Start by printing out the templates for the dragon lantern and cutting them out carefully.
transfer the body of the dragon (template A) twice to craft cardboard sheet and cut it out.
Tip: If you cut out the inner part with a cutter knife, you can also design this as an additional small dragon, for example as a window picture.
Place the cut-out dragon bodies on a piece of straw silk paper and trace the contours with a pencil. Cut out the straw silk paper along the drawn lines and glue them to the dragon's body using handicraft glue .
Continue continue with the face details (templates B, C, D, E). transfer these to craft cardboard sheet, as well, cut them out and outline them with a permanent marker. Glue the face elements to the dragon using handicraft glue and draw the mouth and eyebrows directly onto the straw silk paper. The intermediate piece (template F) must also be transferred twice to craft cardboard sheet and cut out.
Glue both parts together and fold the dotted lines with a folding bone by pressing the lace upwards. Fold the intermediate piece in the middle and punch holes in the middle and at the ends for later hanging. Glue the lace to the back of the kite body using handicraft glue and fold in the side sections.
For the bows, cut approx. 6 cm long pieces of crepe paper and tie them together in the middle using warp yarn . Glue four or eight bows onto the kite. You can shorten the wire as you wish. Insert one end into the previously punched hole at the bottom of the kite and bend the end with round nose pliers to prevent the wire from slipping out. Shape the wire as desired and tie as many loops as you like to it using warp yarn . Bend the wire of the LED-chain of light and insert it into the kite.
The LED chain of light has 3 switch-on options: 1x press Timer function, 2x press On and 3x press Off. In the timer function, the chain of light lights up for 6 hours and then switches off. It switches on again after 18 hours. Finally, pull the lantern bracket through the holes at the lower end of the intermediate piece and bend the ends with round nose pliers. Hang up the lantern rod .
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