Hi All,

It is Diwali time in India, festival of lights. I make a lamp every year to celebrate Diwali and decorate my house.

This design is based on Paper-Lamp-cathedral-Light by EzyCraft, beautiful and attractive lamps from paper

Differences

I am not using A4 Size paper, So that to modify it to best fit for the sheet size available for me locally
Optimized Support system
Super glue not used as I always end up sticking myself

Also I wanted kids to be able to make it under adult supervision

Step 1: What Do We Need ?

Material

A1 size cartridge paper
Cutting Mat
PVA Glue / Fevicol
Glue stick
Steel scale
Paper cutter
Scissors
String lights

Step 2: Template

The cartridge sheet I got was smaller than A1. So that to come up with different template solution to get 9 sheets out from the sheet available. Details of the templates shown in the images. Template is not to scale, one needs to hand draw it.

Step 3: Cutting

Cut three strips at 171 MM height or width along the long side of the sheet
On plain A4 sheet, draw and cut based on template
Using the above as master cut rhombus as shown in pictures

Step 4: Assembly

We have 3 cuts at
- 83 MM : Interlock within same sheet
- 53 MM : Interlock with the next sheet ( N )
- 24 MM : Interlock with N + 1
It makes a design as shown with 9 sheets and then connect the first and last sheet to make a circle
Place a bottle is between to give shape and support while we work
Using glue stick, stick the outermost edges

Using a bottle really helped

Step 5: Supporting

Cut 1 strip : 235 mm and stick it to overlap 5 mm as shown
Cut a 8 circles with diameter 74mm
Stick all the circle pieces together and cut a small opening to pass "string light plug "
Glue the stip and circle using PVA glue or fevicol as shown
Leave it to dry for 1 hr