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Fish Lantern using Ang Bao / Pow

6 January 2014 by Eileen 29 Comments

During this month, I am going to write a series of Chinese New Year posts from making lanterns, zodiac, Feng Shui to Chinese culture. This is my first blog post of my Chinese New Year series.  Look out for the rest of the posts! Today, I am going to use Ang Pow (red packets) to make a Fish Lantern. So what is an Ang Pow? It is a red envelope/packet that contain a monetary gift which is given during Chinese New Year or special occasions like weddings or birthdays etc. They are called Hong Bao (红包) in Mandarin or Ang Pow/Bao in Singapore Hokkien or Lai See in Cantonese. Click here to read more about it.

How to make Chinese New Year Fish Ang Pow Lantern

You need:

  • 6 Ang Pow
  • Scissors
  • String
  • Stapler

Fish Ang Pow Lantern Materials

Part 1: Making the Fish Tail – Use 3 Ang Pow

Fish Ang Pow Lantern Fish Tails folding

Fold the Ang Pow in half (shown on the left picture), fold one corner (middle) and then fold in half again (right).

Fish Ang Pow Lantern Fish Tail Repeat

Repeat the same on the other side, like an aeroplane.  Now fold the other two Ang Pow in the same way.

Fish Ang Pow Lantern Fish Tails Join

Now to join them altogether, use the stapler to staple as show on the picture.  This will be the fish tail.

Part 2: Make the Fish Body – Use 3 Ang Pow
Fish Ang Pow Lantern Fish Lantern Body fold

Fold the Ang Pow half (shown on the left picture). Then fold all four corners but leave a gap on the side. This will be the mouth of the fish. Repeat the same with the other two Ang Pow.

Fish Ang Pow Lantern Fish Head Joining

Now staple all three Ang Pow corners (the one with the gap) together as shown.

Fish Ang Pow Lantern Fish Head Mouth

Push it inside out and you can see the opening of the fish mouth.

Fish Ang Pow Lantern Fish body fin

Cut out 4 (any) corners to use to make the fish fin.

Part 3: Connect the fish to it tail

Fish Ang Pow Lantern Fish Head Joining Tail

For orientation: I used the Minnie Mouse Ang Pow for my left side of the side, the Snoopy is on the right and Doraemon (blue cat) is on the bottom.

Staple the Minnie Mouse to the one side of the tail, follow by Snoopy on the other side of the tail. You can see how it looks like on the bottom view after the tail is stapled.

Part 4: Put up the Fish Fin

Fish Ang Pow Lantern Fish Fins

Insert two triangle corners together and staple it on the top of the fish.

Fish Ang Pow Lantern Fish Fins on side

Next insert one triangle corner to the left side of the fish and repeat the same for the right side. You can see it quite clearly on the top view of the fish.

Part 5: Finishing touch

Fish Ang Pow Lantern insert Fish string

Lastly, make a loop and staple it on the top side of the fish.  Open up the tail to complete the fish!  Now you can hang it up!

Fish Ang Pow Lantern Chinese New Year

Hope you like this beautiful fish!

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