Make your own paper lamps
Time required: 2 hours
Decorate your home interior, create a soft, intimate ambiance and light up your garden table with a string of paper lamps featuring cutout designs.
List of materials:
Canson® Iris Vivaldi® 240 g/m2 Fuchsia, Straw yellow, Rose petal, Royal bkue
Canson® Tracing Paper
Craft knife
Paper glue
LED candles
Template: Paper lamps with cutout designs
Step 1 : Templates
Download templates for Canson® paper lamps with cutout designs..
Print these on to sheets of Canson® Iris Vivaldi® paper. You may choose to print the designs at full size or alter the scale slightly when printing in order to obtain pyramids of different sizes.
Step 2 : Cutting out
To avoid weakening the paper, start by cutting out the inner designs before cutting round the outside of the lamp shapes.
Step 3 : Adding tracing paper
Cut out four triangles from Canson® tracing paper for each lamp.
Apply a small amount of glue to the inside surface of the templates and stick them down, ideally using a glue stick, which will avoid crumpling the tracing paper.
Step 4 : Assembling the pyramids
Using the craft knife, gently score the folds in the pyramids and tab, using a ruler to assist you.
Apply a thin layer of glue to the tab and stick, holding in place for a few seconds
Repeat for the other lamps.
Step 5 : Finishing touches
Place an LED candle underneath each pyramid and arrange them as required to decorate furniture, tabletops, etc.
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