How to make and integrate foliage (or flowers) into a lantern:

Step 1: Choose and layer appropriate coloured strips of tissue to both sides of a sheet of tinfoil with a brush and dilute white glue. Let dry. 

Step 2: Apply Mod Podge to both surfaces and let dry. 

Step 3: Draw outlines and cut out the shapes required. I had a bit of de lamination happen at this stage of which I corrected with a dab of glue and a clothespin.  

Step 4: Anchor each leaf to a slender willow twig with a thin strip of masking tape. 

Step 5: Apply tissue strips to the stem and leaf base to make them one. Let dry and apply a coat of Mod Podge. 

Step 6: Anchor your twigs to branches with masking tape (if a bigger spray is the goal) and cover them with tissue strips and then MP.

Step 7: Add them to your lantern arrangement and install lights if desired.