The Star Lamp

my cute star lamp <3

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/the-star-lamp • Posted by maryam

so... i am so in love with this lamp!! its sooooo cute :D i made it with 2 wire.. a yellow thread and an old lamp if anyone is interested I'll convert it into a how-to ^^ hope u like it as much as i do <3 ummm u need to enlarge the pictures because the thumbnails are shuffled!! thats weird! edit- sorry for the long how to.. but for me .. i like it more when some one explains it step by step.. if u have any questions I'd be more than happy to help u out

You will need

Wire Thread Old Lamp Imagination Super Glue

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so... i am so in love with this lamp!! its sooooo cute :D i made it with 2 wire.. a yellow thread and an old lamp if anyone is interested I'll convert it into a how-to ^^ hope u like it as much as i do <3 ummm u need to enlarge the pictures because the thumbnails are shuffled!! thats weird! edit- sorry for the long how to.. but for me .. i like it more when some one explains it step by step.. if u have any questions I'd be more than happy to help u out

Instructions

1. 

   gather your stuff to start !

2. 

   take the yellow thread and roll it a little on the wire.

3. 

   now once u rolled the threat a little.. now start rolling the wire i dont know if u got the idea.. but ull figure it out when ur doing it.

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   in the end you will get this :D don't forget to leave a little thread end about 6 cm long.

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   now put the two ends together like this.

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   now roll the little thread end around the ends like this you can put some super glue on the two ends after doing this step just to make sure they will stay connected

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   if what u have ended up like this then ur doing it right =D

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   now shape a pentagon out of the circle..

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   now locate the middle of each side

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    and push it in.. like this!!

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    now repeat on all sides

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    make two!!

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    now put each two heads together and tie them with a thread.. again.. u can glue them together after u tie them just to make sure they stay connected

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    you will have this!!! make sure they are not flat.. and that they have some space between them

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    now take the thread and start rolling it randomly on the star u made .. but not too tight!!

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    now ull have this

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    few seconds later and it will look like this :D yaaaay

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    take the old lamp and remove the cheesy old cover.. and ull have this :D

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    now find away to push the blub into the star.. and glue it in away that it will stay on :D

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    and thats it :D enjoy ur star lamp ^^