1: quantity. There were many people coming that day, and 200 was just right.
2. River lantern style
3: Paper used
I learned about two styles of river lanterns:
1, star candlestick lamp, referred to as star lamp.
Advantages:
Beautiful style
The middle space is large, and candles can be easily stored.
Wrapped in a shape, it is not easy to get water on the water surface, and it also wraps more candlelight, which is more hazy.
Disadvantages:
It takes about 15-20 minutes to fold.
It's complicated
Not suitable for children under grade six.
(Several children in grade four tried to fold paper. Ten-year-old children can fold ordinary paper well, but waxed paper is slippery and difficult to fold neatly, which barely challenges success. )
2. Lotus Lantern
Advantages:
It's also beautiful
The folding steps are easy to master, and the folding time is 5- 10 minutes.
Don't pick paper.
Better than a star lamp.
Disadvantages:
Plastic surgery should be slightly outward, or you will worry that candles will light petals.
Not enough packaging, beautiful in the light, not enough stars and dim lights in the dark.
A little worried about falling into the water.
I have tried the following kinds of paper to fold lanterns.
1, plain colored paper
Don't underestimate it, the waterproof effect is ok, much better than single-layer waxed paper, and it is absolutely no problem if it doesn't sink for 20 minutes.
But opaque (try it: is it possible to achieve the perfect effect of toughness, easy folding and light transmission by brushing oil? )
2. Waxed paper
Advantages:
Very cheap. 0.25 yuan can buy a piece of 500×750mm paper and cut it into six pieces of 250×250 paper, which is just enough to fold lanterns. You can fold a lantern with double paper equivalent to 1 cent.
Light transmission is very good, and it is easy to create a hazy atmosphere.
If there is no hole, waterproofing is possible, because the star lamp needs to be folded many times at the center, and it is easy to leak water at the center. Double-layer waxed paper can solve this problem well, and it won't sink for more than 20 minutes. Just a little water.
Disadvantages:
Too thin, too slippery. I asked this Taobao shop, but there is no thicker model.
Water test experiment (all electronic candles with the same weight are put in): single-layer waxed paper and ordinary paper: single-layer waxed paper enters the water faster.
12 divided into single-layer wax paper:
12 ordinary colored paper can still be maintained.
12 minutes Double-layer waxed paper can be kept in this state for 20-30 minutes, without observation for a longer time.
The picture below shows the lighting experiment: the effect of double-layer waxed paper is beautiful in the dark. Complete victory!
Ordinary paper has poor light transmission in the dark.
3. The third kind of paper is wet colored paper, which is brushed with oil.
The light transmission is very good and beautiful, but the wet colored paper itself is not elastic enough, and it will break after a few folds. Not suitable for making river lanterns, you can put them on the table or hang them on the road.
By the way, you must have enough oil to be thorough.
In the end, most of the schemes used that night were double-layer waxed paper stacked with star lights. The effect is quite beautiful.
The following three directions have not been tried:
1, tough colored paper, brushed with oil.
I always thought it was only white, but later I found that there was colored sulfuric acid paper, but the price was slightly more expensive. A piece of paper with 787× 1092mm needs 12 yuan, and about 12 sheets can be made. The effect is worth looking forward to.
3. Teacher Lin Wei's suggestion: Coloring ordinary white sulfuric acid paper with crayons is also worth a try at night.
Finally, regarding the size of the paper, the 250×250mm lotus lamp is just right after being spread out, and it can be larger. The paper folding star lamp with the same specification has enough space, which is also the final scheme. If it is 200mm, which is just suitable for candles, 150mm is very narrow.
The following figures are 150, 200 and 250 respectively.