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Origami Lights

by on Jul 14, 2008

I heart paper lanterns. They make everything prettier and
shinier and awesomely better. So I decided to make some in the simplest
way possible.

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Origami Waterbombs are SUPER EASY to do and can be whistled up in
huge numbers while you’re say, catching up on season 3 of Battlestar
Galactica.

These pictures are of the finished lanterns, as I took
a whole series of 35 step-by-step Origami ‘how to’ photos then
discovered a nice simple instructable on the subject. Doh.

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Essentially
what you do is make your waterbombs, and poke them onto some LED
Christmas lights, using the hole that you’re meant to use to fill them
with water. 

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I
used origami paper here but you could use ANYTHING, magazine pages,
flyers, cheap scrapbooking materials, photocopies of sheet music… you
get the idea, just cut it down to a square.

If your lanterns are
going to be exposed to the elements then you could waterproof your
paper somewhat. My book says that the best way to do that is to spray
them with spray adhesive before you fold them. I’m dubious though, as
spray adhesive can sometimes curl up paper… maybe if you sprayed them
after…