Actually a dodecahedron (12 sided shape), the lantern is made with pentagons, folded and pasted. The folding is what creates the stars. The shape is beautiful with a candle illuminating it. These are simply illuminated by the sun.
I did these with my grades 1,2 and 3 classes, and it went better then anticipated. They all did their own cutting, and I helped grade 1s with the scoring and folding, and the rest mostly guiding and lending a hand for the gluing.
The idea comes form this site, I found a pentagon online, decreased it's size and went from there.
http://www.labbe.de/shop/bs.asp?g=444&a=7&b=8390&c=&f=#page
Love your art projects, Kathy! Inspiring! Wish I could snag you to do a couple with my kids!
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