Love these!
Supplies and tools
1. white paper lantern and cord kit (try this one or this one)
2. hot glue gun and glue
3. fake flowers
4. scissors
5. pom-pom fringe
6. compact fluorescent light bulb
Flower-covered lantern:
1. Start by removing the flowers from the garland, remove the plastic pieces, and tear the petals apart (some are hot glued together).
2. Then cut the pom poms off the fringe. You can also buy loose pom poms, but I liked these off-white ones better than the white ones they sell loose.
3. Hot glue the flowers and pom-pom centers onto the lantern. Glue them so they overlap to cover the entire paper surface. The garland I used provided just enough flowers for one 12-inch paper lantern. This one required two 4-foot spools of pom-pom fringe.
4. Insert the cord kit and hang from the ceiling. If you use a compact fluorescent light bulb, you’ll never have to worry about the hot glue melting.
Pom-pom lantern:
1. Apply a thin line of hot glue along the paper lantern’s ridges, a few inches at a time. Adhere the fringe to the glue, then repeat. DO NOT follow the ridge all the way around because the frame is constructed as a spiral, so your ends will never meet. So, when you get six or so inches from the end, start directing the line to connect to where you started. I spaced each line of pom poms six lines apart. This one required three 4-foot spools of pom-pom fringe.
2. Insert the cord kit and hang from the ceiling.
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