How to make traditional star lights play Mid-Autumn Festival

Referring to lanterns for Mid-Autumn Festival, everyone should remember immediately the colorful five-pointed star lamp made of bamboo sticks and cellophane paper. Since ancient times, the star lamp has become an indispensable symbol in the Mid-Autumn Festival of Vietnamese children. Instead of buying, you can make your lights so beautiful by following these simple steps.

To make the lamp you need to prepare:

1. 10 small bamboo sticks 25 - 30cm long
2. 5 small bamboo sticks 5cm long
3. Rod bar as rolling lamp
4. glue
5. Multicolored cellophane
6. Decorative colored paper
7. Wire or steel tie
8. Pen, ruler, scissors

How to make his lamp look like this:

Step 1: Put bamboo sticks and tie strings to make 2 stars

You need 10 long bamboo sticks to make 5 stars and 5 sticks about 5cm short to make a rod between the 2 sides of the star.

You can change the length of the bamboo bars according to the size of the star you want. But note that bamboo bars are always equal in length so that the lamp is balanced.

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Put 5 bamboo sticks into a star shape (Photo: Internet source)

Put 5 long bamboo sticks together to form a star shape, then use the wire or steel to tie the rods to fix. Tie at 5 star vertices and the pentagonal part in the middle.

Do the same with the remaining 5 bamboo sticks to have the second star shape.

Step 2: Overlay two star shapes on each other and fix them

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Create two equally sized stars (Photo: Internet source)

Let two stars overlap and then fix them at 5 vertices of the two stars. Make sure the joints are strong so that the bamboo bars are not released.

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Insert a short bamboo stick between the two stars (Photo: Internet source)

Use 5 short bamboo sticks inserted between the two stars at the 5 corners of the pentagon to create a bulge in the middle.

Fixed wire for sure.

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Make sure the connections of the star lights (Photo: Internet source)

Step 3: Paste cellophane into bamboo culms

Use glue paste, glue or double-sided tape to stick cellophane into the bamboo body into a complete star. Cut off excess paper.

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Paste cellophane into a bamboo frame (Photo: Internet source)

You can paste each wing one color to make the star look more sparkling. Note that cellophane must be stretched so that your star lantern is beautiful.

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You can paste many different cellophane paper to make your lamp more sparkling (Photo: Internet source)

If you want your lanterns to be more brilliant, you can cut small pieces of colored cardboard on the star wings to decorate.

Step 4: Insert the stick as a handle for his lamp

Fix the rod to the lamp to make his lamp handle. Attaching the candle to the inside is that you have a lamp that he is sparkling and brilliant in the Mid-Autumn Festival.

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Simple steps to make his lights play Mid-Autumn Festival (Photo: Internet source)

With just a simple operation, within 15 minutes you can make your own star decoration lamp Mid-Autumn night. You can teach them how to make lanterns so they can understand more about the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival of the nation.

If you want to organize fun activities for the Mid-Autumn Festival for children, the game of making lanterns for him is also an interesting and rewarding game.Refer to how to organize Mid-Autumn Games for children here .

How to make traditional star lights play Mid-Autumn Festival Picture 8 Make his lights sparkling for Mid-Autumn night (Photo: Internet source)

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Good luck!