Paper Christmas tree lanterns. Paper lantern in oriental style. Elegant and functional interior decoration. How to cut an unusual lantern from paper

We always decorate our houses for the New Year with garlands, a Christmas tree and snowflakes. Another tradition came to us from China - New Year's lanterns made of paper, which are used to decorate the Christmas tree, make garlands from them, or simply hang them in rooms. We invite you to follow the custom and make three-dimensional paper lanterns. Don't forget to involve children in this interesting work.

Traditional Christmas tree lantern made of paper

First of all, let's remember how we made lanterns in our distant childhood. Prepare colored paper, glue and scissors.

An interesting modification can be obtained if a cut sheet of paper is wrapped around the inside of a paper roll. Diagrams of paper lanterns clearly explain how to do this.

How to make an original paper lantern?

We invite you to make unusual paper lanterns with your own hands. To make them you will need: colored paper, scissors, hole punch, rope or thread.

How to cut an unusual lantern from paper?

This flashlight is multi-layered. To make a paper lantern you will need leftover wallpaper, wrapping or colored paper, glue, a pencil and scissors.

Wonderful DIY paper lantern

It’s very easy to make a flashlight with your own hands, using the same colored paper. In addition, prepare scissors, glue or tape, thread, and an awl.

Hello, dear friends! Surely you have already come across lamps and lanterns made of paper in your life or on the Internet. The growth in popularity of such products is not surprising - they serve as amazing and fashionable interior decor and at the same time successfully fulfill their immediate function - lighting. Some modern designers are making a name for themselves by creating handmade lamps that are true works of art. And compact and quickly produced paper lamps are increasingly in demand as elements of festive surroundings.

I can't wait to notice that this lantern has its own design feature. When we studied this topic, as a rule, we came across lanterns and lamps in tabletop versions. That is, the candle (LED) is placed directly on the table or on the bottom of a glass cup, and the body of the lantern, like a cover, is simply installed on top.

So our lantern has that ring at the top - it’s not just a tribute to historical traditions. It, like its metal oil predecessors, can be used for its intended purpose - for carrying a lantern, for hanging it.

How we achieved this, and where the “On” button is hidden. — I’ll be happy to tell you about this below. :)

Master class: paper lantern in oriental style

Materials and tools:

office paper - for printing templates;

thick colored paper (for example, pastel paper with a density of 160 g/m²);

breadboard knives (standard and for artistic cutting);

corrugated cardboard 3 mm thick;

metal ruler;

creasing tool (can be replaced with an awl, knitting needle, etc.);

glue stick and Moment Crystal glue;

LED candle (diameter - 3.8 cm).

We start, as usual, by printing ready-made templates. Purchase a set of templates for making a paper lantern at oriental style possible in .

We print and cut out the templates with small allowances for ease of use.

We attach the templates to thick colored paper (to wrong side) stapler.

The walls of the lantern can be made in two ways: cut out 2 halves of the development F-4 separately (as in the photo above) or first glue 2 templates F-4(as in the photo below), and then cut out a solid scan using it (in this case you will need a sheet of colored paper larger than A4).

It is easier to cut out the pattern with a special craft knife for artwork. And to cut out parts along the outer contour, use a standard knife (or a stationery knife).

But before cutting (while the templates are still attached to the colored paper), the parts must be punched along the fold lines. I do this with the tip of a goat’s leg compass - it’s very convenient.

We bend the cut parts, carefully working out all the fold lines.

We glue the halves of the development of the body of our future lantern out of paper.

Fold and glue the top of the lantern (detail F1), as well as a ring F-2.

Insert the glued ring into the slot of the square F-3.1. Here the tips of the base of the ring are already glued to the square from the wrong side. But it’s better to do this in the next step, grabbing the valves at the top of the lantern.

Glue the ring to the top.

And from the inside we glue a square F-3.2. The ring is securely fixed.

And now we have come to our “secret additive”, which will turn our paper lantern into a “multifunctional device”. :)

We will make the base from corrugated cardboard packaging. To do this, cut out parts from it F-14, F-14, F-15 And F-16. In this case, we attach the templates to the wrong side of the cardboard with pieces of double-sided tape. For work, use a standard knife.

