Saturday, May 18, 2013

how to make an orange lampshade

Prepare your dried fruit Ask a parent to slice your fruit about 1/4 inch thick. Place the fruit slices on a plate and leave them to dry in the sun for at least six hours.Place two long sticks on the table and place the two short sticks across the long sticks.Use pieces of twine to tie the short sticks to the long sticks.Repeat the instructions above to make an identical second frame.
Place four clumps of modelling clay on the table and press the frame sticks into the clay so they are standing up and don’t move around as you work.Connect the two frames by placing the four leftover short sticks to the open sides. Use the twine to tie each stick into place.Now you should have a box-shape! Remove the clay. The stick structure will now stand on its own.Tie a really long piece of twine to the top corner of the structure, and zig zag it all the way down one side to create a string wall. Don’t forget to secure it tightly when you reach the bottom corner.Zigzag the string on the remaining three sides.Fruit time! Take an orange slice and poke a twist tie through the orange, just under the rind. Wrap the twist tie around the outer skin and twist the orange slice into place on the twine.Poke another twist tie through the bottom of the slice and secure it into place.Repeat until all four sides are covered with dried fruit!Carefully place the lampshade over a small table lamp with a low-watt or LED light bulb. Please make sure that no part of the shade is touching the bulb.

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