Lantern manufacturing method

Answer 1

Here are some ways to make lanterns:

** 1. Creating lanterns with photoshop (simple electronic lanterns)**
1. He used the [Oval Tool] to draw an oval 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, press [Control +T] to change it freely, and shrink the yellow oval.
4. He copied a few more layers of yellow ovals and shrunk them freely.
5. Using the [Rectangle Tool], he drew an orange and yellow gradually changing rectangular shape and placed it above the lantern.
6. He copied a rectangular shape and placed it under the lantern.
7. By adding the hanging rope and the tassel at the bottom of the lantern, the simple electronic lantern production could be completed.

** 2. Use a piece of paper to make a lantern (Parent-child handmade lantern)**
1. Father's method:
- He took out a piece of transparent tape and cut it out, painted it red, and arranged it into four squares with toothpicks. Then, he pasted decorations such as mooncakes and stars on it.
- Then, he stuck a layer of transparent glue on it, folded the edges and pasted them on, and used the same method to process the upper and lower parts and punch holes.
- If you don't have a pendant, make one yourself. Cut the rectangular paper into 0.5 cm thin strips, stick a red string and roll it up, then stick a yellow paper decoration through the hole.

** 3. Use mineral water bottles to make lanterns **
1. Every 1.5 centimeters, he would cut the plastic bottle into strips.
2. Thread a tassel at the bottom of the bottle.
3. Put a red balloon at the mouth of the bottle and blow it up.
4. He closed the bottle cap and tied a rope to the small wooden stick.

** 4. Use transparent tape to make lanterns (transparent Mid-Autumn Festival lanterns)**
1. He made two squares and sealed the top and bottom to form the main body of the lantern.
2. Make a tassel, cut the bottom of it with a piece of paper, put a rope in the middle and roll it up.
3. He hung the tassels through the lantern.

** 5. Use chopsticks and crepe paper to make palace lanterns **
1. He placed four pairs of chopsticks into a square, stacked three layers of chopsticks in the same way, fixed the connection points with 502 glue, and tied the four corners with red rope to make two such bases.
2. He took out a pair of chopsticks and used a red string to tie the two ends of the chopsticks to the two bases. He used the same method to fix the other three sides with chopsticks to complete the lantern skeleton.
3. Cut the crepe paper to a suitable size (you can stack it a few times before cutting it to ensure that it is neat), then circle the cut crepe paper around the skeleton and stick it on the four pillars with double-sided tape.
4. He tied a red string to each of the four corners of the lantern, tied the four strings together into a knot, and put a chopstick on it.
5. Red tassels were hung at the bottom of the lanterns, and decorations could be attached to the lanterns according to their preferences.

** 6. Making red lanterns with red packets (Two methods)**
[Method 1:]
1. Prepare some unwanted red packets, cut off the top seal, and then use a utility knife to open the three edges of the red packet. Divide one red packet into two pieces, take the back of the red packet, and cut off a part of the edge (about one centimeter wide).
2. He took the side of the red packet with the letters and drew a one-centimeter-wide line on the left and right sides with a pen. The inside was divided into 0.5 mm equal parts, and then he used a hand-made knife to cut it according to the fine lines.
3. Prepare an appropriate amount of double-sided tape and stick it on the left and right sides of the red packet. Stick the bottom of the letter to the bottom of the red packet.
4. He cut off a part of the left side of the red packet, stuck double-sided tape on the bottom, and glued it to complete the bottom of the red lantern.
5. He prepared a scrap edge that he had cut out earlier, folded it together, and glued it to the top of the red lantern.
[Method 2:]
1. He prepared seven red packets, folded them horizontally and then vertically, and divided the red packets into four.
2. Fold the four corners of the red packet in half (with the middle line as the fixed point), and fold six red packets for later use.
3. He stuck double-sided tape on the back of the folded corner of the red packet and stuck the corners of the red packet together to form the base of the lantern.
4. Prepare a single-sided red packet skin, leave one centimeter at the edge without trimming, and divide the inside into 0.3 mm long strips (be careful not to cut).
5. Sticking double-sided tape on the top of the red packet, he prepared a red string and rolled it from left to right into a tassel shape.
6. He made some small holes at the bottom of the lantern and hung the tassel at the bottom of the lantern.