There is so much that can be done with paper lanterns and there are many ideas floating around the web which are very creative. I wanted to use the paper lanterns as is for their colours but still needed to enhance them a bit more. since I used them for a day time party we couldn't add a light inside the lamps as it was a very sunny day. Paper lanterns are easily available at any dollar store and are very easy to assemble. I have added fringes and decorated them for other parties but this year I added some fancy decorations to it so that they hanged even lower and looked even colourful. I added some pom poms and paper flags on a string as well as some tissue paper strips to them and this is how my paper lanterns looked in the bright sunlight with cool breeze, beginning of spring!
These are some Japanese paper lanterns, they are beautifully printed and some of them have print and striped panels. I just loved the patterns and colours and the size was much more bigger and more impressive to say the least.
Using two colour papers in one pom pom gives it a new look and makes it more interesting. These are Martha Stewart pom poms which I made using these instructions, just in smaller size which made them look like delicate flowers.
Using very small square pieces of coloured printed paper I made this small bunting which I hung vertically down from the lantern. It is very simple just fold small square pieces of paper and glue them together on a cotton string or thread. Glue stick doesn't hold so it's best to use a good quality craft glue.
I found these beautiful stripe printed tissue paper which I used in most of the decorations. Here I cut them into thin strips and hung them below the lanterns as well as used them to make small pom poms as well. since the lantern itself is solid colour, I added the prints and stripes through the paper on the pom poms and flags.
Here is a closer look at the bunting it is made from around 3 cm/3 cms square pieces of paper on a cotton thread.
On some lamps I added two pom poms made from striped tissue paper in different colours. They did get entangled when they were hung but still looked very pretty.
To attach the strips of paper I just used some sticky tape, folded the strips on the wire frame and then used sticky tape to secure them in place. For the bunting and pompoms I simply tied and them to the wire frame of the lantern.
For the printed lanterns I used gold and silver foil paper and cut them in thin strips to hang them on the wire frame of the lanterns and added plain coloured pom poms.
These are some Japanese paper lanterns, they are beautifully printed and some of them have print and striped panels. I just loved the patterns and colours and the size was much more bigger and more impressive to say the least.
Using two colour papers in one pom pom gives it a new look and makes it more interesting. These are Martha Stewart pom poms which I made using these instructions, just in smaller size which made them look like delicate flowers.
Using very small square pieces of coloured printed paper I made this small bunting which I hung vertically down from the lantern. It is very simple just fold small square pieces of paper and glue them together on a cotton string or thread. Glue stick doesn't hold so it's best to use a good quality craft glue.
I found these beautiful stripe printed tissue paper which I used in most of the decorations. Here I cut them into thin strips and hung them below the lanterns as well as used them to make small pom poms as well. since the lantern itself is solid colour, I added the prints and stripes through the paper on the pom poms and flags.
Here is a closer look at the bunting it is made from around 3 cm/3 cms square pieces of paper on a cotton thread.
On some lamps I added two pom poms made from striped tissue paper in different colours. They did get entangled when they were hung but still looked very pretty.
To attach the strips of paper I just used some sticky tape, folded the strips on the wire frame and then used sticky tape to secure them in place. For the bunting and pompoms I simply tied and them to the wire frame of the lantern.
For the printed lanterns I used gold and silver foil paper and cut them in thin strips to hang them on the wire frame of the lanterns and added plain coloured pom poms.
I am very happy with how these paper lanterns turned out and all I did was started adding decorations to the wire frame and started creating along the way. I'm sure you can come up with some more variations and I would love to see some pictures of your work x
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