Paper Lantern Lights

To make the stained glass effect paper lantern you will need ...
A ball-shaped lampshade paper / lantern in any size that you want. felt tip pens, black paint.
You must create a design for the lantern. Draw the design on a sheet of paper. You can draw the nursery, a Christmas tree, Santa Claus or perhaps "Merry Christmas". The design should be simple and bold.

Once you are satisfied with the design, you can start working on the lantern itself. You will first need to erect the paper lantern. It should have assembly instructions with it. Unfold the lantern and insert a wire expander inside the lantern, this slots into place and keeps the penis lantern and taught.

Take a black felt pen or marker and draw the design on the paper lantern. Be careful when you do this because the lantern is made of paper and wet ink makes the paper brittle. If your pen does not accidentally "pass" stick a small piece of paper over the hole to the patch and let dry.

Once your design is complete, paint the bottom of the lantern black. This is so that the blocks lantern of the light. Again you need to take care not to pierce the paper. Use two brushes for painting the lantern, a thin brush for small areas and detailed, and a thick brush for large areas.

Tip Top - Paint the top of the lantern halfway, and let dry. Then turn upside down and the other half of the painting. Use a dish to stand the lantern, he stops moving and raises the work surface.

For best results, give them two coats of black lantern.

Once the paint is dry, you're ready to apply the stained glass effect. With colored markers, color in white areas of your design on the paper lantern. Again take care.

Now hang the lantern from a ceiling in your home. Whenever the light is on your design shine like a lovely stained glass in a church on a sunny day. The lantern is a fun and unusual Christmas decoration.

Do not use a higher wattage bulb in the lantern than indicated lantern instructions and packaging.