Paper Lantern – Akash Kandil

A bright and beautiful Paper Lantern commonly known as Akash Kandil to lighten up your Diwali decorations. This is an amazing craft idea made from three colourful craft papers – Light Green, Pink and Orange. Adding up to the glaze, it has been decorated using small paper flowers and silver paper linings. You can make these to give as a gift on Christmas, New Year or Diwali or use it as a DIY home décor piece to decorate your home or office space. No matter how you use the Paper Lantern, it is sure to brighten up your festive decorations.

So, let’s get started.

Materials Required:

• Three coloured craft papers
• Silver craft paper
• Ruler
• Pencil
• Scissors/Cutter
• Glue
• Small flower punch tool

Instructions:

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1. Cut out 6 square pieces each from orange and pink paper of size of 7*7 cm.
2. Apply glue on one opposite corner and stick them together to form a cylindrical tube like shape.  
3. Similarly cut out 12 square pieces of paper of size of 3*3 cm each.
4. Cut them into small petal flowers.
5. Using the punch, make centres for flower using the silver craft paper.
6. Stick the punched centre on the small paper flowers.
7.  Stick the finished flower to the centre of the cylindrical tube. I have used alternate colour combination to add extra glow.
8.  Now take one sheet each of orange and pink papers of size 27*21 cm together and cut them vertically 1 cm apart leaving a margin of 2 cm from the top. This will be used as fringes at the bottom of the Paper Lantern.
9. Take the green paper of size 27*15 cm and stick the orange and pink paper fringes.
10. Also apply the silver lining of 2 cm height on the top and bottom part of green paper
11. Apply glue on one end of the green paper and stick it to the other end forming a hollow cylindrical shape. This will form the base of the Akash Kandil.
12. Now, stick the 12 cylindrical tubes around the base of the Paper Lantern with alternate colors.
13. Cut 18*2 cm green paper strip and stick it on the top of the hollow cylinder. This becomes the hanging bar for the Paper Lantern.
14. Beautiful paper lantern or Akash Kandil is now ready for decorating.

So, here our beautiful handmade DIY Paper Lantern or Akash Kandil is ready to lighten up your home decor. As you can see it looks simply awesome and what’s more amazing is that you can make it with your regular craft supplies without spending too much. A great DIY home décor project and a great DIY gift idea, these Paper Lanterns are a must try for the crafter in you this festive season of Diwali and Christmas. You can check out more Diwali decoration ideas on Little Crafties youtube channel.