I just made this triangular Ang Bao Lantern out of the blue while I was playing with my red packets.
I used three large red packets to form a triangular upper layer, and another three large red packets to make the bottom layer.
Then I used three smaller red packets to make a "pendulum" in its centre. You can click to my previous post on my Diamond Ang Pow Lantern as a reference to learn to make this "pendulum"
After the lantern was completed, I was trying to give it an appropriate name.
I did a research on its shape, and I learned there was a mathematical term on the geometry of the upper and bottom layer, called "tetrahedron".
So if you are doing this Ang Bao Lantern with your children, you might also want to introduce to them this geometrical term "tetrahedron", when you can have fun and learn a bit of mathematics.
Here is a video that I've created to show you how I make this triangular ang bao lantern, so you can also have something special for Chinese New Year.
I've just created a video to show you how I made this Ang Bao Lucky Star.
Now you can have a better picture of the process it is being made, so you can do this simple-to-make Chinese New Year handicraft with your kids to decorate your house for this coming lunar new year!
Wishing everyone good health and prosperity, Happy Lunar New Year!
When you look at some Chinese New Year Ornaments that were for sale, do you notice as I do, besides using simple tassels, there were also those very pretty Chinese knots on the Chinese New Year Lanterns.
If you are getting bored with using simple tassels to make your Chinese New Year Lantern, here is a very simple to make Chinese Knot called the "Auspicious Knot" or "吉祥结" (Ji Xiang Jie) that you can make for yourself.
I have done the above this one myself in only 3 minutes! Just by following the steps in the video below that I have found on YouTube, it's really simple.
What you need:
1. A thick coloured string of 1 metre long
2. Just follow the steps in the above video
3. If you want to make cuter, smaller knot, you might want to teach your kid to do it. They have smaller hands! Probably can give your kid the coloured string at about 90cm long.
Here are more Auspicious knots that I've made.
These Auspicious Chinese Knots make pretty nice ornaments. You can make them as gifts to friends and relatives during Chinese New Year, or during other auspicious occasions like birthday, as a simple gift to your classmates.
Below is another picture of my Chinese Auspicious Knot that I have just made and the Red Tassel that I usually use for making my Chinese New Year Lantern.
This Diamond Chinese New Year Ang Pow Lantern is very simple to make and it uses 4 Red Packets
Materials you need:
1) 4 red packets
2) Super Glue
3) A tassel
4) Estimated 30 cm red string ( you can decide the length you want)
5) beads (optional, I didn't use it in my video here)
Here is the video that I have created to show you how it is made. Enjoy and have fun!
This Ang Pow Fan is made using only 10 red envelopes. It is also easy to make as a decoration or gift to friends and relatives during Chinese New Year. The materials required are as follow:
1) 10 Red packets (Ang Pow)
2) Red string about 30 cm
3) one tassel
4) UHU glue or double sided tape
5) A pair of scissors (optional, in case you need to cut a ball of red string)
Here's is a step by step tutorial I've made and uploaded to share with you
As I play around with the Ang Pow packets, I made this Chinese New Year Lantern. It looks like a spaceship to me, and I'm still trying to give it a nice name.
I used only 12 red packets. It is another simple craft that children can learn.
As for busy adults, it is easy to learn and fast to make.
It gives sense of satisfactions and enjoyment when you can make one as a gift to your relatives, friends or colleagues.
During Chinese New Year in Singapore, you can find these "Bump Chenille Stems" at the many temporary stalls that sell Chinese New Year decorations.
A very friendly stall owner had taught me how to make a flower with these bump chenille stems. You can make this flower to decorate your home and office during Chinese New Year. I find it can also be used as a fashion accessory.
You can see in this picture how I have used it as a decoration for Chinese New Year.
I've made and uploaded a video demonstration to share with you "How to Make an 8-Petal Flower using Bump Chenille Stems". It is simple to make and is suitable for children art and craft.
I know many would love to learn to make flower balls with Ang Pow packets. Here's another video I found that teach the "HOW". It's an 11 minutes video, so give yourself so patience to watch and learn.
