This is how the monsters are made:
Let your imagination run wild with these cute monsters.
Print out our template and transfer the motifs to any colour of cardboard.
Glue the straw silk to the inside of the lantern blank. Tip: You can use two different colours of fibre silk for one lantern blank so that one set is enough.
After drying, fold the lantern blank at the pre-folded points, pin them together and fix them with a little craft glue. Now put a lantern bow through the holes provided and bend the ends with the VBS jewellery pliers.
Now you can glue a face onto the monsters. Pupils and teeth can be glued on with 3 D glue pads. You can also use a styrofoam ball and a black pompom for the eyes, stick them on chenille wire and glue them to the monster, or you can glue on wiggly eyes.
For the arms and legs, you can fold "witch's stairs" from 2 cm wide paper strips or simply use chenille wire and glue them to the edge of the lantern. For the witch's stairs you need two 2cm wide paper strips of the same length, which you lay on top of each other at right angles and glue together. Now fold the bottom strip of paper over the top strip. At the end, glue the strips together and pull the stairs apart a little.
Finally, bend the wires of the fairy lights into a large ball and place it inside the lantern. You can also fix individual bulbs with hot glue, e.g. if you are making ears for your monster in which it should also light up. You can put the battery compartment inside the lantern or glue it to the top of the lantern with hot glue. If the lantern stick is too long, you can shorten it to the desired length with scissors.
Thanks to the timer function of the light chain, the lantern can be used as a night light in the children's room after the parade.
