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Create Amazing Decor With Colorful Paper Fans

History of Paper Fans.

The earliest paper fans can be traced back to ancient China, where paper was invented about 2,000 years ago, and were made of paper and bamboo sticks. Although they made in Japan, the paper fans were imported to China during the Ming Dynasty.

The Emperor Hi-Ti Ts'ai Lun of Lei-Yang, China helped to invent the paper that became most widely used in hand fans. After paper became easy to make, paper fans became more cost-effective than silk or cloth fans. This material was also often better suited to the artwork which the makers have always loved to cover the fans with.¹

Flexible and convenience in usage, the low costs and prices to make and sell the paper fans, and their being compact and handy have made them popular worldwide. The basic structure of the paper fan, however, has changed very little through the years, that is why we see paper fans of different styles, materials, and designs.

What are Paper Fans?

Paper fans consist of paper sheets folded in a unique style that comes out in the form of a fan, which can be waved by the hand that results to a gentle breeze. Paper fans are easy and fun to make, and they have been a symbol of craftsmanship from centuries. Some common purposes for which these paper fans are used all across the world are family icons, status symbols, weapons, and even dancing props.

Paper Fans As Promotional Items and Wedding Favors

Fancy paper fans can be used for infinitely diverse purposes and these include promotional giveaways and wedding favors. If one is planning a themed wedding, then paper fans of the same color can be used as decorative items and given off as tokens of memorabilia. Summer season weddings are impossible without hand fans and these paper ones are a compact and flexible choice. Wedding decorations and decoration projects usually look dull if they do not have anything colorful and vibrant paper fans can fill this gap.

How to Make Your Own Paper Fan

Although making paper fans is easy, folding them requires a great amount of care as paper used for them is too delicate. Here are a few of the steps you need to follow when making your own paper fans:

Use 8" x 10" piece of paper and fold the horizontal edges into one (1) inch section, keeping the fold facing upwards.

Create folds on the middle of the paper by flipping the paper to make the folded part go below the rest of the paper, and then fold 1-inch section of the paper to make creases on the top. Do this flipping-and-folding until the entire paper is folded.

Pinch the longer sides at the edge of the paper. Hold this pinched edge and open up the folds, which will leave a paper fan in your hands

To secure your paper fan and stabilize the ends, you can staple them with a stapler.

When making paper fans, use scissors minimally, which could lead to uneven cuts ruining shape of the paper fan.

How to buy paper fans?

Paper fans available at AsianIdeas.com can truly address the requisite for which these are being bought. With paper fans available in almost every color, we promise to make your parties and wedding vibrant as we are a wholesale supplier of paper fans and buyers can enjoy great discounted prices here.

At AsianIdeas.Com, we simply love hand fans. We wish to share this passion with you.Learn more about the history of hand fans and how hand fans are made.

Reference:http://oriental-decor.com/paper_fans.php¹

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