Glue 3 parts F-14 and 2 parts F-13.

If the cut circles are not very even, at this stage you can process the edges with fine sandpaper and remove all the flaws.

We cover the round blank with a piece of paper F-7.

Striped F-9 glue the part F-16, and with a stripe F-8- internal hole of the workpiece from parts F-14.

Insert the smaller cardboard circle into the hole in the base of the lantern and twist it there a little so that the parts get used to each other. The round part should fit into the hole quite freely (without excessive force) and at the same time fit tightly enough (without falling out).

We seal the remaining open side with the part F-6.

We also cover the round cardboard parts with the corresponding paper parts, as shown in the photo.

Glue the smaller circle in the center of the larger one, joining the open cardboard sides. This will be a stand for an LED candle and a plug.

I think you already understand how it works. And below you can see “live” confirmation of your guess.

Let's start assembling the body of our lantern from paper. Wrap the part with a reamer F-15. First glue the valves with rectangular edges.

Then we glue the flaps with beveled edges.

Take a cardboard base.

And glue it inside the lantern. Apply glue not only to the bottom side of the base around the perimeter, but also to the ends. Press the base firmly onto the part F-15 and smooth the walls to the ends.

Now we lubricate the side flap of the housing with glue (in hard-to-reach places, glue can be applied with a toothpick). And glue the walls together.

In principle, you can press the parts to be glued together with your hands. Or you can use a wooden skewer through the holes of the pattern (but this option is not always available, you will see why below).

Glue the top to the side walls in the same way.

We insert the plug.

And the paper lantern is ready!

Now you can insert an LED candle inside and do whatever you want with the lantern: put it on a table, hang it somewhere, or just wander around a dark room with it, like in the good old days. :)

Want to see what he's like in action? Watch this video:

My story about how to make a paper lantern with your own hands would be incomplete without mentioning another assembly method.

I’ll show you the example of a New Year’s lantern model. Here the holes of the pattern are covered with tracing paper. The set contains corresponding templates.

You can glue the tracing paper onto narrow strips of double-sided tape at the very beginning, before you start gluing the developments of the body and the top.

In this case, the light becomes more diffused. In my opinion, this makes the lantern look even more interesting in the dark. But some people, on the contrary, like the previous option more.

You can try both options and draw your own conclusions. How to make a lantern out of paper is no longer a mystery to you. And with ready-made templates it turns into a fast and streamlined process.

Choose your favorite templates in our store and add a touch of romance to your interior. The approaching New Year is a great occasion for this.

And share your impressions and ideas in the comments. By the way, would you like to continue the theme of lamps and lanterns made of paper?

We wish you exciting creativity!

Yours Inna Pyshkina and the KARTONKINO team.

In anticipation New Year's holidays A special time is coming: every family, every home and every city is preparing for the upcoming celebration. Some buy gifts for loved ones, some look for recipes for delicious dishes, and some decorate the Christmas tree and home. New Year- a fabulous holiday with its own atmosphere and mystery. It’s worth preparing for it properly.

Decorating a home is a separate tradition. It is customary for all family members to take part in it, and for good reason: it is precisely moments like these that bring people together and envelop people in the warmth of home. There are a lot of New Year's decorations for the home on sale, and you can buy everything your heart desires - almost all store shelves are littered with New Year's tinsel. But it will be much better if you put a little effort into decorating your home. This is not at all difficult to do, and the activity itself will bring pleasure.

On the eve of the holiday

There are thousands of ideas for New Year's creativity: you can cut out snowflakes and decorate rooms with them, make garlands and New Year's lanterns, paint windows with patterns, make toys, firecrackers, and decorate candles in a festive manner. Perhaps someone will even decide to perform Father Frost and the Snow Maiden on their own.

