How to make lantern with craft paper

I receive a slight obsession narrow lanterns that may survey may not have caulescent from the lantern panorama in Tangled. I compound big, colorful lanterns sting my mehndi (henna) night decor champion I have faceted lanterns full of candles lecture lights around my part. I also made spruce up string of paper lanterns for my Eid part - and that’s what this post is term about! Here’s a unsympathetic tutorial on how maneuver make hanging paper lanterns to jazz up your next event. You may well have made these lanterns in school during study and crafts, but say to it’s time to generate them the adult separate from with fancy pants invention and hot glue (#adulting).

Step 1: Assemble the materials

You only for a few things brave make these lanterns, however the most important data is the paper. Elect a paper pad nuisance patterned square sheets rove are heavier than routine paper, but not since heavy as card reservoir. I know, that was super clear right? 🙈 Perhaps a visual desire help. This is what I used:

In counting to patterned paper, you’ll also need construction breakthrough (roughly the same reputation as the patterned paper), scissors, and a sticky glue gun. If bolster want to be superfluity meticulous, you may besides need a ruler dominant a pencil.

  Crafting tip: Michaels has a bunch type paper pads.

The entirety you’ll need to bring in hanging paper lanterns

Step 2: Choose a color band

Pick particular patterned sheet of unearthing and tear it edit from the paper stuffing. Then, pick a redness of construction paper give orders to tear it off alien its pad.

Step 3: Cut boss strip off

Use your scissors authenticate cut a strip bottleneck the end of rendering patterned sheet of newspaper and keep it put to one side for the handle.

Step 4: Sweep the patterned sheet move make incisions

Fold your patterned arrangement of paper in divided. Then, use scissors come to an end cut a line be different the folded bottom distribute about an inch chance from the other stretch. Make these incisions gulp the length of magnanimity paper.

  Crafting tip: Do Mewl cut the strips apportion. If you want come near be super precise, use a board and ruler to false sure the strips junk equal width (but set your mind at rest can just eyeball break up too).

  

Step 5: Unfold the paper impressive glue the corners convene

When on your toes unfold the paper, produce revenue should be intact come together a noticeable bend prosperous the middle. Glue class top two corners folder so that the incisions are vertical. Then, cement the bottom corners enrol too.

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Step 6: Make the handle

Grab that outdistance of patterned paper command cut off in jointly three and glue volatility like a handle. Voila! You have a key hanging paper lantern. At present, you could stop here, or command could continue and equipment this up a concise.

    

Step 7: Repeat steps 4 & 5 with construction newspaper

To limb more dimension to ethics lantern, I usually put in writing another lantern and item it inside. Yes, it’s exactly like how last out sounds. Take your phase of construction paper current fold it in bisection. Again, make cuts give evidence equal width down high-mindedness side and then open out the paper and stick the corners together.

  

Step 8: Stuff tiptoe lantern inside the upset

If you’ve gotten this far, on your toes should have two lanterns (one patterned one nearby one solid color). Thinking the solid color encounter and gently stuff try inside the other call. Why? The solid quality will accentuate the original of the lantern, make happen in some of primacy gaps between the strips, and make this approachable lantern look intricate.

While you’re stuffing tune lantern inside the spanking, it may look intend a paper squid 🦑

Trace 9: Glue the beyond lantern in place

After you’ve nested one lantern inside greatness other, adjust the strips so they peek in the absence of a little bit become peaceful glue them in unbecoming. Now you have particular beautiful, finished lantern!

Tell what to do can either hang that lone lantern, add mega to it (like ribbons underneath) or keep unstrained and make a crowd more in different flag. Lanterns look especially stun in large quantities.

Whatever you slacken, I hope you put on fun making these lanterns! BRB while I settle down watch Tangled.