carl.hops Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 I'm looking for a cheap, simple way to make a flying lantern for the festival. I read somewhere you can use straws and birthday candles which sounds like a good plan but I'm stuck on what kind of paper to use, maybe someone can ask their gal how they used to do it? Link to comment
george lee Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 why make when you can buy! i'm sure vendors will be selling lanterns on the street, just like fireworks on chinese new year. lantern is also considered a valentine's day in china. Link to comment
carl.hops Posted February 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 Because making is fun! I found a cheap way to do it here:http://www.break.com/index/how-to-make-a-h...ir-balloon.html I'm going to substitute the balsa wood with plastic straws. Link to comment
carl.hops Posted February 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 We just finished making our own, tomorrow we plan to go to the waterfront and let her fly http://blog.sina.com.cn/samanthacarloveforever Link to comment
samanthaguo Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 http://qy1nua.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pJkymxyt1XESnV6t-hXK0DTAXCW8kyPgEgHm_QlgsBlD5Xbt3xYBTXTu01fJYqj1B1YUKeDnnu6kbbFJO0K2hkg/lantern.jpg It will fly into the sky with fabulous fireworks show in about 3 hours, can't wait Link to comment
Richard & Li Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 We've made them quite often. (Just like the picture, only bigger.)Once, in America, we even got a UFO report. White plastic lights up better than clear... A hair dryer can give the initial 'boost' needed for the candles to 'take over'. One the kids love: Self destruct at 1000 feet with fireworks delay timed using the candles. Link to comment
TootTaLu Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 I'm looking for a cheap, simple way to make a flying lantern for the festival. I read somewhere you can use straws and birthday candles which sounds like a good plan but I'm stuck on what kind of paper to use, maybe someone can ask their gal how they used to do it?I forget what you call it.That colored "tissue paper",different colors,we used in school when we were kids.Kind of like the paper you find in a shirt box.Very easy to glue this kind of paper together and its very light. Put a very thin piece of wire at the bottom and attach an ALCOHOL SOAKED COTTON in that wire to fuel the balloon. Link to comment
carl.hops Posted February 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 (edited) Tonight was a lot of fun, as soon as we arrived at the dock we saw tens of them flying through the sky. At first I even thought "what the heck are those" until I realized what was in my very hand. We got up to the water front and there were plenty of people selling Kong Ming Deng, when we whipped out our home made lantern heads turned people started talking and we even got a small crowd huddled around us as we lit up the candles, it did fill up with air but it wouldn't take flight, Yakun over heard someone say "I tried to make one so many times but I didn't make it work!" Nevertheless it was fun trying and we got a few good pictures out of it. After that we had even more fun, right when we arrived near someone selling lanterns my eye caught two policeman rounding them up and taking all the Kong Ming Deng!! I wasn't going to let them ruin the night so with Yakun in hand I dashed to the next salesmen on the dock (it was quite crowded) we looked behind us and there was a policemen right on our heels! Which made it kind of exciting I have to admit... Yakun was screeching "crazy foreigner!" But that was it, I was on a mission to fly! We reached the next person selling them, as I panicked to get 10 yuan from my pocket Yakun grabbed the first Kong Ming Deng handed to her and before the policeman could stop us we disappeared into the crowd. It seems they weren't stopping people from lighting them, just the sellers, so we made a circle back to our spot and lit it up, it started to fall at first but the wind picked it up and it flew like an eagle until it was the highest Kong Ming Deng in the sky, our wish is still out there somewhere. http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d162/0Vector/IMG_2925.jpghttp://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d162/0Vector/IMG_2926.jpg Edited February 9, 2009 by carl.hops (see edit history) Link to comment
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