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What you need :)
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First paint your lantern - I'm painting mine a soft yellow :)
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All done ;) let it dry
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Once you have finished painting your lantern - turn on your hot glue gun
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Cut out 5 squares of your thin cardboard all of similar sizes; I used a cereal box
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Glue squares to page of book (glossy side down if you are using a cereal box)
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Glue squares together with the writing on the inside of the box
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Attach yarn to the corners and bottom of the box
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Like so...
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Next Place down sides of box onto your chosen material, cut around it, then move on to next side
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When finished it should look like this, don't worry about the sides matching up perfectly, they will be covered up later
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Your lantern should have dried by now
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Add yarn to the top of the lantern
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I wrapped it around 3 times for a bigger effect
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Then add yarn to the bottom again I wrapped it around 3 times
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Video ^
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Video ^ Here you can see what happens when you cover the wrong side of the cardboard with the material; it shows through :/
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Voila!
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Add decoration to the top of the carriage
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Now it's time to decorate!
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Draw a circle on a piece of white material
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Now make for cuts all diagonal to each other
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Sew around 1cm away from edge, all the way around the circle, you can use a tissue to stabilise the shape of the bag
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Add yarn then glue to front of carriage
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For decoration I have added some ribbon to my ballon
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Then cut out triangles from a page if a book
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And glue to ballon; like bunting
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Finished product :)
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You could add a electrical tea light to make it glow!
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^ super cute :) These are what I have made so far, you can decorate them any way you want :)
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