Chinese New Year Mini Lantern

I was asked by our Lichfield Mandarin Club to teach our members to make a Chinese New year mini Lantern.  So I decided to blog the step by step instructions:

Materials:

1 Long Red Packet (Ang Bao)

1 Short Red Packet (Ang Bao)

1 Stapler

1 Scissors

Step 1:

Fold the long red packet in half (along the length)

Step 2:

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.

Step 3:

Roll the red packet and staple the top and bottom

Step 4:

Cut a strip of the short red packet to make a handle for your lantern.  Staple onto the lantern.