Ramadan lantern work with cardboard

Ramadan lantern

The month of Ramadan is considered one of the beautiful and joyful months that Muslims are happy to come and prepare for with eagerness and joy, as houses, various places, and streets are decorated with lights, colors, and deep expressive phrases, in addition to attractive lanterns that attract passers-by and enchant them with the beauty of their designs and colorful lights. Children carry them and play with them, and they are also considered an element of decoration. Elegant ones that add beauty and distinction to home décor when receiving guests in this holy month. They can be purchased from various stores or made in simple ways by hand at home through methods that will be mentioned later.

How to make a cardboard Ramadan lantern

Ramadan lanterns are made for decoration and to add beautiful decor to the place in several different ways, including the following:

How to make a traditional paper lantern

These simple traditional lanterns can be made with the help of children with creative and innovative designs and decorated nicely by hand from items that can be easily purchased from libraries, in the following way:

• Materials used:
  • Sheets of paper or cardstock in distinct colors, such as red and yellow, for example, the size of A4 printer paper.
  • scissors.
  • stabbler.
  • sticky glue.
  • Color brush.
  • Watercolor or oil colors as desired.
  • ruler for measurement.
  • pencil.
  • Various elements as desired to decorate the lantern according to the child’s taste, such as: gift wrapping paper, colored ribbons, sequin pieces, distinctive stickers and stamps, shiny gum patterns, and small colored buttons.
• Manufacturing Method:
  • Cut a small strip from the large paper plate, about 2.5 cm wide, along the length of the paper; To form a handle from which the lantern will be held later.
  • Fold the large paper plate in half lengthwise.
  • A horizontal line is drawn along the board with a pencil. It is an imaginary line that serves as a limit that will be later cut based on it, without exceeding it.
  • A horizontal slit is cut, starting from the border of the fold and ending with the line drawn in the previous step, so that the line is 2.5 cm away from the edge of the board on the right.
  • The previous step is repeated by making incisions with a fixed distance of 2.5 cm between them until reaching the end of the paper plate on the left.
  • The paper plate is opened by lifting the fold up and erasing the lead line drawn at the top.
  • The upper and lower edges of the lantern are decorated and the area is painted in a distinctive color as desired.
  • Patterns are drawn with bright colored glue over the paint or on the upper and lower edges of the lantern. Gift wrapping paper can be used to cover these edges, and stamps, stickers, beautiful decorations, and various decorations can also be added to them.
  • The lantern is wrapped in a circular shape, and its two ends are connected from right to left together by inserting one of them 1.25 cm inward, and securing them with adhesive glue or a paper press.
  • The handle of the lantern from which it will be held is fixed using the tape that was made previously, and is attached to its right and left sides with adhesive glue, or fixed with a paper press.

How to make a snowflake lantern

The snowflake-like lattice lantern is made by following these steps:

• Materials used:
  • A board of cardboard, plain paper, or colored cardboard.
  • Scissors for paper.
  • pencil.
  • Circular disc.
  • sticky glue.
  • Thick yarn or thin, colorful ribbon to hang the lantern.
• Manufacturing Method:
  • The circular disk is placed on the cardboard, and two circles are made by tracing its edges and drawing them with a pencil.
  • The two circles are cut with scissors, making sure that the two circles are approximately the same size. It should be noted that any circular object, such as a plate, can be used, and that increasing its size will make the lantern larger.
  • Fold the first circle in half, then fold it in half twice a second to get a triangle with a rounded end resembling a slice of pizza.
  • Curved lines are drawn, alternating from the right and then from the left, on the previous piece, starting from the edge of the right piece of the half only and not completing the arc, followed by a line from the left edge of the half, each separated by a distance of approximately 2.5-1.25 cm. The lines are repeated until the corner of the piece is reached.
  • Cut off a small portion of the corner of the triangle; Later, make a circular hole in the lantern and extract a handle from which it will be hung.
  • The pencil lines are cut sequentially, keeping the distance cut to no more than half.
  • Gently open the paper to obtain neat, continuous circular slices, then repeat the steps on the second circle.
  • The edges of the two rings are glued together with adhesive glue, taking care not to glue the inner strips.
  • Separate the slats for both circles to form the lantern by gently pulling them up.
  • The lantern is hung using colored yarn, or with a thin ribbon connected through the circular hole at the end.

How to make a flower-shaped lantern

This lantern is used for decoration on various occasions, such as New Year’s decorations or various celebrations. It can be made with the other Ramadan lanterns mentioned previously, and it is made in the following way:

• Materials used:
  • A sheet of paper.
  • Small circular paper tape to mark the opening of the lantern.
  • pencil.
  • a pair of scissors.
  • glue.
  • The six-leaf flower pattern is ready.
  • Gold pen or another beautiful color as desired.
  • Embellished pendant at the bottom.
• Manufacturing Method:
  • A hexagonal flower pattern is drawn on the paper plate and small circles are drawn at the end of each flower leaf.
  • The six leaves of the flower are cut precisely with the circles located at the end of each, and small holes of equal dimensions are made in the center of these circles.
  • The edges of the flower leaves and the small circles at their ends are outlined in a different color.
  • All the leaves of the flower are combined so that they are prepared to be collected later in one center where all the holes meet.
  • The small paper strip is fixed so that it is placed in the center from which the lantern handle will emerge from the outside, and it is attached using adhesive glue and its center is pierced.
  • The thread of the pendant that will form the lantern’s handle is inserted from the outer center of the previous strip, so that the decorated side of the pendant is at the bottom of the strip. As for the beginning of the pendant (the lantern’s handle), it is inserted into the circles at the edges of the leaves.
  • All the leaves of the flower are joined and the perforated circles are attached at the end so that the hanging thread comes out of all of them in the center area.
  • The edges of the lantern are carefully glued together with adhesive glue, and the lantern is held by the handle so that the decorated end hangs down.