Building a Lantern
Thank you to the Wah Kong Temple for holding a traditional Mid-Autumn festival lantern making lesson using wire hangers.
Step 1 - Make 6 squares (8"x 8" each)
1) Unwind 7 wire hangers
2) Measure 6 wires to the length of 33"
3) Bend each wire every 8 inches, 4 bends, to create an 8" X 8" square with the last bend used to join the wire.
4) Tape the wire together to form a square.
5) With the last un-winded wire, cut into two 10" length wires.
6) Bend 1 inch on each side of the wire in opposite direction.
7) Tape the bent 10" wires to the middle of two of the squares, these will be the top and bottom of your lantern.
2) Measure 6 wires to the length of 33"
3) Bend each wire every 8 inches, 4 bends, to create an 8" X 8" square with the last bend used to join the wire.
4) Tape the wire together to form a square.
5) With the last un-winded wire, cut into two 10" length wires.
6) Bend 1 inch on each side of the wire in opposite direction.
7) Tape the bent 10" wires to the middle of two of the squares, these will be the top and bottom of your lantern.
Step 2 - Create Lantern Frame
1) Identify the top and bottom squares.
2) Start with a bottom square and tape another square corner to the corner of the bottom square.
3) Then attach a second square corner to the next bottom square corner and connect the square corners together forming equal lateral triangle between the squares.
4) Repeat step 3 until all 4 corners of the bottom square has another square corner attached to it and all corners are connected except for the top.
5) Attach the top square to connect to all remaining corners of the 4 squares attached to the bottom square.
2) Start with a bottom square and tape another square corner to the corner of the bottom square.
3) Then attach a second square corner to the next bottom square corner and connect the square corners together forming equal lateral triangle between the squares.
4) Repeat step 3 until all 4 corners of the bottom square has another square corner attached to it and all corners are connected except for the top.
5) Attach the top square to connect to all remaining corners of the 4 squares attached to the bottom square.
Step 3 - Decorate Lantern
1) Measure and cut tissue paper into 8"x 8" squares and 8" equal lateral triangles.
2) Glue tissue paper on to the frame, except for the top and bottom.
2) Glue tissue paper on to the frame, except for the top and bottom.