I was asked by our Lichfield Mandarin Club to teach our members to make a Chinese New Year mini ang pow lantern. So I decided to blog the step by step instructions. The difficulty rating is 1 out of 5. You can also make more than one lantern and decorate them like how you decorate your Christmas tree.
Materials:
- 1 long rectangle ang pow / red envelope / red packet (approx. 9.5 cm by 17 cm)
- 1 small stripe of red paper (approx. 1 cm by 20 cm) – handle for your lantern
- stapler & staples
- scissors
These are the step-by-step instructions:
- Fold the long ang pow in half (along the length) and press it down.
- Cut slits along the side of the red packet by cutting halfway along the width. Keep each slit to approx 0.5-1 cm apart.
- Roll the red packet and staple the top with the stripe of red paper and bottom.
- Staple the other side of the strip of the paper onto the lantern.
So simple and you could recycle lots of paper to make them. Great idea!
I remember seeing this on a watch with mother video my mum passed down to me (I am only 27, honest). A lovely and simple idea 🙂 x