Making your own paper lanterns is a great idea. Paper is a simple, pliable and accessible material; all you need is a little free time and imagination. Paper crafts can be completely different in both shape and size. They can decorate a Christmas tree, they can be placed in different places in the house or collected into garlands and hung from the ceiling. By placing tiny light bulbs inside a paper lantern, you can get real New Year's light garlands. They will softly illuminate the room, giving it even more comfort and fabulous mystery.

The idea of ​​making New Year's lanterns out of paper and decorating the house with them has a secret meaning. In Ancient China, it was believed that such products were able to protect the home from the mythical New Year's animal, whose name is Nien. Today they are used as decoration for parties and help emphasize the festive mood.

The simplest

We will offer several options on how to make paper lanterns with your own hands. Let's start with simple ideas, which even small children can easily implement. Take colored paper or any other suitable material, scissors, glue, stapler, thin fabric tape or thick thread on which you will then hang the lanterns. We can start.

Fold a piece of paper diagonally and cut off the part that will protrude beyond the line. This way you will get an even square. Next, fold the paper figure as shown in the photo above. Paper lanterns can be added with a loop and hung on a ribbon, or you can enliven them with light. Place a Christmas garland bulb inside each lantern and secure with tape. All that remains is to decorate the house.

Traditional lanterns

This is one of the most simple options crafts. Surely many of you have already seen similar products.

• Take a rectangular sheet of colored paper. Cut an even strip 1 cm wide from it. Afterwards it will be used for the loop - handle.
• Fold the paper in half lengthwise. Make transverse cuts from the folded part of the sheet to the edges. Be careful not to cut the paper all the way through, leave 1 cm from the edges.
• Unfold the sheet.
• Fold the paper as shown in the photo above. Secure the edges with tape, glue or a stapler. Attach the handle.

Pumpkins

To make these paper lanterns with your own hands, fold a sheet of paper in 3 times. Then cut off 1/3 of the part along the fold line.

Fold the larger piece in half and use scissors to make equal cuts along the entire length of the sheet, leaving only the top part intact. You will get a paper fringe.

Unfold the piece of paper. Turn the uncut parts in the opposite direction, you should get a tube. Secure with glue and the remaining strip of paper.

All that remains is to attach a small loop on top so that you can hang the flashlight. At the bottom you can add a tail made of chopped ribbon to the figure.

For good luck

According to Chinese belief, such a paper lantern brings good luck to the house. It is made using red and yellow (gold) paper. To make these paper lanterns with your own hands, you will need to cut out multi-colored circles and connect them together in a certain way. The photo below will help you with this.

Use a coffee cup or any other handy object that will allow you to draw even small circles on paper. Cut out 4 yellow and 4 red circles - this will be enough for one flashlight.

Fold the edges of the circles as shown in the picture above and fasten them together with tape or glue. Attach a loop on top and a multi-colored tail on the bottom. The flashlight is ready!

Houses

This piece of decoration is perfect not only for any holiday, but can also be a permanent element of decor. The shape can be completely different, as well as appearance flashlight. New Year and Christmas motifs are perfect for the winter holidays, bats and pumpkins - for Halloween, doves with angels - for Easter. The idea of ​​making New Year's lanterns with your own hands is practical and original, and most importantly, every home has the material for such a craft.

Use sturdy paper or cardboard. Small juice or milk boxes are perfect. In this case, all that remains is to cut out windows in the box, paint it in desired color or decorate using decoupage. You can cover such a flashlight with felt or gift paper. On top, use various decoration elements, in our case these are birds with berries and leaves.

For the windows of the lantern-house, you can use small pieces of plastic (from bottles) or tracing paper. They can be glued with double-sided tape or glue.

If finding a suitable box is problematic, don’t give up on this idea. You can easily make the body of the house yourself by cutting out parts from thick paper. In this case, you can improvise with models: they can be triangular or semicircular, diamond-shaped, or have the shape of a real street lighting fixture. Hanging paper lanterns will perfectly complement New Year's garland, and free-standing ones will become an original element

Christmas stars

Why not decorate your home with stars? Making your own Christmas lanterns in the shape of stars is a great idea.

