A week or so ago I was spending time with my little sisters, through out the day we watched Disney movies and we came across the movie Tangled. It's Disney's version of Rapunzel. There is a scene in the movie where they make floating lanterns and fly them in the sky in memorial of the lost princess, Rapunzel. This gave me the idea of building a lantern myself.
For the lantern I bought tissue paper and straws. I had to cut the shape of the lantern out of the tissue paper and glue the pieces together. In order for the lantern to fly it needs to generate heat using candles. To hold up the candles I built a frame made out of straws, the straws are light weight and are inexpensive. I covered the straws in tin foil so they won't melt and tied the candles onto the tin foil with fishing wire.
The hardest part for me was realizing that this lantern that I worked really hard on could potentially not work. Testing the lantern would be easy. I was scared of failure and the fact that I would be testing it in front of the whole class added another level to my anxiety. Aside from the anxiety I was mostly excited to be flying it. When we lit the lantern it didn't fly, I didn't worry that much though because it was still a fun experience and everyone was impressed with the work I had done.
For the lantern I bought tissue paper and straws. I had to cut the shape of the lantern out of the tissue paper and glue the pieces together. In order for the lantern to fly it needs to generate heat using candles. To hold up the candles I built a frame made out of straws, the straws are light weight and are inexpensive. I covered the straws in tin foil so they won't melt and tied the candles onto the tin foil with fishing wire.
The hardest part for me was realizing that this lantern that I worked really hard on could potentially not work. Testing the lantern would be easy. I was scared of failure and the fact that I would be testing it in front of the whole class added another level to my anxiety. Aside from the anxiety I was mostly excited to be flying it. When we lit the lantern it didn't fly, I didn't worry that much though because it was still a fun experience and everyone was impressed with the work I had done.