Year Of The Ram Paper Lantern

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You Will Need (3 things)

Steps (7 steps, 180 minutes)

1. 1

   The ingredients. You’re going to want a lot of fluted coffee filters and a lot of hot glue for this project so if you think you've already got enough on hand buy more anyways just in case.

2. 2

   Prepare both your lantern and your workstation. You’re going to want everything to be within an arms reach because you’re dealing with heat and a multitude of variables.

3. 3

   Glue the filters to the paper lantern in the pattern that you find the most appealing. I actually changed this up a few times while I was making the lantern, just to see what I liked most. Play around with this and figure out how you want it to look. There’s really no “right” way to do this.This part could easily take you upwards of 3 hours depending on how big your lantern is. Once you”re done with this part, you’re basically done with the lantern.

4. 4

   I didn’t have enough filters to go all the way around, but I didn’t really want to go out and get more of something I don’t really use to finish it, so I figured it was fine. It’s going to be the bottom anyway.

5. 5

   Find a template for the face and ears that you like. I did a lot of searching online for this and I recommend actually making them from scratch using black and brown paper. That would be a lot easier than searching online to find features that you like. Sadly, I didn’t have the time to do that, or else I would have.

6. 6

   Glue the face to the lantern. You can add legs/hooves and maybe a ‘Happy 2015′ sign if you want.

7. 7

   Then you’re done! You’ve got a super cute paper lantern to celebrate the Lunar New Year with.