Blogger / 16 September, 2024 / Nanny Anita

How To Make Bunny Lanterns

As I mentioned in my moon cake play dough activity, the Mid-Autumn Festival is just around the corner.  The Jade rabbit is the companion of Chang’e, the goddess of the moon.  In ancient times they would have hung hundreds of lanterns (since they obviously wouldn’t have had electricity).  One of the popular shaped lanterns in that of the Jade Rabbit.  You often see them in Chinese dramas giving Bunny lanterns out.  They are extremely cute.

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To make your own Bunny lanterns you will need:

• A large plastic egg
• Paper
• Scissors
• Hot glue gun
• Pink pencil
• Sharpies
• Pom pom
• Battery powered tea light

I had original wanted to make a paper mâché one, but when I went to look for the balloons to be the body of my lantern, I couldn’t find them.  I sure they will turn up after this post has gone live.  Anyway, I didn’t want to wait another year to make them, so I improvised with what I could find.

On your paper draw and colour in some ears and eyes for your bunny lanterns.  Then cut them out.

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Stick them onto the front of your bunny, as well as a pom pom for the tail at the back.

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Using the sharpies draw a nose, mouth, and decorations.

If you want your bunny to be a proper lantern and hang up; glue some thread at the top (one end at the front and the other end at the back).  This can then be wrapped around a kabab stick.

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Crack the egg open, put in your turned-on tea light, then close the egg back up.

And there you have your own bunny lanterns.

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