Welcome, friends, to another Artful Friday!
As you know, we're super -Whovian here, having concocted
cakes (Tardis and Dalek)
and sonic screwdriver goodies for birthday parties!
My son even made hos own Raggedy Doctor!
He is always creating something and recently
made this paper lantern easily and with craft supplies that
we had on hand.
If you're candle crazy as we are, and especially love lighting up and
bringing a special glow to a
frigid winter evening,
then you won't even need to
purchase the little votive to place inside!
Here is the finished product:
He ( natch) decorated his lantern with
Whovian charm, but of course,
your kids will go with whatever they're crazy about at the moment.
(We love you anyway, even if you choose not to
go the DW route for your lantern!)
You know how the Brits suavely
call a flashlight and a lantern a "torch?"
Well, that's what he's calling it ~!
The TARDIS and a Silence on this side
An Ood and a DALEK over here.
The easy how -to? Here we go:
What you need:
Paper ( construction or card stock)
scissors
crayons or colored pencils
ruler ( to measure and to draw straight lines for cutting
votive candle ~ battery operated, obviously
How to make the lantern:
1. Hold the paper horizontally and draw a lines one inch from the top and the bottom edges across the paper. (This will become the top and bottom of the lantern itself.)
2. Draw lines 1/4 " in distance vertically across the paper.
You might like to start drawing the lines 1" in from the left and the right edges. This will be the "margin" that you will tape or glue together.
( BTW, I did not take pictures of each step of my son's creation, but these shots are a little "guidance" to get you going.)
4. Cut on each of these 1/4 inch spaced lines, but stop at the top and bottom edges of the lantern.
5. Fold your paper in half lengthwise so that you now have a long skinny piece of paper (with lines cut across it!)
6. Fold in 1/2 again so that you now have one square piece of paper.
7. Unfold and tape or glue the edges of the wide side of the paper together. ( in that "margin" that you made)
You might like to start drawing the lines 1" in from the left and the right edges. This will be the "margin" that you will tape or glue together.
( BTW, I did not take pictures of each step of my son's creation, but these shots are a little "guidance" to get you going.)
3. Draw a design of your own in between the 1" margins of the paper.
5. Fold your paper in half lengthwise so that you now have a long skinny piece of paper (with lines cut across it!)
6. Fold in 1/2 again so that you now have one square piece of paper.
7. Unfold and tape or glue the edges of the wide side of the paper together. ( in that "margin" that you made)
The lantern will now "stand" on its own, beveling out a bit at the middle,
boasting your child's lovely design!
You can add the votive candle for a beautiful glow
which will light up a porch, an end table, a kitchen counter
or any place you'd like!!
Enjoy!!
I'd LOVE to see pictures of your lantern!
Please come back and share!
For my previous "Artful Friday" posts,
you might like to click below.....
They're all here if you'd like to dust off something from the archives:
( knitting, winter crafts, the theater and piano)
And, my son's popular guest posts on crafting rocket balloons,
both of which include instructional videos:
I hope you get a chance to click over and enjoy one of his posts!
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