Handmade DIY Lantern

The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, in addition to buying lanterns, you can also use recyclable materials to make cute lanterns!

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Materials:

• A piece of A4 paper (from an old magazine)

• A hole puncher

• Two nails

• A bundle of threads

• A pair of scissors

• A ruler

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​*Please look after your children when they using the scissors or nails

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Steps:

1. Cut the paper into small strips of paper (refer to video), 8 strips in total

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2. Use a hole puncher to make a hole in the middle and on both sides of each strip of paper

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3. Pin all the holes in the middle

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4. Use another pin to pin both sides of the paper strips

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5. Cut two 30cm thread, and then cut one 15cm threads

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6. Fold the 30cm thread (refer to video) and tie it with a 15cm thread

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7. Cut the ends of the tied thread, grab the ends of the thread facing down, and tie it tightly with the thread

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8. Tie this decoration to one of the pins

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9. Tie the remaining 30cm thread to another pin

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You're done!