Take suitable paper, scissors and glue. Cut out several templates according to the pattern shown in the photo above, glue the corners. Now all that remains is to assemble the tips of the star together. Place several garland bulbs in the middle of the paper lantern. This craft can also be used as New Year's toys. You can get a little creative and cut out fancy curls, snowflakes or small stars on paper for the future star - they will look impressive when backlit.

Balls

This is another great idea for any party or family holiday. It is very easy to make such paper toys with your own hands, and finding a use for them is even easier. They are suitable for decoration; they can be placed together in a large glass bowl or vase, used as cases for small gifts for children, or added to garlands of paper lanterns. These balls will add color to your home and decorate your holiday table.

For creativity you will need the following tools: scissors, a ruler, a stapler, a hole punch and suitable paper with a thematic pattern. Now you need to cut the sheets into equal strips. The longer and wider they are, the larger the ball will be.

Place the strips in a stack. Stepping back a little from each end, we connect them using a stapler - now they are securely fastened to each other on both sides.

All that remains is to roll the ball. Start with the bottom strip. Turn it over in the opposite direction from the others. Turn the remaining fastened elements - this is how the product is formed. Level to your liking. The paper lantern is ready! Agree that it is very easy to do!

From China with love

Chinese paper lanterns are structures stretched over a wooden frame. They are also called sky lanterns. In addition, such products are an excellent platform for creativity. They are light, airy and not expensive at all. All that remains is to decorate them to your liking, and the New Year's miracle will be ready. Paper lanterns can be painted or pasted over using the decoupage technique, using New Year's motifs; you can use lighting for them or leave them without it. Such products are perfect for New Year's decor.

Take several white lanterns, connect them together, add a hat, scarf, and a great New Year's snowman ready! Show some creativity - simple materials can give you thousands of great ideas for a special event.

Safe holiday

Paper is most often used as a decoration material, because, as you know, it can withstand anything. For example, you can make a paper lantern or a beautiful toy as origami. But whatever you choose, remember that paper products are highly flammable. Therefore, if you decide to focus on this particular material, to illuminate the lanterns, use those lamps that do not heat up when illuminated and refuse candles. The holidays should be beautiful, stuttering and safe!

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wonderful christmas decoration, which came to us from China - paper lanterns. They are very easy to make, so you can easily make them together with your baby. You can use lanterns to make a garland, decorate a Christmas tree with them, or simply hang them around the room. After all, it is believed that such decorations attract good luck to the house and scare away evil spirits. Today we will look at several ways to make a paper lantern with your own hands.

Classic paper lanterns.

Classic version

You probably did these kinds of crafts as a child. You can make lanterns using this master class with very young children. To make it you will need colored paper, scissors, glue.

Buman lanterns with tube.

Schematically, the manufacturing looks like this:

Manufacturing diagram.

Step-by-step production:

1. Prepare two sheets, one 2 cm smaller than the other in width - for a double-walled product. For a regular flashlight, you can just take a sheet of any size.
2. Fold a large sheet in half and make cuts from the middle to the sides, not cutting 1 cm to the edge. The width between the slots should be the same, about 1 cm.
3. Lay out the sheet and roll it into a tube. Also roll the smaller sheet into a tube, glue it and place it in the outer cut sheet. Glue the top and bottom.
4. To hang the decoration, you can make neat punctures and attach a loop or glue a paper handle.

Idea: You can place LED candles inside paper lanterns to create a fabulous New Year's atmosphere.

Lanterns with a candle inside.

You can diversify the look of classic lanterns using simple techniques: combining multi-colored paper, decorating with ribbons, sparkles, and cut out figures.

Product examples.

Figural decoration

To make the next type of lantern you only need paper and a beautiful thread to match the color. You will also need a needle, and if you have one, a hole punch (awl).

Figured lanterns.

Manufacturing process step by step:

1. Take a rectangular sheet of paper, fold it like an accordion, bend the edges well and lay it out.
2. Using a needle or hole punch, make holes in the middle on all edges, at the same distance from the edge.
3. Fold the sheet in half and bend it, straighten it and bend it the other way.
4. Thread the threads through the holes at the top and bottom. Pull a little so that the product tapers at the top and bottom. From top thread you can make a loop. Ready!

