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HOW TO MAKE
SKY LANTERNS
Posted on November 12, 2012 by adinari

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Lovely Illustration by Tuhin Paul

We made sky lanterns to celebrate Diwali, a festival
of lights in India. You can find the step-by-step tutorial

here:
Step 1: Make Paper Balloon
The paper balloon is made using rice papers, butter
paper, kite paper or tracing paper. Butter paper works
best as it has good tensile strength which prevents
the paper from tearing and is easy to handle.

While sticking the sides of the butter paper make sure

you stick it properly so that the hot air could not
escape from it.
Step 2: Making the rim of the balloon
the open end of the balloon is stuck with a bamboo
ring to attach the fuel.

Step 3: Making the Fuel

for making the fuel of Sky lantern, you need wax and
napkin papers.

Step 4: Attaching the fuel

the wire used must not be very thick otherwise it may

increase the weight of the sky lantern; also it should
not be very thin otherwise it would melt with the heat.

Make lots of them and launch them together, sky

lanterns when launched looks visually stunning. Its a
very eco-friendly and beautiful way of celebrating the
festival of lights.

38cm*50cm*80cm

ISO paper sizes (plus rounded inch values)

Format

A series[4]

B series[5]

C series[6]

Size

mm mm

in in

mm mm

in in

mm mm

in in

841 1189

33.1 46.8

1000 1414

39.4 55.7

917 1297

36.1 51.1

594 841

23.4 33.1

707 1000

27.8 39.4

648 917

25.5 36.1

420 594

16.5 23.4

500 707

19.7 27.8

458 648

18.0 25.5

297 420

11.7 16.5

353 500

13.9 19.7

324 458

12.8 18.0

210 297

8.27 11.7

250 353

9.84 13.9

229 324

9.02 12.8

148 210

5.83 8.27

176 250

6.93 9.84

162 229

6.38 9.02

105 148

4.13 5.83

125 176

4.92 6.93

114 162

4.49 6.38

74 105

2.91 4.13

88 125

3.46 4.92

81 114

3.19 4.49

52 74

2.05 2.91

62 88

2.44 3.46

57 81

2.24 3.19

37 52

1.46 2.05

44 62

1.73 2.44

40 57

1.57 2.24

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26 37

1.02 1.46

31 44

1.22 1.73

28 40

The tolerances specified in the standard are

1.5 mm (0.06 in) for dimensions up to 150 mm (5.9 in),

2 mm (0.08 in) for lengths in the range 150 to 600 mm (5.9 to 23.6 in) and

3 mm (0.12 in) for any dimension above 600 mm (23.6 in).

1.10 1.57