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| Winter lantern Festival |
I have been doing quite a bit of mid-winter inspired crafting lately.
I would like to show you is this lantern that I made with Theo. He was home from kindi for 2 weeks whilst unwell and as he recovered we found the chance to craft together.
He missed out on making a lantern at school, which is a yearly tradition ending with an evening lantern walk - so we made our own. A quick look through Pinterest and we were all set.
This is what we made.
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| We used vegetable oil to make our water colour paintings translucent, then I did lots of folding whilst Theo claimed he was hungry! A bit challenging for a small boy - fun for me. A very good and detailed tutorial is here |
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Then we had to be very patient and wait for the glue to dry until the next stage! time for a snack.
We then stuck the base and spent time shaping the lantern - sorry too busy folding to take photos! |
We were quite pleased with the result and they are nice and sturdy. The addition of a 'twisty' for a handle and we were ready to go.
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Lantern in use at the festival.
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These look so wonderful! What a great tradition for a school to have.
ReplyDeleteThanks - yes, it is one of my favourite festivals.
DeleteI couldn't resit the name of your blog, and i'm so glad i took the time to look. the lantern is lovely. we're looking forward to the lantern walk at the end of kids fest. here in ch ch, if i get chance i might have a bash at this x
ReplyDeleteI am glad you found us! Good luck with your lantern. Sam
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