A cardboard bedside lamp and stand

This is my cardboard take on a formal bedside lamp and stand.

For the lamp we will need, a small clip bulb (available on Christmas decoration aisle), the cardboard pipe inside used up toilet paper rolls  4 , thermocole, glue, tape, paper towels, accessories of choice  I picked a spherical knit shape (for one dollar) and a few pine cones.

For the stand, we need 3 cardboard pipes from used gift wrapper rolls, thermocol, glue and paint.

Step 1 The base of the lamp

First step is to cut out the shape for the lamp. I cut out a circle on thermocole using a plate. Place one cardboard pipe at approximate center of the circle and draw the outline of the base of the pipe using a marker. Using a small knife, pierce holes along this circle. We are going to push the pipe a little into the thermocole later. If you see the picture in the step, you can notice that the central pipe is dug into the base. For the wire, we have to cut a small opening.

Place the other 3 pipes approximately equally spaced from each other to form a circle around the central one. The three pipes along the circle must be slightly elevated than the one at the center. Place small thermocole platforms for these three and glue to the base circle. Then tape the pipes on this platform.

In the pipe picked to be the central one, insert the bulb from inside and tape it on if needed. Now, pour drops of glue into the holes pierced in the circle we made for the central pipe in the first step. And then just gently push the pipe fitted with the bulb into position.

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[Warlrosity]

Neat-O