Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Paper Strip Red Lantern

These super easy to make lantern is prepared by Amanda. Amanda had it hanging in front of her room.


Paper Strip Lantern
Materials:
A4 size color paper
brad/ split pin
ribbon
paper strips

Method:
1. Red A4 size paper, cut into 1 inch strips. Punch holes in the end of the strips.
2. Take the brad and thin red ribbon, poke it through the hole, fasten the strips together.
3. Pull the ribbon until the strips form curve shape.
4. Spread out the paper strips until it forms a round shape.

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10 comments:

  1. Can i know where to find the pin?

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  2. Winnie, I got it from paper craft shop, it is called brad or split pin.

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  3. Where is the paper craft shop? im staying in shah alam

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  4. I got it from Craft Haven in The Garden shopping mall. By the way, I am staying in Shah Alam too.

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  5. Not sure when i can go & get it from there. Seldom visit that place. Anyway, thanks ya!! What a coincidence, not sure whether we r staying in the same neighbourhood

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  6. been looking for a CNY lantern tutorial and I love the simplicity of this one! It looks great too! :) Thank you!

    Been sharing this tutorial with my twitter ladies and we all agree we need to pop out straight away to get red paper and split pins! :D

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  7. Jian, thank you. Happy Chinese New Year to you.

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  8. Happy new year to you as well! Thank you for this tutorial! :3 I have made a handful of lanterns to hang around the house, and even experimented with gold and red paper strips alternately!

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