Having made a lampshade with your own hands for a table and pendant lamp, as well as a chandelier, you will give a second life to junk things and save a lot. You can make a wonderful lampshade, a lamp for the nursery with your own hands. For this, plastic and glass bottles, corks, and other waste material will be used.
DIY chandelier in the children's room
Usually such things are not cheap, but such lighting can be done by hand.
In the photo on the left? a chandelier from the store, on the right, made by a craftswoman. These things are not much different from each other, but a home-made lamp is much cheaper than a store one.
To create it you need:
- cardboard;
- a pen;
- scissors;
- tablet lamp;
- jigsaw;
- plywood;
- white emulsion paint;
- acrylic paints;
- wood varnish;
- sponge;
- coarse and fine sandpaper.
Draw a flower with 6 identical petals on a piece of paper. Its core is slightly less than the diameter of the lamp, since the finished flower will lie on it, and not be attached to the ceiling.
You can use this template by enlarging it to the required size. Make a cut inside the flower along the diameter of your shade.
Here's how to make a chandelier in the children's room further. Attach a paper flower template to the cardboard, circle, cut out this blank. Try it on to the plafond, if something does not suit you, at this stage you can trim or add.
If so, attach the cardboard blank to the plywood, cut out the parts from this material using a jigsaw. In the same way, you will create butterflies from plywood. The edges of these parts need to be made smoother with coarse and then fine sandpaper.
Now coat these plywood blanks with water-based paint, dabbing with a sponge.
After that, separate the water-based paint with acrylic separately. Apply this mixture also with a sponge to the workpieces. To dry them, make the following device: drive nails all the way into a piece of plywood, turn it over, put the prepared parts here.
When the drying process is complete, coat the butterflies and flowers with wood varnish on both sides. Place these blanks on the prepared fixture for a while to dry.
Using a drill and a thin drill with a diameter of 1 mm, make holes near the edge of the petals and in the butterflies, tie a strong thread or fishing line here. Screw the cover back into place. Now you know how to make a children's ceiling chandelier.
You can create other light sources with your own hands. You will make them from junk material.
Table lamp from a bottle
You can decorate it at your discretion by gluing beads of different colors or using the decoupage technique. In the same way, you can decorate not only a bottle, but also a lampshade for a table lamp.
To make it from a decorated bottle, you will need:
- hot gun;
- screwdriver;
- plug;
- socket for a light bulb minion;
- plug with wire and switch;
- a bowl of water;
- glass drill.
If your bottle is light, less than 1 liter, then put silica gel cat litter in it to make it heavier. It is better to make a hole in the bottle while it is not yet decorated. But if you know how to work with a glass drill, then you can do it already in a decorated container.
Work in this technique for no more than 15 seconds, after which you need to lower the drill into a bowl of water to cool it. Then the glass will not crack.
Put the plug on the wire. Push the wire through the opening of the bottle, take it out through its neck, here you attach the cartridge, glue it to the top of the bottle with a hot gun.
In this case, a purchased lampshade is put on the lamp, after which you can test the lamp made by yourself.
If you do not know how to drill on glass or there are no tools for this, then an old table lamp from a bottle will do.
To do it, you will need:
- a thick glass bottle with a wide neck;
- cartridge;
- cord with switch and plug;
- silicone hot glue;
- thick wire;
- the cloth.
Bend the wire, lower the resulting loop inside the bottle. You need to attach a cartridge to the smaller end of the wire, into which a low-power light bulb is then screwed. At the second, longer end of the wire, a plug and an on-off system are attached.
To make a lampshade, frame it with thick aluminum or copper wire. Pull a cloth of fabric on it, which needs to be folded from above and below, glue here, as well as a lampshade on the side.
You can leave the bottle as it is or decorate, for example, with stained glass paints.
If you like the patchwork style, then you can create lamp shades using this technique.
If you want to make it out of paper, then pre-coat with acrylic varnish on both sides. Such a lampshade will acquire the necessary strength, it will be convenient to clean it from dust. The dried workpiece must be rolled up with an accordion, then pulled over a wire frame.
A beautiful pendant lamp is made from half a globe. This is a great lamp for a nursery that will help children learn the names of cities and countries. By gluing the stacked baby blocks together, you get a sturdy lamp leg.
If you do not know how to decorate a table lamp, then wrap its leg with jute rope, gluing the turns.
DIY lampshade for table and pendant lamp
If it becomes unusable, do not throw away the frame base.
- As in the photo on the left, tie horizontal strips of fabric or braid, you get an original stylish thing.
- If you want to update an old lampshade or cover up stains that have formed from time to time, then cut strips 8 cm wide from the fabric, the same length as the lampshade.
- Stitch the sides of each one by tucking them in. Attach the blanks to the lampshade, pin them here with pins from above and below.
- Choose the appropriate color for the braid. Also, using pins, attach it to the top and bottom of the lampshade.
- Sew along the edge of the tape to lock in place not only the tape, but also the strips of fabric. Tie them up with pom-poms made from pieces of the same cloth.
And here's how else you can make a do-it-yourself lampshade for a table lamp. To do this, take:
- shade;
- acrylic paints;
- glue gun;
- threads;
- the cloth;
- buttons.
Master Class:
- Cover the lampshade with acrylic paints if you need to reduce the light intensity or hide stains.
- Rewind part of the lampshade closer to the bottom with thread, and fix the ends with a glue gun. You can hide them under flowers.
