Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Japanese style lanterns






Materials - glue, printer paper or construction paper, scissors, crayons , markers, water color paints
battery operated tea light

Step 1: choose your paper
Step 2: fold one of the short ends 1/4th of an inch

Step 3: fold the opposite end to the fold line of the tab.



Like this!
Step 4: then fold in half again to the fold of the tab.

You should have something that looks like this


Step 5: fold the end with out the tab to the center so all sides make a cube.
(this is the stage you would use crayons, markers or paints to decorate your lantern)

Step 6: add a small amount of glue to the 1/4th inch tab.

It should look like this once its glued.

Then use the scissor to cut out shapes!

Wa-la! Add a battery tea light and your done!







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