Plastic Straw Lantern – unikatissima's

A long time ago I found a tutorial on how to make a lantern from plastic straws. I even tried it and it worked fine. But I gave the lanterns away without taking any photos ;-(

The instruction is in German with illustrating photos.

Here is a translation:
Material:

That’s what you have to do:

Lay the parchment paper on your working space, perhaps lay even the old wooden tray underneath.
Lay the plastic straws neatly on the parchment paper and lay another layer of parchment paper on it.
Iron on highest setting, but without steam over the parchment paper on the plastic straws. The straws will melt.
If everything became flat, let the plastic cool down. You can hear that they cool because there is a cracking noise.
Carefully release the straws from the parchment paper.
Cut the ‘mat’ with the scissors in the form you want.
Fix the ends with the tape and put a tealight into.

What I learned when testing it:

Best iron in an well ventilated area, because there are (toxic?) vapours.
The ironed straws are very, very hot, so make sure to let them cool down thoroughly.
Never iron plastic directly, but put always some parchment paper between iron and plastic to protect the iron.
Make the lantern big enough, so that it can’t inflame from being to near the flame of the tealight.

Links:
Plastic Straw Lantern (German)
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