How to make a lampshade from plastic spoons

How to make a lampshade from plastic spoons

All ingenious is simple! I can say the same about the lampshade-pineapple, because this original hand-made article consists only of disposable spoons, a plastic bottle and colored paper. It's amazing that one can create something beautiful and useful from such things. I suggest you also make such an unusual but stylish interior.

How to make a lampshade from plastic spoons

You will need

  • - the base for the lamp;
  • - a plastic bottle of the required size;
  • - scissors;
  • - stationery knife;
  • - hot glue;
  • - green plastic or strong colored paper;
  • - yellow acrylic paint;
  • - Brush;
  • - disposable plastic spoons.

Instructions

1

Picking up a plastic bottle of the right size,cut off her throat and bottom with a stationery knife. After the done actions, remove the label from the bottle and rinse it thoroughly. The resulting part should be placed on the bottom for the lampshade.

2

With plastic disposable spoons, cut off the handleso that they leave only the oval part. For the formed elements, paint the part that protrudes with the brush. After drying, you can cover them with a layer of acrylic lacquer, if you find it necessary.

3

Now you can proceed directly tomaking a shade. The painted element is turned with a concave side to the bottle and glue it with hot glue. Having pasted the first lower row, proceed to the second one. As a result, you should get a design that looks similar to the scales, - the details should lie on each other.

4

Completely pasting a plastic bottle with disposablespoons, you can start making leaves for a lampshade-pineapple. A circle with carved edges can be cut from both colored paper and plastic. Also for this purpose and an oilcloth. Slightly bending the edges of the resulting part, glue it with hot glue to the top of the product.

5

To make the article look more like a pineapple,it is necessary to cut out individual leaves and glue them with hot glue in such a way that a peculiar chubchik is formed. The original lampshade from disposable spoons is ready!