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A great quick an easy paper lantern DIY tutorial to do with the kids. My daughter likes making teeny tiny ones for her cuddly toys and my boys make huge ones out of a3 paper!


Material

  • as many as you need - 1 per lantern - coloured paper / thin card
  • a little glue
  • a pair of scissors

Method

  1. First cut a strip of the shorter side of your paper for the handle
  2. Now fold the sheet of paper in half
  3. Cut thin strips across the fold (some people choose to mark out a line so all the incisions line up)
  4. Unfold and turnover
  5. curl into a cylinder and tape the edges
  6. glue or tape in your handle

Notes

I did this once with lots of different coloured papers then hung all the lanterns on string across the garden for a party decoration - it looked so cute!



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    • 13 Feb 2014
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  • I remember making these as a kid. Think I should relive that childhood activity with my own little munchkins =)

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  • Purchased lots of colourful paper for this project. Looking forward to making them closer to Christmas.

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  • Always make these at Christmas; an old favourite!

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  • i made this at school. great post

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  • Paper lanterns are always a favourite

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  • great idea, thanks for sharing

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  • We used to make these at school for Christmas.

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  • never knew this, how easy, love it, thanks so much

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  • These are gorgeous hanging from the Christmas tree.

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  • I haven’t made these since I was a school kid, cannot wait to try this out with the kids.

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  • I remember making these at school when I was a child. We used to make them for Christmas decorations to hand around the classroom.

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  • I remember doing this at school!

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  • So cool. I remember making these as a kid.

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  • we used to have so much fun making these at Christmas

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  • gonna try this thank you for the idea

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  • I remember making these as a kid

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  • I never thought to make mini ones of these.

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  • An oldie but a goodie these are great along with paper chains. thanks.

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  • My first christmas as a newly wed, we had no money to spend and no decorations, I got the neices and nephews making these and paper chains to brighten up the tree.

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  • I remember making these! great fun! Imagine if you combined this with some solar party lights

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