Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Patriotic Lamp

Remember the class project that was making me a little nuts? Well, it's finally finished.  To give you some background information, each class had to make a lamp.  A lamp is a very challenging project to have it look unique and not become some sort of fire hazard.  I found this lamp as inspiration.

 

Not only did the project need to be a lamp, but it also had to follow a "patriotic theme".  Phew, this was going to be more difficult than I anticipated. Here is what I came up with for the lamp.



So, in place of sand dollars I had each child paint their own star red or blue.  The stars are made out of Sculpey.  I used a star cookie cutter and punched a hole in the middle as well before I put them in the oven to harden. Once that was done the kids could paint them.  Then I added a few finishing touches and sealed them with epoxy to give it that shiny glass look. Next, I needed to thread the stars on the base, but I didn't want them to stack right on top of each other so I used PVC pipe sections as spacers.  All it took was a couple coats of silver spray paint to make it blend in with the base of the lamp. Once the stars were stacked I finished the lampshade off with a blue grosgrain ribbon. 



11 comments:

  1. This is really cute! I love the lamps you modeled this off- definitely a great kid-friendly version.

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  2. Seriously Nikki, that is soooo cute! I would love that!

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  3. What a challenging project, I wouldn't know where to begin. You are SO talented! I think it's so neat how all of the students are "part" of the lamp - very creative. Can you make one for me? :)

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  4. This is adorable! I love how you included a piece from each child. All the proud Kindergarten parents are going to eat this up!

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  5. You are so talented Nikki! I absolutely love it!

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  6. very creative and looks really cool!

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  7. I love it!!!! You are very talented!!

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  8. Very cute! You did a great job! Can't imagine what I would have come up with...

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  9. Love the inspiration lamps and love the patriotic one! It is great how the children were able to participate too! What a great idea with a wonderful result!

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  10. Cute! I've been excited to see how this turned out - the striped shade is a great touch!

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