Hoi An Lantern Making Tour- Lantern Making Workshop

• Create your own Hoi An lantern, a symbol of good luck, happiness, and wealth.
• Build up the family connection and relationship, and release your creative ability.
• Learn deeply about lantern-making crafts with silk and bamboo to create lanterns of different shapes.
• Explore and admire all the Hoi An attractions in the ancient town.
• Keep what you made as a handmade souvenir!
• An English-speaking instructor will be guiding you every step of the way.
• Learn how to burn incense and make wishes at a Japanese covered bridge.
• Enjoy our herbal tea and listen to the master talk about the history and the culture of Hoi An Lanterns.

Detailed Itinerary

At 8:00 am or 1:00 pm, our excellent English-speaking tour guide will pick you up at your hotel/homestay in the Hoi An ancient town area. If your hotel is not in the city center, please meet us in front of the Hoi An Historic Hotel at 10 Tran Hung Dao Street, Hoi An.

Upon meeting each other, our local guide will tell you about the Hoi An Lantern Making Tour Program and take you to explore Hoi An ancient town. We will explore and visit all the highlight attractions, including the Japanese Covered Bridge, Tan Ky Old House, Phuc Kien Assembly Hall, Cantonese Assembly Hall, and Hoi An Central Market.

After that, we will enter a local family who is the owner of a lantern-making workshop. Before doing the Hoi An Lantern Making experience, we will enjoy some candies and green tea from the locals.

To make sure you can learn deeply and easily how to make lanterns, our Hoi An full lantern-making class will cover the complete 11 steps

• Step 1: Attach 12 bamboo stakes together with wire threads.
• Steps 2 & step 3: Shape the stakes into a sunrise (inverted triangle) or sunset (triangle) formation
• Step 4: Insert the bamboo stakes into a hanger and reinforce the stakes with thread.
• Step 5: Select your favorite silk and color
• Step 6: Apply glue and let it dry for a couple of minutes.
• Step 7: Set the silk and stretch the silk to cover the stakes.
• Step 8: Fully cover all sides with silk.
• Step 9: Cover the top and bottom of the lantern hanger with silk strips
• Step 10: Choose a tassel for the lantern base.
• Step 11: Completed! Now, your lanterns can be folded and stowed in your luggage to take them home.