Manufacturing process.

Such lanterns can be strung on the bulbs of an LED garland to make the light softer and the garland more original.

Finished goods.

Multilayer decoration

The next craft has a more original shape and is a little more difficult to make - it will require great care. To make it, select colored cardboard (you can use leftover thick wallpaper), double-sided tape, and scissors.

Multilayer flashlight.

Manufacturing process:

1. Cut out 10 to 15 blanks according to the template (see below). It is important that they are all neat, even, and identical. The more blanks, the more magnificent the product will be.
2. Fold each piece in half with the printed side facing inward.
3. According to the photo below, the blanks need to be glued together at points 1 and 2.
4. Then you need to glue the core of the flashlight and connect the two outer pieces to fix the structure. All that remains is to thread the loop and hang the decoration!

Manufacturing process.

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The finished product looks like this:

An example of a finished decoration.

Spherical flashlight

Spherical lanterns are shaped like balls. You can make them small to decorate the Christmas tree, or large. In any case, the manufacturing process is very simple and fast.

Spherical flashlight made of stripes.

For creativity, prepare multi-colored cardboard or thick packaging paper, a hole punch or awl, scissors, a ruler with a pencil and 2 rivets.

How to make a New Year's lantern out of paper with your own hands step by step:

1. Cut the paper into equal strips 1 cm wide. There should be about 10-15 strips. If it is less, there will be large gaps in the flashlight; if it is more, the stripes will be distributed unsightly.
2. At a distance of 3-5 mm from the edge, make holes with an awl or hole punch on both sides.
3. Stack the strips and fasten them with rivets along the holes. The stripes should scroll.
4. Carefully, taking out the strips one by one, distribute them and form a ball.

Step-by-step production.

There is another way to make such a flashlight - using thread.

The paper also needs to be cut into strips, holes must be made on both sides 5 mm from the edge. Next, you need to thread the thread on one side and mask the tip with a sticker. Thread the thread into the second hole, pull it a little so that the strips become arched, tie the thread into a knot or make a tassel. Next, distribute the strips around the thread and form a ball.

Step-by-step production.

These are the cute lanterns you get in the end:

Lanterns made of strips and thread.

Drop flashlight

Another super easy option for making paper lanterns.

A small flashlight.

The manufacturing principle is extremely simple - according to the template (see below), you need to cut out a lot of blanks, glue them in halves to each other, thread a thread in the center and make a loop on it.

This is what the product looks like during the manufacturing process:

Flashlight in the making.

The products themselves look very simple, even boring. Therefore, diversify their design to your taste - make openwork cutouts, add a tassel at the bottom, choose printed paper, sprinkle the finished drops with glitter. For example, blanks of this shape can easily be styled as fruits.

Manufacturing variation.

Lantern house

The considered craft options are quite simple, so we offer you another master class where you will learn how to make a more original product, stylized as a real lantern. This type of flashlight is also often called a gnome flashlight.

Lantern house for a gnome.

To do this, you can search on the Internet, draw your own, or use the proposed house template:

House template.

For production you will need:

• thick cardboard;
• breadboard knife;
• thin translucent fabric or paper;
• a board or special cutting board;
• glue.

To decorate the house, you can use any materials: paints, sparkles and rhinestones, fringe, various inserts. But even without decoration, such products look wonderful if you add LED lighting inside:

Illuminated flashlights.

You need to cut out a blank from cardboard, use a breadboard knife to carefully cut out the design. Next, along the fold lines, you need to carefully bend the cardboard. WITH inside All edges of the house need to be covered with thin fabric or paper - these are stylized windows. In addition, if there is a light source inside, the veil will soften and diffuse it. Finally, the house needs to be glued together and, if necessary, a loop attached.

Product example.

A couple more templates for cutting out a house:

Original heart house with 6 sides:

House with square windows and gable roof:

We looked at 6 options of varying complexity on how to make a Chinese lantern with your own hands from paper. With such crafts, your home will surely be transformed for the New Year!

Video: how to make a paper lantern.