Making Craft Paper Lanterns

The first step:

Lanterns ask some of the best and most beautiful crafts that are for people around the world. His eye-heating light and pleasant colors bring nostalgic memories to many. This paper crafts are easy to do. The first step is to get an idea of what type of paper lantern, go to the design must be the color of the lantern, and its size and shape. If these things are decided, you can go to work doing the paper with a lantern. Found with the design, you can start collecting the materials needed to build your project.

Requirements:

There are several conditions that must be bought or found, or before taking his lantern. Intricate lanterns have a lot of material. But a simple can be done at home without stepping out the door. Objects are needed, paper, scissors, a cutter, ribbon, a candle, a battery and various other products. If these items were collected, we can begin the paper lantern. These lanterns fill the room in which it makes the room with better light than it really is.

Instructions:

The following steps will allow you to create a paper lantern:

1. Take a rectangular piece of paper and fold it along its length. Unfold the paper and trim a narrow strip off it at the end. This will serve as the handle for the lantern.

2. Now fold the paper in half making it long and thin.

3. Draw a faint line on the paper at the region where it is folded. This is the line on which you are supposed to cut to make the lantern.

4. Make a series of cuts on the line making sure they are evenly placed. Do not cut at the edges and leave at least a one-inch gap from the edges.

Designs:

After the cutting is complete, unfold the paper and roll the lantern into a cylinder. The short edges that were left alone are now to be either taped or stapled. Once this is completed, the narrow strip that was cut in the initial stages can now be attached to the edges to make the handle of the lantern. Within minutes your paper lantern is complete. It can be further improved in many ways, as this is just the basic model of a paper lantern. There are several other types of paper lantern made of different materials which are used for other purposes.

Further changes:

These lanterns can be made to look much more beautiful by using several other items that will attract interest. Using sequins and other fancy materials can achieve this. The lanterns can be hung on the walls using wall hangers or strung across a room using a string. When several lanterns are to be hung around the house this method of using a string to hang them at the same place will prove much more effective in terms of attraction. With a little extra effort you can add handles to your lanterns making it much easier to hang them up.