How to Make a Paper Lantern

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Making Paper Lanterns

If you love to craft with paper then here are some tips on how to make a paper lantern that you can make on your own.

Take a look at tips on how to craft paper lanterns to decorate with or just for fun!

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Pretty, Pretty Lanterns to Decorate Your Home

Gorgeous Ready Made Paper Lanterns

So many colors..

Make a Chinese Paper Lantern

Step by step

This is a Very Pretty Lantern and there are quite a few steps to it but you end up with a gorgeous lantern that you can easily hang as a decoration.
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How to Make a Paper Lantern

Easy templates

Decorative Paper Lanterns
A template on how to make it with children 8 years and up.
Elegant Paper Lanterns
A lanern pattern for votives or lampshades, the design is gorgeous!
Traditional Round Paper Lantern
This is a very cool tutorial and has great instructions with pictures.

A Dainty Paper Lantern Pattern

This is so cute and would look great hanging in the bedroom or also for Fancy Decorative Ornament as the video poster states. Try this out!
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More Paper Lantern How To Instructions..

Make a Paper Lantern
Written instructions on making one.
Chinese New Year Paper Lantern
Make simple colorful lanterns using left over wrapping paper or construction paper.
Flowery Paper Lantern
A creative way to use pretty flowers on a paper lantern design.
Paper Lantern Centerpiece
A nice way to use a lantern as a centerpiece decoration for a wedding, anniversary or any kind of festive party.

A Super Creative Lantern from Chinese Take Out Boxes

This is sooo creative and as pretty as ever! Recycle your takeout boxes to make this lovely display. Find more Paper Lantern Ideas.
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How to Make a Paper Lantern Tutorial

This is a good video to make a Pretty Paper Lantern This one uses an empty 2 liter bottle which is a nice way to make a very sturdy one! This is a little more complicated but it looks really colorful! The painting is optional.
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More Tutorials on Making Paper Lanterns

Floating paper lanterns benefit youth center
Residents of the York County Youth Development Center decorated the lanterns for the event, which benefited their center. By JAMIE McCUNE Daniel Braun, 9, of Wrightsville, right, sends out a lighted paper lantern to Tony Zorbaugh, York County Youth ...
Lantern Festival Underway at Missouri Botanical Garden
?When most people think of a Chinese 'lantern,' they immediately think of a small, round, hanging paper lantern,? said Lynn Kerkemeyer, special exhibits and events manager at the Missouri Botanical Garden, in a news release.
Make your Memorial Day cookout sizzle
For a soft, cozy glow, string decorative string lights housed in small white paper lanterns above your table. In most parts of the country, Memorial Day weekend heralds the arrival of the season of entertaining. Here in the desert, it may come more as ...
Making a Drab Hallway Inviting
Above: The suspended black and white paper lanterns make the eye travel upward. To add definition to her Regolit Pendant Lamp Shade, Graewe darkened the frames with pencil; $5 each at Ikea. Check out Remodelista's post on Vanessa Bruno's stacked paper ...

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  • tvyps Mar 18, 2012 @ 3:44 am | delete
    Very nice. I think they are colorful and like it when I see them at outside parties. I didn't know they were so easy to make! Blessed!
  • Leilani-m Nov 18, 2011 @ 5:41 am | delete
    Great lens, I will sure try to make one :)
  • Tipi Nov 6, 2011 @ 12:48 pm | delete
    I just had to take another peek at your paper lanterns!
  • Tipi Aug 31, 2011 @ 10:26 am | delete
    Oh, i sure do like this, what fun to make your own paper lantern!
  • cdevries Aug 5, 2011 @ 10:26 am | delete
    Great idea for a Lens!
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