Thursday, 25 October 2012

How To Make Decorative Lights from Ice Cream Sticks

Tools & Materials: 1) Stick ice cream to taste 2) Scissors 3) Wood Glue 4) Oil 5) Light 6) Fitting Lights 7) Cable + Plug to taste 8) Wax paper

How to Make: 

1.) Make the basic shape of the body lights 4 sticks of ice cream sticks. Cracks formed from 4 rods stick was going to be a light discharge. Make sure that all four stick was glued to the neat / is really square. You can be the creation of the body shape of the lamp 6 or 8 sticks to taste (a hexagon or segidelapan). The basic form of 4 stick (squares) is the simplest form.
2.) Glue the basic rectilinear forms earlier, piled with stacks of glue. Make sure you glue them neatly. You can stack the creation of a spiral (like the example photo below) or straight down, depending on taste.
3.) Make it also a form of pyramid / roof lights in a similar way to how to make the body light. The difference, in order to create a roof that tapers upward, stick length must be reduced / cut. You can experiment how many cm shortening to be made at every level of the stack. The more drastic shortening sticks, the sloping roof lights also created. But do not be too short because it will be difficult to glue to the level below.
4.) Once the install is finished the light body components lights, light fittings reinforce holder with additional adhesive, try to plug the light is not affected by glue.
5.) Paint the lamp with oil paint to taste wait until it is completely dry.
6.) Decorative lighting ready to use .. 

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