Holiday Lantern Decorations

by TheDiyFan in Living > Decorating

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Holiday Lantern Decorations

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This is a fun project, and the product is pretty! Please vote for it.

Preparing, Cutting, and Drawing

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See picture and boxes for materials.

Cut your black paper to the size you want, so that it will wrap into a cylinder.

Begin to draw a design, keeping in mind that you have to cut it all out.

Cut, Cutting, and More Cutting

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Carefully cut out the design with the knife or scissors, if you can use them.

Tissue Paper

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Flip it over and cover the back with tissue paper.

Finishing

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You can do one of two things.

You Can keep it like this and hang in the window,

Or you can more it a lantern by attaching the ends together, putting string at the top, and putting the candle in (with string and cardboard. Make a little cradle out of cardboard for the candle and string it to the top of the lantern)

Enjoy and Vote!!