How to make a simple traditional star lantern with 3 steps

Star lights, carp lights, butterfly lights, paper lanterns… shimmering candlelight under the full moon, embossed with gentle light on the innocent and eager faces of children is the warmest and dearest image of the season. look at the moon.

Skip the electric lights, industrial paper lights, bring children back to a traditional childhood filled with memories of parents and grandparents through simple and easy-to-make bamboo star lights.

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Origin and meaning of Mr. Star lantern

The story of the lantern Mr. Star

Once upon a time in a village near a certain forest, this village was very poor, the children in the village used to hold small branches and dance as if beckoning to the sky. In the Sky, the Moon shines so it makes the Stars become faint. Seeing the children crowded, Sao asked Ngoc Hoang to come down to earth to have fun.

Every star that came to earth flickered on the branches of the trees in the children’s hands. The stars shine all night on the occasion of the rising moon. From then until the full moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival, when remembering Sao , the children took materials such as bamboo and tree branches to make a star shape and carried it out to play. From the early times now, the star lantern has developed and survived until now.

The story of the lantern Mr. Star

The meaning of Mr. Star lantern

The star lantern is a type of lantern used by many children in the Mid-Autumn Festival. Because of its beautiful shape and simple way of doing it, it is easy to do. In addition, the star lantern also has many other meanings.

If you pay close attention you will see a combination of the circle around the five stars and the bamboo frames used to support the glossy paper. That is the image that symbolizes feng shui according to Eastern culture with 5 administrations: Kim – Wood – Water – Fire – Earth, as if to send a message of balance and harmony in the relationships of life. living.

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The star lantern has the meaning of balance and harmony in life’s relationships

How to make Mr. Star lantern

Tools for making Mr. Star lanterns

• 10 flat, thin bamboo sticks, about 50 cm long/stick (the lengths need to be the same).
• 5 flat bamboo rods 8 cm long/stick.
• Glue.
• Baby’s favorite colored glass paper.
• Scissors, pliers, thin wire.

Tools needed to prepare to make a star lantern

How to make a simple star lantern

Step 1Create a picture of a star

Connect 10 long bamboo rods prepared into 2 5-pointed star shapes, fix the connectors with zinc wire to make sure.

Create a picture of a star

Stack 2 stars on top of each other and then continue to fix the 5 pointed ends of 2 stars with zinc wire.

Husband of 2 stars on top of each other

Use short bamboo pieces against the intersection points to form a pentagon between the two stars to create a complete skeleton for the lantern. Secure these supports so that they do not move when the glass is glued on.

Use short bamboo pieces against the intersection points

Step 2Paste glass paper for lanterns

First apply glue on the 2 main sides of the star (do each side 1).

Apply glue on the 2 main sides of the star lantern

Cut the glass paper larger than the triangular wing of the star and then glue it over the glue that was applied earlier. Let the glue dry and cut off the excess paper.

Paste glass paper for star lanterns

Do this in turn with the remaining empty boxes of the lamp frame, leaving 2 bottom and 2 upper boxes to light candles for lanterns and to ventilate.

Step 3Decorate the star lanterns more vividly

Depending on your baby’s preferences, you decorate the colorful motifs and patterns for the lanterns to become more eye-catching and lively.

Decorate the star lanterns more vividly

Notes when making lanterns on the Mid-Autumn Festival

– Be careful when using glue on glass paper, smearing glue can cause glass paper to be wrinkled, reducing smooth gloss.

– After completing the lantern, it will need to be lightly dried or sun dried to stretch the glass paper, creating a beautiful stretch for the lantern.

So the bamboo star lantern has been completed for the baby to welcome the Mid-Autumn Festival. Children will be more excited and love the lantern if they are involved in the process of creating this lantern.

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