I will show you make a small Chinese lantern.

For this project, you will mainly need a clear plastic container,

red tissue paper and mod podge.

As there is a hole in the bottom of my container,

I have to block the hole with a piece of construction paper.

Cut a slice of the toilet paper roll of about 1 inch.

Put white glue on the edge of the slice of toilet paper roll

and glue it to the piece of construction paper.

Glue them on the bottom of the plastic container with the glue gun.

Obviously, if your plastic container does not have a hole,

simply glue the slice of toilet paper roll on the bottom of the plastic container.

Take the red tissue paper and tear it into strips.

Brush the plastic container with Mod Podge

and cover it completely with red tissue paper.

The colour red is the colour of the fire and symbolizes good fortune and joy.

Red is found everywhere during Chinese New Year celebrations

and other festivities and family gatherings.

When you have covered the entire bottom part of the plastic container,

do the same with the lid of the container. Let dry completely.

Take a golden metallic wire and cut a piece long enough to create

a handle for the lantern.

Take the lid of the plastic container and with a pair of small sharp scissors,

cut a small hole on either side of the lid.

Take a piece of wire and bend one end and pass it through one of the holes in the lid.

Then, bend the other end and insert it in the other hole.

Take a piece of narrow tube about 1 inch high and paint it with gold paint.

When the paint is dry, take some ribbon with golden fringes

and wrap it around the cardboard tube. Glue the ribbon with the glue gun.

Then glue the tube to the bottom of the lantern with the glue gun.

Take a small LED candle; turn it on and place it in the cardboard ring

on the bottom of the lantern. Then put the lid of the plastic container back in place

to obtain the complete lantern.

To finish the decoration, you can add a golden ribbon around the lantern.

If you wish, you can even paint the symbol of the year on one side of the lantern

with gold paint. This year is the year of the horse

and I chose to paint the Chinese symbol of the horse.

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click on the link below the video.