- To make such a rose from fabric, draw a circle on the canvas, cut it in a spiral, starting from the edges, to the center. In the middle, you will sew a button, like a chamomile. Its petals are cut in a pattern, glued in two rows.
To make another lampshade for a table lamp, you will need to create its frame with your own hands. This will require:
- a piece of construction mesh;
- pliers;
- durable wire;
- plastic clamps.
If you have the frame of an old lampshade, use it, if not, create this piece with sturdy wire. Wrap this frame with a metal mesh with fine meshes. Cut off the excess, fix the sidewalls with wire.
Now you need to attach the plastic clamps to the grate, starting from the bottom, working upward. It is better to take blanks of not one, but several colors. Then you will tie the lighter ones at the bottom, and the dark ones at the top.
See how mesmerizing such a table lamp looks with a new shade when you turn it on.
For the next idea, take:
- rice paper;
- lamp base;
- strong white synthetic threads;
- wire or top ring for the lampshade;
- scissors;
- fluorescent light bulb;
- circle or die cut template.
Using a template of a circle or cutting, you need to cut circles of different diameters from tissue paper. For each type, you will need about 180 pieces. When composing them, collect on a sewing machine on a long thread.
If you started making the first chain with a long circle, then for the second, the initial workpiece will be small. Now these parts need to be varnished. If you have pearlescent paint, after this layer, go over the circles with it, you will achieve an amazing effect. When this layer is dry, apply varnish on top again.
It remains to attach these blanks to the upper ring of the lampshade. To do this, put a chain of circles here, twisting it through the top of the frame once.
You will get a wonderful lampshade, which is easy to make for a table lamp with your own hands.
The elements will shimmer, and with a light breath of breeze, they will soar beautifully.
If you need a lampshade for a pendant light, you can make one out of materials that would otherwise be thrown into the trash can. Do not throw away the yogurt boxes. They need to be glued together using hot silicone, attach to the frame, you get a wonderful lamp.
Plastic bottle caps will also work. They are glued together to form a rounded shape. Above you need to leave a hole through which you will stretch the lamp holder and itself. It turns out very original and practically free.
The plastic bottles themselves will also be used. If you have such beautiful blue ones, cut identical rectangles from them, collect those on the fishing line, attach these chains to the upper ring of the lampshade.
If there are many transparent plastic bottles on the farm, and you are planning to make something from them, then the bottom is usually not used. Take these elements, hold them over the fire to give a whimsical shape. It remains to make holes in them with an awl, string them on a fishing line, and also fix these parts on the lampshade in the form of chains.
Wonderful lamps can be made from the necks of plastic bottles. They need to be cut below the shoulders, then chopped into strips 1 cm wide. You will bend them up, fix them here with glue. Using hot silicone, connect the parts, give the product the shape of a ball. Leave a hole on top through which you will pass the shade. If this is a lampshade for a table lamp, then leave a hole at the bottom.
Two more ideas will help you save a lot. If there are cocktail umbrellas left from the party, you need to glue them together to create a festive lampshade.
Even the newspapers and magazines read will be used. Cut into circles from them, cover those with varnish in 2 layers. When it is dry, you can string these blanks on a strong thread or fishing line. You will get another lampshade for a pendant lamp.
If your household has a basket without handles, do not throw it away. Make one or two holes in the bottom, insert sockets with bulbs. Such a lamp will add mystery to the home or make a summer cottage romantic.
The next thing you can make with your children. To do this, you need:
- balloon;
- needle;
- openwork napkins made of threads;
- brush;
- PVA glue or acrylic varnish.
Let the child inflate the balloon. Place cloths or openwork fabric on the rubber surface. Go over them with PVA glue or acrylic varnish. Allow the liquid solution to dry thoroughly, then pierce the ball with a needle. Take it out through the hole. Cut a circle from above that is smaller than the diameter of the chuck, put it here.
To prevent the lampshade from igniting, do not use conventional high wattage bulbs. Take a luminescent energy-saving one that shines but doesn't heat.
How to make a spirit lamp from a light bulb?
Continuing the theme of lighting, we can also talk about the fact that it is not always advisable to throw out burned-out light bulbs. So you can also give a second chance so that these things continue to delight you.
You will need:
- two burned out light bulbs;
- a piece of cord or wick;
- screwdriver;
- pliers;
- epoxy resin;
- washers of different diameters.
Using pliers, carefully remove the bulb from one bulb.
To avoid possible injury, pre-wrap each of the bulbs with a cloth, as the glass may break during operation. Knock out the neck of the flask with a screwdriver or cut it off here with a glass cutter. Remove the spiral from the flask and pour out the rest of the glass.
This will style the first light bulb. From the second you need to take only the base. Wrap it with a cloth, gently break it, take the desired workpiece. You only need a metal part from it, you need to remove the insulation.
Glue the washers to the plinth using epoxy. Form the desired nozzle diameter. Glue the base with washers to the empty bulb of the first lamp. Install the wick here.
To fix the spirit lamp in a stationary position, cut a rectangle out of plexiglass, glue it to it. It is best to fill the spirit lamp with ethyl alcohol, which almost does not smell when burning, and the flame is obtained without soot.
Here are how many new ideas were presented to your attention today. Interesting videos will complement the theme. In the first, you will be taught how to make a lamp from plastic bottles.
After watching the second video, you can make a lampshade out of cups.
