Project of the Week

Project of the Week

Make a Globe Lamp

What you’ll need:

· Vintage Globe (made of cardboard)

· Vintage Lamp, with Top Spindle

· Decorative Fringe or Beads

· Long Cardboard Strips

· Utility Knife

· Straight-edge

· Hot Glue and Glue Gun


Supplies for making a Globe Lamp
  1. Find a vintage globe made of cardboard. It will have a seam around the center. Cut along the seam with a utility knife, going around twice to cut all the way through (wear heavy gloves for safety).
    Step 1
  2. Find a vintage lamp with a top spindle. Your globe will already have a hole in the top for its stand. Attach one of the globe halves to the lamp.
    Step 2
  3. Cut ¾″ strips of cardboard and glue to the globe just inside the bottom rim to provide backing for adding fringe.
    Step 3
  4. Attach fringe and/or beads using a glue gun.
    Step 4

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