Day imblek always decorated in red. Red lanterns always adorn Chinese New Year celebrations. Well this time I will give you the stage of making imblek lanterns seem complicated, in fact the process of making it very easy and only requires colored paper.
A piece of red paper
Two or three pieces of gold-colored paper
Pencils and rulersOrdinary scissors and jagged scissors (optional)
Glue and clear masking tape
Staples of paper
How to make:
- Make a line with a size of 2 cm on the red paper.
- Cut out the red paper in line and leave about 1.3 cm or 1/2 inch (that is not cut off) on the top of the paper.
- Use tape on the bottom of the paper.
- Scissors thin and elongate gold-colored paper with jagged scissors do it slowly and neatly. Afterwards, paste on the red paper.
- Then fold the paper about 1.3 cm of top and bottom of red paper.
- The next stage apply glue on one side of the new gold paper.
- Scroll the gold paper and glued it in gently. This paper will be the center of the lantern that we will make.
- Then, roll the red paper over the gold paper and apply glue only to one end of the red paper with gold paper. Use staples on one side (up or down only) linters to keep paper loose.
- Then form the paper to resemble a lantern. After getting the desired shape, use glue and staples on either side.
- Cut 1.3 cm of gold-colored paper and paste on the top and bottom of the lantern to cover the glue and staples.
- Then we scissor the remaining gold-colored paper, if the lanterns will be placed on the table. preferably scissors with longitudinal shape if lanterns will be hung.
- Finally, make a hanger of gold-colored paper and lanterns ready to decorate your home.