Homemade unicorn lanterns make magical party decorations or a cute addition to any unicorn-themed room or event! Of course, such a craft is perfect for St. Martin's Day. You can make your own unicorn lantern and it's easy!
Some great DIY decorations can definitely represent these DIY unicorn paper lanterns. The best thing about them is that they are really inexpensive to make, they have a great decorative impact and are just so cute!
Materials required:
Paper lanterns
Silver and white party tassels
Hot glue gun
Twine or string
Paper flowers
Printable unicorn face pieces
How to Make Your Own DIY Unicorn Paper Lantern:
First, print out the unicorn face templates from the materials list above. Then cut out each piece by hand or with an electronic cutter if you have one.
Once you have your unicorn pieces printed and cut out, assemble your lantern by inserting the rectangular piece of wire through the top opening and snapping the tabs on one end of the rectangular piece into the eyelets at the top of the lantern.
Next, use the hot glue gun to attach the unicorn faces to the lantern. You need to fold back the tabs on the ears and horn to get them rightat the lanterncan be attached. Be careful not to burn yourself on the thin paper with the hot glue.
Next, we'll add some pretty flowers around the unicorn horn at the top of the lantern. You can use paper flowers. To make the lantern complete and easy to carry, you can finally make a bracket out of wire and attach it to the lantern. For lighting, you can either use candles or an electric lantern stick.
At this point you could be finished if you wanted, but you can add a little touch with a few fabric and mylar tassels.
Because the unicorn lanterns have more weight on the front, they tend to tilt forward a bit. If you're a bit of a perfectionist, you can add some weight to the back of the lantern to compensate, but it's not really necessary.
Paper mache lanterns
You need:
a balloon, paper, flour paste and a little patience and time.
Paper Mache Lantern Instructions:
- Inflate the balloon. You have to estimate exactly what size you need in advance. Tie him up.
- Take colored paper of the desired color. To get a light and clear dark color, it is better to first glue something colorless (oiled white paper practically does not give additional color), and with the last layers the desired color, without overlap, for example. B. red on blue. The fewer dark pieces of paper there are on top of each other, the less likely they are to form dark, indistinct stripe transitions.
- Brush the paper with oil and tear it into 2-3 centimeter pieces.
- Cook the flour dough. That's easy - all the work here is easy, but it takes time. Dilute two tablespoons of flour in a glass of cold water and place in a saucepan with a second glass of boiling water. Stir and cook for 2-3 minutes. Cover with foil and let cool (on the balcony to speed up the process).
- Put the dough in a bowl, the pieces of paperin the TeigDip, wipe off the excess on the edge of the bowl, place a piece of paper on the ball. For the first layer, the ball must be held in your hands - the weight of the paper will cause it to tip over quickly. For the rest of the layers, place it in a bowl. And so several layers (3-4). It's better to leave the brushes aside - it takes too long with them. Once dry, remove the ball.
- The papier-mâché lanterns can be the base for various animal lanterns. You can make a unicorn lantern by sticking the appropriate decorations on it.
Or how about this:Make a quick lantern with a paper bag for any occasion
