A Recycled Mushroom Cloud LAMP

Here is the prompt: if you have 1 dollar and a light bulb, how can you made yourself a cool lamp?

Find your old toys and Make them into a cool atomic boom lamp that actually function then ! XD

For a trash-recycling project I made this awesome lamp within a dollar budget. You can do it at home too!

※※※ Preparation Status

To make a cool lamp like this is not so hard :) All you need is find materials as below:

**But if you have a budget of 5$ or more that will be much more easier.

·A functional Light bulb ( In the example, a LED bulb with a E-26/27 socket *Found that for an)

·A socket (E-26/27 in the example)

·Wire, two ends wire would be better (In the example, a three end wire *recycled)

·Plugs (usually come with the wire)

·Plastic Bags

·Plastic tubes or cups

·Cottons (In the example the cotton balls originally come from an old toy bear)

· Steel Wire (Stronger wire will be better )

Tools Required:

· Scissors that cuts wire

· Electrical tapes

· Glue ( or glue sticks with glue guns)

· Last but not least, your hands ！！

LET'S GET STARTED WITH SIMPLE STEPS !!! XD

Step 1: STEP 1: Prepare Your Material

In the example I've done, the three-end wire I found from an old electrics requires preparation to be used in the lamp.

**IF YOU HAVE A TWO ENDED WIRE, JUST SKIP THIS STEP ( *￣▽￣)）

Steps :

**IF YOU HAVE A TWO ENDED WIRE, JUST SKIP S ( *￣▽￣)）

1. Cut the wire open

2. Find the GROUND WIRE:

** Different region might have different color for the ground wire, in this example is the green one.

Find the color for the ground line accordingly :http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/textbook/reference...

3: Cut the ground wire short to Insert the Steel wire inside.

4: Use electrical tapes and firmly cover-up the entire cut-open wires.

And now you have a wire ready for use with two ends :)

Step 2: Step 2: Make the Frame

This Step is divided into two parts: Make the base ||| Make the frame for the diffuser

ONE: Make the base

Use the wire that already attached to a much stronger Steel wire, and fold the wire in spiral shape.

Leave a small part of the wire in order to plug the lamp in :)

After make sure that the base can stand by itself, Use tapes or Wires to bundle the wire into place :)

TWO: Make the diffuser Frame

Use plastic tubes (straws) or plastic strips ( Cut out from a wasted plastic cup) to form a shape for the cloud itself:

** Find reference pictures for mushroom cloud will be helpful.

Then cover the frame up with plastic bags collected from the street or at home!

**Transparent plastic bags will be better to use, for the light effect will be stronger and prettier to see in the following steps :)

Step 3: Step 3: Attach the Cloud

NOW IT'S PERSONAL FAVOURITE STEP :D

·Use those cotton balls and attach those little fuzzy balls on the plastic cloud shape XD

· Simply use glue or hot glue ; Don't apply too much glue on the plastic surface or the cotton balls might get messed up in the end

· Rub the cotton ball to make it fuzzy and cute

·Then attach the base according to the Mushroom Cloud picture, too

Step 4: Step 4: Wire the Lamp

Wire the lamp according to the tutorial on-line XD

I personally use this video on youtube ↓ ↓ ↓:

Then there you have the functioning lamp :D

Step 5: Step 5: Enjoy Your Atomic Bomb Shape Lamp !

Carefully turn on the lamp and Enjoy XD