Sky lanterns can decorate any holiday: wedding, birthday, corporate party. They soar into the sky with flickering lights and mesmerize the eyes of others. Earlier in Japan, a flying flashlight signaled the approach of enemies, but soon it began to be used in peacetime. Try making a sky lantern yourself.
Instructions
Step 1
Think over the height of the future product, one meter will be enough. A lantern of this size soars well into the sky. Choose a shape for your flashlight. For example, a shape in the form of a heart or a cylinder will do. When you have decided on the shape and size, then decide on the paper. It should be thin, light, soft, but also strong. This is the most important element in the manufacture of a lantern. Its weight should not exceed 25 g per square meter. With this weight, your flashlight will definitely take off.
Step 2
Saturate the paper material with a flame retardant, which will significantly reduce fire and wetness. Then you need to cut out four pieces of paper measuring 100 * 80 cm, which are lengthened to the bottom, and flattened at the top. They need to be glued with PVA glue.
Step 3
Decorate the resulting product, glue it with various tinsel. Make a burner. You need to melt the wax, then you need to take some fabric and saturate it with this wax. The burner is finished. Make a frame. It is necessary to wind two foil tubes around the knitting needle. Then put the knitting needle aside, put the tubes in a cross. Place a burner in the middle of the tubes and wrap everything with wire. Remember to secure the foil cup to prevent wax from leaking down. Attach the tubes to the flashlight with a stapler or tape.
