Hoi An Lantern Making Class to Experience Local Handicrafts

Highlights:

Hoi An is well-known for its lantern city, typically in the old section, which is full of colors when night falls. Joining a short lantern-making class will be an excellent experience for your holidays in this colorful city.

• Hand on making a colorful lantern by yourself
• React with the locals at the lantern workshop
• Exiting activity suitable for all ages, children and adults

Details of experience:

Here are the steps to start a handmade lantern class in Hoi An.

Step 1: Welcome you to the craft workshop

This experience starts at the Viet Town handicraft workshop. When you arrive, a staff member welcomes you to the colorful, spacious classroom, accommodating up to 100 students at once.

Step 2: Introduce lantern culture and the steps to start

A local person introduces the cultural significance of lanterns in Hoi An, which symbolizes luck and prosperity in the local community. Then, they show you the steps to create these beautiful and meaningful lanterns.

Step 3: Choose your seat to begin practicing

Come to your seat to let your hands create your lantern.

A local guide will walk you through the process of using a bamboo frame and applying soft silk to create a beautiful lantern. You will learn how to ensure the bamboo frame is evenly spaced, the silk is stretched tightly, and there is no excess glue, resulting in a perfect product.

Step 4: Polish your lantern

Check your lantern and trim any excess fabric to get a perfect product.

A beautiful lantern requires an evenly spaced bamboo frame, no glue spread, and silk stretched tightly on the bamboo slats.

Gently touch the lantern, and you will feel the fabric's softness and strong bamboo strips.

Step 5: Take pictures of lanterns

This is an optional step. You can take pictures with your lantern and plenty of red, blue, and green lanterns throughout the classroom.

Then, you can carry your product as a souvenir.

Inclusion:

• A local handicraft person to guide you on how to make a lantern
• Tools and materials: Silk, bamboo frame, and glue
• A complete product that you have just finished

What to note:

The experience lasts 1 hour to 1.5 hours, and your clothes may get glued, so you need to pay attention to them.

Although the class is often held every day from 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM, the default time for this lantern-making tour is 4:00 PM. If you want a different start time, you have to tell us while booking.

Starting at 4:00 PM is recommended because you may go into the old town to see hundreds of colorful lanterns hanging in front of houses and restaurants and crossing ancient streets.

FAQ about the activity:

Can I buy more lanterns at this workshop?

This class is also a famous crafting workshop in Hoi An. It sell various lanterns in round or oval shapes and different colors - red, yellow, and green. You can buy them as famous souvenirs from Vietnam.

Can I fold lanterns?

Almost all lanterns in Hoi An can be folded, making them easy for tourists to carry along the way. The seller is happy to show you how to open and fold a lantern.

How much is for one silk lantern?

Silk lanterns, the most popular in Hoi An, cost from 3 dollars to 25 dollars, depending on their small or big size. On average, a 20-cent lantern costs 4 dollars.