Chai adding a plastic bottle which acts as the base for the tin lantern.
CHILDHOOD memories are precious and the fun is never forgotten.
This rings true for Alvin Chai who loved playing with his home-made tin lantern as a child during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
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Chai adding a plastic bottle which acts as the base for the tin lantern.
Chai shapes a thick wire to hold two aluminium cans together.
Leong making a fish-shaped glass paper lantern.
Leong (left) making a lantern while Shang Ern (middle) and Shang Zi look on.
One of Leong’s glass paper lanterns.
An LED light placed inside a tin lantern with holes in it.
Chai (middle) showing Shang Ern (left) and Shang Zi (right) how to play with the tin lanterns while Tay and Leong hold the glass paper lanterns as they head out to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. — Photos: LOW LAY PHON/The Star
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