We have all seen the most ordinary plastic cups more than once, and even drank from them many times. It turns out that you can not only drink from them. Cups are fertile ground for various creative experiments.
For example, they made this charming holiday lamp. In order to make it, in addition to plastic cups, you will also need a Christmas tree garland, clothespins, and a soldering iron. You can use a glue gun.
First, use clothespins to assemble the cups into a circle. The size of the lamp will be determined by the size of the plastic cups and the diameter of the circle.
Now you need to solder every two adjacent cups. It's better to do this in two places.
You also need to make holes in the bottoms of the cups - light bulbs from the Christmas tree garland will be inserted into them.
The ball is assembled from two halves.
This is what the inverted half of the lamp looks like.
Now carefully insert a light bulb from a Christmas tree garland into each hole in the bottom of the cups. If one garland is not enough, you can use a second one.
When both halves of the lamp are finally ready, the bulbs are inserted into them, you need to carefully assemble them into one whole, also using a soldering iron.
All you have to do is light the garlands, turn off the overhead lights - and you are guaranteed a festive mood for a long time!
A lamp made from ordinary disposable coffee cups. This was originally planned as a large decoration for large room, but when the sphere was almost assembled, the idea came to place a light bulb there. It turned out very nice. Now it's not just a giant decoration, it's original lamp. It’s not so fast to do, but it’s cheap and interesting. The shape does not have to be round; if desired, you can make an ellipse.
Required materials and tools:
- 300 plastic cups;
- stapler and staples for it;
- electrical wire and plug;
- compact fluorescent lamp 15-20 watts;
- pliers;
- large washer with a narrow hole;
- special connections with clips;
- a screwdriver or something like that.
Making the base
Fasten three cups together, this will be the base around which you need to assemble the entire sphere. First, it is better to fasten the cups at their base. I wanted to use glue, but everything holds perfectly on the staples of the stapler, so there was no need for glue.
Let's continue and make a sphere
Due to the fact that the cups have a conical shape, when they are tightly attached they will turn into a sphere. You will have to spend some time to achieve results. The author of the idea spent 2 days until he got the finished look and was able to move on to the next step. But it was more out of laziness, that’s what he said. I think you can do it all in one day or evening.
Placing a lamp inside a sphere
Preheat sharp object, something like a screwdriver and burn a hole in the center of the bottom of the cup. Place a large washer so that the bottom of the cup can support the weight. Stretch the wire and tie the wire in a knot just before the washer to fix the lamp at the same height.
"Tasteful" will tell you how to get an original and beautiful thing for your home for pennies. And you don’t have to make any heroic efforts!
The idea of secondary using plastic cups occurred to two students. Young people were upset every time they had to throw away bags full of plastic left over from noisy parties. The guys came up with a brilliant thing that helped them not only decorate their dorm room, but also replenish their budget.
Lamp made from plastic cups
To create unusual lamp you'll need a pair packaging of plastic cups, stapler, wire with socket and energy-saving light bulb. What you need is an energy-saving light bulb that does not generate heat, so that the cups do not subsequently melt. You can also use LED garland.
Use a stapler to staple three cups. Then, moving in a circle, attach the cups so that the structure looks like a sphere.
The result will be something like a honeycomb.
On final stage pass 4 sushi chopsticks through the sphere, as shown in the photo. Pass the wire with the socket through the hole obtained when crossing the sticks.
Next, you will need the help of a person who has some knowledge of working with electricity. The free end of the wire must be connected to the wire for the chandelier under the ceiling. Or attach it to a fork, and place the sphere on a stand and use it as a floor lamp. Spectacular appearance The lamp and the soft light pouring from it will impress everyone!
We have all seen the most ordinary plastic cups more than once, and even drank from them many times. It turns out that you can not only drink from them. Cups are fertile ground for various creative experiments.
For example, they made this charming holiday lamp. In order to make it, in addition to plastic cups, you will also need a Christmas tree garland, clothespins, and a soldering iron. You can use a glue gun.
First, use clothespins to assemble the cups into a circle. The size of the lamp will be determined by the size of the plastic cups and the diameter of the circle.
Now you need to solder every two adjacent cups. It's better to do this in two places.
You also need to make holes in the bottoms of the cups - light bulbs from the Christmas tree garland will be inserted into them.
The ball is assembled from two halves.
This is what the inverted half of the lamp looks like.
Now carefully insert a light bulb from a Christmas tree garland into each hole in the bottom of the cups. If one garland is not enough, you can use a second one.
When both halves of the lamp are finally ready, the bulbs are inserted into them, you need to carefully assemble them into one whole, also using a soldering iron.
All you have to do is light the garlands, turn off the overhead lights - and you are guaranteed a festive mood for a long time!
To make a very beautiful and original thing for your home, you don’t have to spend a lot of money on materials and make heroic efforts. To create a wonderful, very spectacular lamp, you will need nothing at all: 50 plastic cups, a stapler, a garland that was left after New Year's holidays and patience.
When guests see things created by the hands of the creative owner interior elements, it is impossible to pull them away from looking at such things, and everyone instantly gets into a festive mood. This lamp is amazing! Just take a look and you will immediately want to make one just like it.
DIY lamp
You can decorate your living room with this lamp with a garland of the same color, for a child’s room ideal option There will be multi-colored light bulbs. If you're an avid fan handmade- stock up on paper clips and immediately start making a wonderful lamp. It will become one of the most atmospheric things in your home, you'll see.
I am sure that even the fact that you will have to fasten 50 cups with paper clips will not be able to restrain your desire to be so unusual!