Skill Level
Beginner
Time to Make
1 hour
Adult Supervision
Yes
Top Tip
Make sure you cover your work surface with newspaper or a mat before you start to paint.
How to Make
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Polka Dot Lanterns
- Start by mixing purple paint with white to create lilac, then coat the paper lantern. It may require two coats.
- Using white paint, with a circular sponge tool or a brush create circles all around the lantern.
- Leave to dry and hang with string/ribbon.
- Create the same lantern but in a different colour by mixing blue and white paint to create a baby blue.
- Cut out small and large circles from dark pink, light pink, green and lilac tissue paper.
- Using a brush and PVA glue stick on the circles one by one and layering over one another.
- Leave to dry and hang with string/ribbon.
- You can create a triangle tissue paper lantern by cutting triangles instead of circles from the tissue paper.
- Coat the paper lantern in a layer of white paint and leave to dry.
- Using light blue paint (blue and white paint mixed) draw thin lines across your lantern, about three or four in random places.
- Cut out small triangles from dark pink, light pink, green and lilac tissue paper and stick down using PVA glue along each blue line leaving a finger space between each triangle.
- Leave to dry and hang with string/ribbon.
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