Another Lantern for Mooncake Festival

I thought my son is too old for lanterns until he told me he wants one too after checking out the one I did for his sister.

So here is the model I created for him and it is made up of a cardboard box for a monitor.



It is obvious that I have been inspired by all the traditional stuff I saw during...


...my trip to Beijing.

Lantern for Mooncake Festival

We are celebrating the mooncake festival this Saturday and I have created a lantern for my little girl.


How much do I have to spend for materials? Nothing! It's made up of plastic bags that I have cut into strips to crochet into...

...granny squares...


...to decorate an empty container for cooking oil, with its top cut off.

Here is a closer view of the lantern.


May you have a wonderful time eating delicious mooncakes and drinking good tea by your lanterns.

Lantern decorated! Take a look.

I mentioned earlier that I will be decorating this lantern I have created for Calvin to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.



This is the makeover result...



...with the help of this worn out paper bag.



I was inspired by this wooden cupboard in my dinning room and...



the paper cutting presentation I have posted earlier.

Interested to learn? View the tutorial in slides I have posted on Creative Recyclers.

Holes in boxes? Great for lanterns.

What can you do with fruit boxes with holes for ventilation cut into them?



The mooncake festival is around the corner, so, I created a lantern with one of them.



Calvin love it. So, what am I going to create for my little girl? Is this OK with you, Callie?



I made them with this sheet found in the fruit box.



Like it? Oh, great! Now all I have to do is to decorate it some and add handles. What material am I going to use? Abandoned material, of course! Watch out for my free tutorials on Creative Recyclers.

If you can't wait for the instructions, I have last year's designs for you to work on.