Dynasty's Qing Dynasty's Qing Dynasty. In terms of regional characteristics, due to different market demands and embroidery origins, embroidery crafts began to form their own local characteristics. Among them, embroidery products in Su, Shu, Yue, and Xiang had a wide market and great influence, forming the "Four Famous Embroideries". During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, folk handmade embroidery further developed, and Su embroidery, Yue embroidery, Xiang embroidery, and Shu embroidery developed. " Palace Wall Flower Shadow: The Legendary Life of the Mute Embroidery Girl " was equally exciting. Everyone was welcome to click and read it!