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Chinese New Year Two Tier Ang Pow Lantern

7 December 2022 by Eileen

Hello everyone! We are almost reaching the end of the Year of the Water Tiger and in 2023, we will welcome the year of the Water Rabbit. The fifteen days of the Chinese New Year start from 22nd January 2023 to 5th February 2023.

You might be wondering why do Chinese people fill their homes full of Chinese New Year decorations. Basically, it’s to fill their house with plenty of good wishes e.g. the whole year brimful with happiness, good health, wealth, prosperity etc. It is equivalent to how western cultures decorate their houses with Christmas decorations and ornaments with wreaths, candles, mistletoe etc. Usually, we hope the new year will bring good health, wealth and prosperity! Hence we love hanging a lot of decorations around the house.

Chinese New Year Two Tier Ang Pow Lantern step by step

So, what’s the significance of Chinese red lanterns? Hanging a red lantern in front of the door is believed to drive off bad luck. According to the Chinese legend, it is also to frighten away the Nian monster.

Let’s come and learn how to make this two Tier ang pow lantern (approximately 38 cm by 25 cm) to decorate your front door!

Materials:

  • 27 long rectangle ang pows / red envelope (approx. 9.5 cm by 17 cm)
  • clear packaging tape 20mm
  • stapler & staples
  • scissors
  • 50 – 60 cm red string
  • 7 Chinese knot tassels
  • thick marker pen

Chinese New Year Two Tier Ang Pow Lantern materials

Optional:

  • 24 plain cards (approx 8 cm by 15 cm) – 200 gsm

Chinese New Year Two Tier Ang Pow Lantern instructions

You can use any colour of ang pow to make this type of lantern. Make sure that the design of the ang pow is the same though. Using multiple designs of ang pow to make this lantern will not look as nice in my opinion. I am using yellow ang pow on this craft as this is what’s available in store. The material of this ang pow is quite flimsy. Hence I am adding plain cards into the ang pows. If your ang pow’s material is quite thin and soft, insert the thick plain cards to help keep the shape of the ang pow.

These are the step-by-step instructions:

  1. Optional – Insert 24 plain cards inside 24 ang pow before starting the craft.

    chinese new year two tier ang pow lantern insert cards
    chinese new year two tier ang pow lantern insert card into ang pow

  2. First, let’s build the bottom tier of the lantern, you will need 12 ang pow.

  3. To build the outer bottom tier of the lantern, fold the lids into the six ang pow.

  4. Tape the inside of six ang pow portrait using the clear packaging tape to form a hexagon shape.

    chinese new year two tier ang pow lantern tape outer bottom tier
    Chinese New Year two tier Ang Pow Lantern outer bottom
    chinese new year two tier ang pow lantern seal outer bottom tier
    chinese new year two tier ang pow lantern outer bottom tier

  5. Now build the spinal structure of the bottom tier of the lantern. Fold the lids inside three of the ang pow and leave the other three ang pow’s lids unfolded.

    chinese new year two tier ang pow lantern bottom spinal ang pow

  6. Tape six ang pow (alternate with closed flap and open flap ang pow and so on) in portrait orientation using the clear packaging tape to form a book with pages via the side of the ang pow. Also flip over and tape on the other side. If you have forgotten to close the flaps for most of your ang pow, no worries, just leave it and you can use them all to secure with the top of the lantern.  I find three ang pow flaps are good enough to secure the top part of the lantern.

    chinese new year two tier ang pow lantern bottom spinal ang pow 1 and 2
    chinese new year two tier ang pow lantern bottom spinal ang pow 1 and 3
    chinese new year two tier ang pow lantern bottom spinal ang pow 1 and 4
    chinese new year two tier ang pow lantern bottom spinal ang pow 1 and 5
    chinese new year two tier ang pow lantern bottom spinal ang pow 1 and 6

  7. Tape/Staple one Chinese knot tassel on one of the ang pow. Personally, I would prefer stapling it.

    chinese new year two tier ang pow lantern bottom spinal chinese knot tassel

  8. Insert the spinal structure into the outer bottom tier of the lantern. The structure should hold very well without having to tape with clear packaging tape.

    chinese new year two tier ang pow lantern bottom tier spinal

  9. Now to build the top tier of the lantern, you will need 12 ang pow.

  10. Fold six of the ang pow flaps inside of the ang pow. Please see the photo.

    Chinese New Year Two Tier Ang Pow Lantern top tier ang pow fold

  11. Tape both side of the six ang pow in landscape orientation using the clear packaging tape to form a hexagon shape.

    chinese new year two tier ang pow lantern tape top tier
    chinese new year two tier ang pow lantern seal top tier

  12. Now build the spinal structure of the bottom tier of the lantern. Tape six ang pow (flaps open) landscape using the clear packaging tape to form a book with pages via the bottom end of the ang pow.

    chinese new year two tier ang pow lantern top tier ang pow 1 and 2
    chinese new year two tier ang pow lantern top tier ang pow 1 to 6

  13. Insert the spinal structure into the outer top tier of the lantern.

    Chinese New Year Two Tier red Ang Pow Lantern
    chinese new year two tier ang pow lantern top tier insert spinal

  14. Insert the spinal structure ang pow flaps into the top tier of the lantern, there should be a slit on each ang pow. This will help secure it onto the structure.

    chinese new year two tier ang pow lantern top tier insert spinal with lids

  15. Fold an ang pow into half and cut in the middle. Repeat with two more ang pow to make six small ang pow halves.

    chinese new year two tier ang pow lantern cut in half

  16. Tape a Chinese knot tassel at the bottom end of the small ang pow.

    chinese new year two tier ang pow lantern ang pow roll with chinese knot tassel

  17. Roll the ang pow using the thick marker pen and staple both the top and bottom joints together. Follow the same instructions for the remaining five ang pow halves.

    chinese new year two tier ang pow lantern roll ang pow with marker pen
    chinese new year two tier ang pow lantern roll ang pow using marker pen
    chinese new year two tier ang pow lantern ang pow roll

  18. Staple all six ang pow rolls onto the top tier of the lantern as shown.

    chinese new year two tier ang pow lantern staple ang pow roll

  19. Join the top and bottom tiers of the lantern by using the flaps of the ang pow from the bottom tier of the lantern onto the top tier of the lantern using a stapler.

    chinese new year two tier ang pow lantern join top and bottom tier
    chinese new year two tier ang pow lantern join top and bottom tier of the lantern

  20. Staple both ends of the red strings onto the spinal top tier of the ang pow.

Some people might prefer using a red colour ang pow instead of the yellow ang pow to create the lantern. This is the red colour version – see which colour you prefer. Let me know in the comments below.

Chinese New Year Two Tier red Ang Pow Lantern instructions
Chinese New Year Two Tier Red Ang Pow Lantern

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Filed Under: Chinese New Year Craft Tagged With: chinese craft, chinese lantern, Chinese New Year, Chinese New Year Craft, Lunar New Year, 红包灯笼

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