Tissue-Paper+Lanterns

=__How to Make a Tissue Paper Lantern:__=

This Workshop complements the **Lanterns, Guernica and Picasso** Display in the Allen Centre.
=**You will need:**= Straight **sticks** from the garden || newspaper and tissue paper to your lantern || A **tea-light candle** or a **little torch** to put inside. ||
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 * 3 long sticks** for the lantern frame
 * 3 shorter sticks** for the base triangle
 * 3 short sticks** for the top triangle ||
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 * Masking tape** for joining the sticks
 * Little pieces of newspaper** to papier-mâché the joins.
 * Glue** (wallpaper paste is good) to attach the
 * Tissue paper** to cover the lantern

=Let's begin....=


 * ====Choose 3 long sticks. Wind some tape around the top to join them together.====
 * ====Spread them out into a pyramid shape.====
 * ====Make 2 triangles out of sticks and masking tape.====
 * ====Make a big triangle for the bottom, a smaller triangle for nearer the top.====
 * ====Slide each triangle over the top and down the pyramid.====
 * ====Tape the triangles to the tripod.====
 * ====Cover all the tape-joins with newspaper soaked in paste.====
 * ====Leave your lantern to dry overnight.====
 * ====Cut some tissue paper square to cover your lantern.====
 * ====Glue the tissue paper onto the sticks.====
 * ====Add tissue paper decorations if you wish.====
 * ====Use 2 or 3 thicknesses of tissue paper to make a platform on the big triangle. This will hold your candle.====
 * ====Leave your lantern to dry overnight.====
 * ====Cut a little doorway in the tissue paper near the base.====
 * ====Place a candle or torch inside your lantern.====
 * ====**Watch it GLOW**!====