Christmas handmade paper art origami lampshade handmade DIY illustrated tutorial

Christmas handmade paper art origami lampshade handmade DIY illustrated tutorial

This is a very simple DIY tutorial for Christmas handmade paper origami lampshades. Through this tutorial, we can easily complete the production of a Christmas handmade paper lampshade. In many paper art works, we can see the production of paper lampshades. This is because combined with the lighting, the texture of the paper itself can reveal a leisurely artistic feeling. Especially using some papers with unique patterns, the feeling itself will become more rich and artistic. This feeling will become even more intense when the light is projected from inside the lampshade. If this kind of light can be processed and processed with some simple folding, the effect will become even better.

This handmade Christmas paper origami lampshade can also be used as an origami lantern. Such a unique production can be easily learned by anyone who likes handcrafting because of its simple and convenient production method, even if you do not have any origami or paper art foundation. But here there are some requirements especially for paper. In order to achieve the best effect of this lampshade, you also need to choose some paper with a harder texture. At the same time, if the paper itself can have some patterns, the final projected effect will be quite good. If there is no pattern on the paper that satisfies you, you can also make some patterns by cutting paper and paste them on it, which can also bring very good results. Now let’s make a small paper lantern with your own hands that can brighten your home when Christmas comes. This will also make Christmas cards no longer lonely.

Like all other handmade DIY paper crafts, we also need to consider the appropriate materials. Only in this way can we perfectly complete the production of the entire paper craft origami lampshade. In terms of materials, you only need to prepare a piece of hard paper with a size of 32 cm x 44 cm, which will become the core material for making a paper origami lampshade; you will also need some ropes, which will play a role in the final product. The function of closing the top and bottom openings. In terms of paper craft tools, scissors are definitely indispensable, whether it is cutting paper or cutting rope.Paper is used, and a hole punch is also required. The purpose of the hole punch is to punch holes in the upper and lower parts of the paper origami lampshade, so that the rope can be easily passed through; the most basic tool is white latex .

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1. Fold the long side of the paper continuously, with a folding amplitude of 2 cm between each fold, so that the final fold looks like a folded fan. Then after the folding is completed, we use a hole punch to punch holes on both sides of the folded laminated structure. In the picture, we can notice that there are rows of holes on the left and right sides of the paper. These holes are the holes made with a hole punch. For the subsequent production, these holes are very important, because when the paper art origami lampshade shape is obtained Once stretched, the cords that close the lampshade should be passed through these holes, allowing the entire lampshade to be shaped and look very nice. This kind of continuous folding is a common method in the production of paper lampshades or lanterns. It can be said that because it is very simple, people are willing to use this method to make it.

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2. Then fold the upper third of the paper downward, as shown in the picture. After such folding is completed, it gives us the illusion that the paper is not very coordinated in terms of size, but this is not actually the case. Its just that the folded part of the paper appears to be much smaller, while the folded and flat part appears to occupy a larger area because it has been unfolded. Because of the existence of such a visual error, the paper appears to be larger at the top and smaller at the bottom. This unique structure also creates the rhombus shape of the paper origami lampshade after it is made, making the lampshade look very beautiful and aesthetic.

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3. Paste the upper and lower ends of the paper together lengthwise with white glue. At this time, the paper should not be rolled into a cylinder. The height of the cylindrical shape is the wrinkles formed one by one after we just performed continuous folding. When pasting, you can overlap the 2 cm space at the top and bottom and paste them together. The advantage of this is that the sealing is stricter and the final plastic surgery is done.Because the overall structure fits together perfectly, the final plastic surgery effect is also relatively good. Especially when the paper is relatively hard, this kind of processing is more convenient for our subsequent shaping and the final shaping of the paperorigami lantern.