Red Packet Star Lantern

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Red Packet Star Lantern

This lens show you step by step instruction on how to make a Chinese New Year star lantern by using red packets. You will need 14 long rectangular red packet for this project. Check out our other Chinese New Year red packet craft lenses at the near bottom of this lens.

You will need...

1) 14 long ang pows of the same design and size.
2) A stapler.
3) String


Use a long red packet that look like this.

Buy your Ang Pows on eBay

or call them Chinese New Year red packets if you want.

If you are having trouble getting ang pows in your area, get them in ebay. Make sure you get more than enough ang pow so that you will not to short of them if you make mistakes.
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Instruction

  1. First of all, make some marking on the red packet by folding it into half, then press it at the 2 corners as shown in the picture.

  2. Unfold the red packet and fold into half on the other side as shown. This time, make sure you get a straight line from top to the bottom of the red packet.

  3. Using the marking on the red packet, fold the 4 corners of the red packet as shown on the pictures below. Make sure you get the front and the back correct. Repeat step 1 to 3 for all 14 red packets.

  4. Stapler one side of the corner of 2 red packets together as shown in the picture. Make sure that you have stapler 2 bottom of the red packets, not 1 bottom and 1 top. As the red packets were long, I made 3 staple along the folded line to make sure that the red packet do not pop out.

  5. Stapler 7 bottom of the red packets to make 1 set. Stapler the rest of the red packet to make the second set. You should get something that look like the picture below.

  6. Stapler the 2 set of red packets together as shown in the picture.

  7. Make a loop with the string. Stapler the string to one side of the star.

  8. Your star lantern is completed.

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  • sukkran May 27, 2011 @ 12:41 pm | delete
    wonderful lens. your step by step instructions are great. thanks for this nice tutorial
  • Jimmie Jan 12, 2011 @ 10:10 am | delete
    In Mandarin we say Hong Bao. (Hope you've got that tag on this lens.)
    Fantastic tutorial.
  • aishu19 Jan 7, 2011 @ 11:58 am | delete
    Seeing this tutorial does bring back fond memories of Chinese New Year celebrations...

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