school send us a note to work with our kids in making a lantern with recycle materials for school competition. i check the web for ideas on how to make a simple one and also makes me very busy. though its supposed to be made with recycle materials, i end up having to get brushes, paint, ice cream sticks, strings to make.
this making takes us 3 days to complete. hmmmm....... should i say it takes me 3 days and 2 days for the kids. i get them to paint on the plastic bag that i had from made with love (the only recycle material that i have and i don't need to spend to get it). they can paint anything they want. i lay out the newspaper on the floor and get them to start painting after dinner.
yu xi is painting her usual abstract art. yu ze did his vroom vroom car, sun, rainbow and birds.
next, we glue the ice cream sticks together to form a square. each lantern will required 5 squares before i can put them together. next day, i glue the plastic sheets to the ice cream sticks square and leave it to dry overnight.
finally, its time to put all together. however the plastic sheets didn't stick well to the ice cream sticks. i re-stick then with the glue tape before i assemble them together. to prevent it from falling apart, i tape the wash tape around the rim to secure it and as a decoration too. here's the final product.
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