Come Diwali and there is flurry of activity to clean the house and get it ship shape before the festival. Diwali the festival of lights is incomplete without the traditional lantern. There were days when lanterns were made of bamboo sticks and colour papers. However, it’s different now. Shops are usually crowded with people buying readymade lanterns.
Consequently, the younger generation has not learnt the art of making lanterns from cloth and colour papers. Earlier, members of the family, big and small, came together to make lanterns, and this in itself was a big celebration.So this year , I decided to make my own lantern on Diwali.
Things Required to make lantern:
1. Cardboard
2. Kite paper
3. Gelatin paper
4. Fevicol
5. Scissor
Method:
1. Make a frame with cardboard . To make this frame make two rings with cardboard of forty cm diameter and join these with 4 long strips of thirty cm length.Cover the entire frame work with gelatin paper from inside. Your frame should resemble the figure given below:
2. Cut out 8 panels from kite paper to resemble the figure below:
3. Roll the panels and stick one end as given below:
4. Start sticking the panels on cardboard frame. By now your lantern should look like this.
5. After having stuck the panels, you can highlights the edges by sticking some golden coloured paper .
6. To complete your lantern cut long strips of kite paper and stick it on the end of the lantern. Your colourful paper lantern is complete .
