Create the Structure

• 1). Bend a 7-inch strip of bamboo into a circle, which will be the frame, and fix the two ends with glue. Hold the bamboo circle until the glue is firm.
  
  
• 2). Cut two lengths of the wire, about 5 inches long. Place one piece across the bamboo frame and wrap the ends around the bamboo. Repeat with the second piece of wire, so that they make an X across the frame.
  
  
• 3). Measure a 7-inch wide paper. Cut and roll it into a cylinder. Glue the bottom edge of the paper around the outside of the bamboo frame. Let the glue dry completely.
  
  
• 4). Make a cotton ball equivalent to three regular cotton balls put together. Soak the cotton with ethanol and wrap it around the width of a a 5-inch bamboo strip. Hang the bamboo strip on the crossing point of the wires and fix it with a small piece of wire.
  
  
• 5). Hold the lantern from the top end, opposite the bamboo frame and cotton ball. Light the ethanol-soaked cotton and slowly let go when you feel the lantern lift on its own.