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How to make a decorative paper lantern

10/9/2012 1:06:16 PM
By: papersculpture
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This easy guide will show you how to fold and cut a piece of paper to make a lantern. You can decorate it or make lots of different colored lanterns for a nice effect.

Difficulty level: Beginners

Instructions:

You will need one sheet of paper, printer paper works fine. - the longer the paper the wider the decoration will be
A strip of paper for the handle
Scissors
A ruler or straight edge such as a piece of paper
Paper glue stick
Pen

Place the paper on the table so that the short ends are on top and bottom.

Fold up about ½ inch from the bottom of the paper

Fold the paper in half and unfold

Fold the top and bottom edges to the center crease and unfold

Put glue on the flap and fold the paper in half

Turn the paper so that the folded edges are on the sides

Take you straight edge (paper or ruler) and make a little mark on both sides as shown in picture

Bring the straight edge down about 1 inch and mark the edges again

Cut triangles using the marks as guides for where to start cutting inwards
Do not cut all the way to the center

Use your straight edge to make another set of marks

And cut 2 more triangles

Continue marking and cutting triangle as shown in picture

Open up the folds to make 4 corners

Take a strip of paper slightly longer than twice the size of the opening at the top and glue one side to the inside as shown in picture

Glue the other end of the strip of paper to the opposite side of the opening and your paper lantern is ready to hang

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