{"id":6710,"date":"2020-01-22T13:32:19","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T13:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6710"},"modified":"2020-01-22T13:36:49","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T13:36:49","slug":"easy-chinese-lantern-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/01\/easy-chinese-lantern-for-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Easy Chinese Lantern for Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>How are you and your family celebrating Chinese New Year 2020?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><strong>This year, Saturday 25th January marks the start of the Chinese Zodiac Year of the Rat.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>The celebrations start with the Lunar New Year and end with the Chinese Lantern Festival on the 8th of February 2020, so you have plenty of time to fit in some festivities.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Whether you are attending <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitlondon.com\/things-to-do\/event\/4733685-chinese-new-year-in-london\">London\u2019s annual Chinese New Year Parade<\/a> in Chinatown, eating some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/01\/lucky-foods-to-eat-during-chinese-new-year\/\">traditional Chinese food for good luck<\/a> or clearing out clutter from last year, our easy Chinese Lantern craft will bring plenty of good fortune and blessings to your home for 2020.<\/p>\n<p><b>Things you will need:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A4 Coloured Paper\/Card<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Safety Scissors<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stapler or Tape<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Glue<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ruler<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pencil<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rubber<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And we saved the best till last\u2026 DECORATIONS!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Ran out of craft supplies at home? Did you know with The Family Pass you can save on great family brands including <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/idea\/family-pass-members-only-unleash-your-creativity-with-cass-art-10-off\"><b>Cass Art<\/b><\/a><b> and <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/idea\/family-pass-members-only-get-10-off-online-and-in-store-at-ryman-for-all-your-stationery-needs\"><b>Ryman<\/b><\/a><b>, which means you can get crafty for less! Try The Family Pass for 30 days for only \u00a31 <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/membership\/join\"><b><i>here<\/i><\/b><\/a><b>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now you know what you need to get<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> crafty with the kids<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it\u2019s time to get started!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6712\" src=\"http:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1940-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1940-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1940-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1940-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1940-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Choose your paper. Red and gold are normally used as the colours are believed to symbolise happiness and good fortune.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6713\" src=\"http:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1942-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1942-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1942-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1942-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1942-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cut a 1 inch strip off the short side of the card or paper. This will become your lanterns handle so keep it safe.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6714\" src=\"http:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1944-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1944-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1944-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1944-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1944-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fold the paper in half lengthwise.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a pencil, draw a horizontal line about 1inch from the top of the paper. This is your guide for cutting.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mark 1 inch sections along the line to make sure the slits in your lantern are spread out evenly.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Draw a line from the fold to each mark to give you a line to follow, we will rub these out later so make sure they are light!<\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6715\" src=\"http:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1951-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1951-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1951-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1951-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1951-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cut from the fold to the horizontal line, following the guideline you just drew.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6716\" src=\"http:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1952-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1952-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1952-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1952-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1952-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unfold the paper and rub out any of your pencil lines that you can still see.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6717\" src=\"http:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1954-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1954-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1954-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1954-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1954-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here comes the fun part! Decorate the top and bottom edge of your lantern with either some paint, glitter, stick on shapes or just whatever you fancy.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6718\" src=\"http:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1955-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1955-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1955-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1955-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1955-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/> <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make sure you leave about a finger space gap at each end to allow you to glue the lantern together.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6719\" src=\"http:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1957-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1957-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1957-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1957-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1957-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pull the top edges of your lantern together to form a tube shape. Make sure they overlap about a finger space and staple together.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Repeat this for the bottom of your lantern.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6720\" src=\"http:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1958-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1958-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1958-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1958-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1958-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grab the handle you made earlier and glue the ends to the inside of the top of your lantern.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leave to dry.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once the lantern is dry you can decorate the handle or even add some more to the lantern itself!\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Try adding some streamers to the bottom of the lantern. These look great when the lantern blows in the wind. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hang your <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chinese Lantern<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> up in your home and start celebrating!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4><strong>Check the step by step video out here!<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-6710-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/downloads.littlebird\/Easy_Chinese_Lantern.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/downloads.littlebird\/Easy_Chinese_Lantern.mp4\">https:\/\/s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/downloads.littlebird\/Easy_Chinese_Lantern.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>We would love to see all of your Chinese Lantern designs so make sure you share pictures of them with us. Tag us on Facebook @LittleBird and Instagram @littlebirddeals for a chance to be featured on our socials!\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Happy Chinese New Year from LittleBird HQ<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How are you and your family celebrating Chinese New Year 2020?\u00a0 This year, Saturday 25th January marks the start of the Chinese Zodiac Year of the Rat.\u00a0 The celebrations start with the Lunar New Year and end with the Chinese Lantern Festival on the 8th of February 2020, so you have plenty of time to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/01\/easy-chinese-lantern-for-kids\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":6711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6710"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6730,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6710\/revisions\/6730"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}