My kids made these lanterns out from just recycling instant maggi mee cups that we usually throw it away. After giving the used instant noodle cups a good clean, together with a few soft wires (from dad's toolbox) and decorations (leftovers from their artbox...even the handles for the lanterns were recycled from paperbags' handles) and of course not forgetting the bulbs and batteries (bought for not more than RM10), this was their output...4 lanterns! Each lantern only takes up 1 battery.