做花灯

谁家见月能闲坐，何处闻灯不看来?”这是唐朝诗人崔液的名句，描写了元宵节时的热闹场景。在这一天我们都要舞狮子，吃元宵，猜灯谜，踩高跷，看花灯……这次，老师给我们布置了一项充满了节日气氛的实践作业——做花灯。

我拿出细心的老妈事先给我准备好的花灯材料包，里面有六根立柱，12根横杆，12个连接口，以及六张红纸。经过我一番倒腾，不一会儿，就想出了一个将六根立柱和12根横杆连接起来的方法，我把他们接在连接口上，再拼在一起，一个灯笼的框架就顺利的完成了!

我又用双面胶把一根硬卡纸条粘在了灯笼框架的正下方，这就是一根蜡烛托条。真是太简单了!

可是好景不不长，接下来的工作可棘手多了。我得把六张红纸不偏不倚地贴在灯笼框架的立柱上。首先，我需要将双面胶贴在红纸边缘，我一开始很大意，以为这十分简单，可是双面胶一点都不配合，调皮的双面胶这里粘一下，那边粘一下，就是不粘在正确的位置。我很尴尬。唉，轻敌了!我又深吸一口气，努力找准位置，终于将双面胶贴在了正确的位置。可是将红纸贴在立柱上，又是一大难关。这次我一点也不怠慢，小心翼翼的，一点一点的，将双面胶仔仔细细的粘在了立柱上。我越来越熟练，将剩下的五张红纸用同样的步骤，依次贴在了立柱上。这样一个花灯就完成了。

可是，这未免有些单调了吧?我又找来了一些花花绿绿的贴纸，将它们小心翼翼地贴在了灯笼上。灯笼纸特别薄，我生怕将它戳破，不过最终还是顺利地完成了这一步骤。

装饰也完成了，可是总感觉还缺点什么。我还需要找需要找一根木棍作提杆!我找到一根木棍和一根红绳，将红绳的两头分别绑在了花灯的两端上，终于装好了提杆。

姥姥还提议，应该在框架底下再绑一个中国结做装饰。我欣然接受，从抽屉里翻出一个中国结，绑在蜡烛托条上，真是赏心悦目呀!我不禁赞叹道!

最后老爸又给我找到一个电子蜡烛，贴在了蜡烛托条上，这样我的灯笼就可以发光了!真是太完美了!那兴奋劲儿就别提了!

看着我亲手制做的花灯，心里充满了成就感!我仿佛感受到了元宵佳节那欢乐祥和的气氛!

英语翻译：

Who can sit idly by seeing the moon? Where can I smell the lights without looking?" This is a famous line by the poet Cui Ye in the Tang Dynasty, describing the lively scene of the Lantern Festival. On this day we all have to dance lion, eat Lantern, and guess lantern riddles , Step on stilts, watch lanterns... This time, the teacher assigned us a practical assignment full of festive atmosphere-making lanterns.

I took out the lantern material package that my careful mother had prepared for me in advance. It contained six columns, 12 cross bars, 12 connection ports, and six pieces of red paper. After a while, I came up with a way to connect the six columns and 12 crossbars. I connected them to the connecting ports and put them together again, and the frame of a lantern was successfully completed!

I used double-sided tape to stick a rigid cardboard strip directly under the lantern frame, which is a candle holder strip. It's so easy!

But the good times didn't last long, and the next job was much trickier. I had to stick six red papers impartially on the pillars of the lantern frame. First of all, I need to stick the double-sided tape on the edge of the red paper. At first, I thought it was very simple, but the double-sided tape didn’t work at all. Stick the naughty double-sided tape here and there, just not Stick it in the right place. I am so embarrassed. Alas, underestimate the enemy! I took another deep breath and tried to find the correct position, finally sticking the double-sided tape in the correct position. However, sticking the red paper on the column is another big difficulty. This time I did not neglect at all, and carefully, little by little, carefully glued the double-sided tape to the column. I became more and more proficient, using the same procedure to paste the remaining five pieces of red paper on the pillars one by one. Such a lantern is completed.

But, this is a bit monotonous, isn't it? I found some colorful stickers again, and carefully pasted them on the lantern. The lantern paper was so thin that I was afraid of puncturing it, but in the end this step was successfully completed.

The decoration is also completed, but I always feel that there are still shortcomings. I still need to find a wooden stick as a handle! I found a wooden stick and a red rope, tied the two ends of the red rope to the two ends of the lantern, and finally installed the handle.

Grandma also suggested that a Chinese knot should be tied under the frame for decoration. I happily accepted it. I pulled out a Chinese knot from the drawer and tied it to the candle holder. It was really pleasing to the eye! I couldn't help but admire it!

Finally, my dad found me an electronic candle and stuck it on the candle holder so that my lantern could glow! It was perfect! Don’t mention the excitement!

Looking at the lanterns I made by myself, I felt full of accomplishment! I seemed to feel the joyful and peaceful atmosphere of the Lantern Festival!