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A cute paper lantern to celebrate the Lunar Year of the Ram.
This project is easy, but a little time consuming and extremely cute! I love how it turned out. If you're looking for a great way to decorate for the Lunar New Year this is it.

Posted by MagicalGirlMaya from Dallas, Texas, United States • Published See MagicalGirlMaya's 206 projects »
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  • How to make a lantern. Year Of The Ram Paper Lantern  - Step 1
    Step 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.

  • How to make a lantern. Year Of The Ram Paper Lantern  - Step 2
    Step 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.

  • How to make a lantern. Year Of The Ram Paper Lantern  - Step 3
    Step 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.

  • How to make a lantern. Year Of The Ram Paper Lantern  - Step 4
    Step 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.

  • How to make a lantern. Year Of The Ram Paper Lantern  - Step 5
    Step 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.

  • How to make a lantern. Year Of The Ram Paper Lantern  - Step 6
    Step 6

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

  • How to make a lantern. Year Of The Ram Paper Lantern  - Step 7
    Step 7

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

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