Waldorf Folded Paper Lanterns

Today we are making this traditional waldorf style watercolor folded paper star lantern.

Waldorf folded paper lanterns.

No previous folding experience needed. Again crease the paper sharply folding both to the front and back. Making lanterns for your lantern festival. On one short end of the paper fold a small edge over about the width of sticky tape.

Now fold the paper from the right all the way over to the 1 2 mark. Paper lantern from festivals family and food p. Every fold we make must be creased in this manner. You wont even need a special paper just few.

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Waldorf paper lanterns a mostly visual tutorial on how to make these waldorfy paper lanterns. 104 105 tracing or wax paper thick colored construction paper pressed leaves or colored tissue paper 4 round plastic lid string. Traditional waldorf paper lantern tutorial this tutorials 14 pages are filled with lots of pictures and step by step instructions how to make a traditional waldorf paper lantern which i have listed in my shop. With the help of my wonderful husband here it is.

A waldorf paper lantern tutorial. It s a little off because. Fold in half again up to the 1 2 line. Smilerynker has uploaded 286 photos to flickr.

At the top of your lantern use a hole punch or needle to tie string from opposite sides of your lantern and then tie the lantern onto the end a child sized stick kind of like a fishing pole. The idea was for the playgroup children to make their own waldorf lanterns this year. You can use your child s art work or scrap book paper for this project. Paper lantern lights paper lanterns diy paper paper art paper crafts holiday crafts christmas diy origami waldorf crafts.

Fold the base in and glue both on the outside and on the inside of the lantern. I ve had many requests to make a tutorial on how to make a waldorf star lantern. Paper lantern from the children s year p. The oil does a very special and i think magical job it turns the watercolour paper semi translucent.