Red Packet Oval Ball

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Red Packet Oval Ball

Here is the instruction for making an oval shaped Chinese New year ball. This DIY project uses 15 red packets and it is a very easy craftwork. You can find more Chinese New Year red packet craft work at the near bottom of this lens.

You will need...

1) 15 rectangular ang pows of the same design and size.
2) Adhesive.
3) A stapler.

Decorations:
1) 5 decorative flowers.
2) 2 golden strings.
3) a pair of scissors
4) an extra red packet for the bottom decoration.

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Instruction

  1. First of all, make sure all 18 ang pows are close. Some ang pow came with self adhesive, some don't. For those that do not have self adhesive, use some glue to seal off the ang pows.

  2. Make a marking on all side of the ang pow by folding the ang pow into half as shown in the picture.

  3. Using the marking that you have just made, Fold the angpow as shown in the picture. Do it for all the 15 ang pows.

  4. Stapler two angpows together along the folded line. Make sure that the top picture of both angpows goes together.

  5. Repeat step 4 until you have all 5 ang pows together. Make sure the pictures of the ang pows are in correct order. Make another set for the bottom of the ball with the bottom of the pictures together.

  6. Take the corners of the angpow and stapler them as shown in the picture. Do it for both set of the ang pows.

  7. Take a golden string and make a loop. Tape the string at the top set of ang pow as shown in the picture.

  8. Make the bottom decoration by following the instruction here. Alternative, you can use chinese knots or other chinese new year decoration for the bottom. Tape the bottom string to the inside of the bottom set of ang pow as shown in the picture.

  9. Stapler the "side" angpow to the top set of the angpow as shown in the picture. Do it all around the side and you should use a total of 5 angpows.

  10. Stapler the bottom set of angpows to the side. Find all the corners of the ball and stapler them together as shown in the picture in step 6. You should get something like this.

  11. Final step. Decorate the ball with flowers or ornaments.

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  • sukkran May 27, 2011 @ 12:45 pm | delete
    very interesting page. learned a new thing from you. thanks
  • scar4 Jan 25, 2011 @ 8:46 pm | delete
    The instructions are so easy to follow, I think I can make red packets oval ball now!
  • Jimmie Jan 12, 2011 @ 10:10 am | delete
    So many applications here -- papercrafts, geometry, holidays, Chinese culture. Love this!
  • aishu19 Jan 6, 2011 @ 11:42 pm | delete
    This is really a very nice tutorial that would help around Chinese New Year
  • nightbear Jan 6, 2011 @ 10:17 pm | delete
    Oh my gosh, how beautiful this is. Such detail, really wonderful.

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