If you are in Singapore when Chinese New Year is around the corner, do look out on the activities conducted by the Community Clubs (CCs) here. Some CCs do conduct Chinese New Year Lantern Making, and if you are lucky, you can sign up to attend one of the sessions.
I was so happy when I see this posted video on facebook and YouTube. Our Tai Chi teacher had volunteered and conducted a Chinese Lantern Making Session at Yio Chu Kang Community Club earlier this year, during the Chinese New Year period to share with her students to make a Flower Ball with Ang Bao packets.
Guess what?! I'm surprised to see that she is still keeping the Ang Bao Flower Ball that I gave to her last year. She has used it as a sample to guide her students and share with them the process of making it. How wonderful she is!
I felt so apologetic for I'm unable to draw time to make any new Ang Bao Lanterns to gift my favourite teacher and my mother due to my new job commitment this year 2011.
Nevertheless, I'm elevated by this video. I still do keep up with my hobby! So I hope you too, to do something you enjoy. Be Happy and Be Passionate, just like my Tai Chi teacher, I'm so proud of her.
My friend brought some square red packets. At first, we could not decide what to do, later we discovered we could make a flower ball with only 12 square red packets!
I've created this video to show you how to do it, it's very simple.
If you have kids, you can teach them to make one for their art lesson or make one to decorate your house for the coming Chinese New Year on 3 Feb 2011.
Here are the materials required:
1. 12 square red packets
2. A piece of red string about 30cm
3. Stapler with yellow or red staples filled
4. 1 Tassel
5. Sticky tape
In my earlier post on my Rotating Ang Pow Lantern that brought luck to my Mom to win $60 lottery.
Here, I found a video to teach you how to make one. Hope my post here brings all of you good luck and win a fortune too!
We can reference this video from YouTube to make a Flower Ball Lantern.
From the video, we need to fold 60 triangles altogether. 5 triangles to form a "flower drum", combine 6 "flower drums" to form the flower ball.
During Chinese New Year, some Chinese do not like to see the "white" sides of the flower ball lantern. I think one way to solve this is to get 30 pieces of square Red Envelopes (Ang Bao), fold them into half triangle, then use a pen knife to cut the triangles. Alternatively, use square paper that is red on both sides to cut the triangle.
This YouTube video shows how to make a palace lantern with red envelopes (Ang Bao)
I estimated it takes about 30 red envelopes: 16 red envelopes to form the bottom section; 8 envelopes to form the top sections; reminding for decorations.
The folding method for each red envelope as shown in the video is very similar to the way I make my "Golden Flower Corolla".
Ang Bao Goldfish is another auspicious item the Chinese loves to decorate their house with during Chinese New Year. It symbolises with the chinese phrase "年年有余", meaning having abundance or left over profit every year.
Never mind the video is spoken in Cantonese, I have translated the important things to note below, read my notes and follow what the demonstrator does in the video, you'll be able to make a beautiful goldfish with just 6 red packets for yourself.
Notes:
The 1st folding method
At 0:23, when you fold the edges leave a little gap from the center grid line.
At 0:35, fold the edges fully to the centre grid line for the other side.
At 0:45, a complete folded red packet, make 3 with this 1st folding method.
At 0:49, the video demonstrated the 2nd folding method, use 3 red packets to form a fish tail.
At 1:47, pick the side when you leave a gap to staple. This would be the fish mouth.
At 2:20, do not cut on the grid line with your scissor, leave a little space. You'd need 4 pieces of triangles to make the fins at 3:42
I've found this short and clear video that demonstrate how you can cut a fish using only 1 red packet (Ang Pow)
This Ang Pow fish is simple and easy to make that you can teach your kid to do. When your kids have collected their Ang Pows and saved the money, you can get them to recycle those red packets to decorate your house, by doing this simple handicraft.
What you need is just one red packet, a scissors, and a stapler. You can get a marker to draw the eyes of the fish.
A gentle reminder to your kid to be careful when they are handling with scissors.
To share about the making of Chinese New Year Lanterns or decorations using Ang Pow (also known as Red Packets,Red Envelopes,or Hong Bao). I will also make videos or gather other videos that show how to make Ang Pow Lanterns decoration Handicraft.
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