How Do You Make Chinese Lanterns For Kindergarten?
Making Chinese lanterns can be a rewarding experience for children in kindergarten; they will turn a flat, two-dimensional piece of paper into a 3-D creation. Using simple folding and cutting skills, children may construct lanterns to string together on yarn as colorful decorations. This is a good project to instill a sense of accomplishment in youngsters, as well as teach them about other cultures. Fold a piece of construction paper lengthwise. Draw a pencil line 1 inch in from the long edge of the open side. Make certain that no child has drawn their line on the folded edge. Demonstrate how to make cuts from the folded edge into the pencil line. Start 2 inches from one end and continue along the length of the paper until you are 2 inches from the other end. Exact precision of measurement is not necessary. Once the children see how it is accomplished, they will imitate the procedure. Unfold the cut paper. Do not completely flatten on the fold as this crease will become the protruding
