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Tutorial on making handmade lanterns for the Year of the Dog. Illustrations on how to make dog lante

Tutorial on making handmade lanterns for the Year of the Dog. Illustrations on how to make dog lanterns.

The Year of the Dog 2018 is coming soon. For children who haven’t prepared a lantern yet, come and see how to make this interesting dog lantern~ Use cardboard to make a puppy shape and cut out the body. There are a lot of five-pointed stars, which are very cute when lit up!~

Tutorial on making handmade lanterns for the Year of the Dog. Illustrations on how to make dog lanterns.

Material preparation: lantern stick with lighting device, puppy template, cardboard.

Tutorial on making handmade lanterns for the Year of the Dog. Illustrations on how to make dog lanterns.

According to the template, cut out dogs on two pieces of blue cardboard and hollow out stars.

Tutorial on making handmade lanterns for the Year of the Dog. Illustrations on how to make dog lanterns.

Cut a piece of blue cardboard 10cm wide to make the side panel of the lantern. Fold the long side out a little and use it to stick with the dog cardboard to form a three-dimensional structure.

Tutorial on making handmade lanterns for the Year of the Dog. Illustrations on how to make dog lanterns.

Finally, paste lantern paper inside the cardboard and install lantern sticks.

Tutorial on making handmade lanterns for the Year of the Dog. Illustrations on how to make dog lanterns.

The cute Year of the Dog lanterns are ready. Take them out and they will be eye-catching (^o^)/~