Recycled lamp shade

While playing around, my children have broken the lampshade of a standing lamp. I have been looking for different types of lampshade instructables to replace it, but none was cheap and easy enough for me. After thinking a little more, I made a lampshade from a recycled flower pot. So if you have very dynamic children and not very fancy lamps, this instructable can help you.

Step 1 Find the material

The lampshade is made of a plastic flower pot. I chose a black medium pot from the pile at the end of the back yard. Any size and color is OK. Just make sure this is a very thin kind of plastic.
Apart from the pot, you have to find a metal tube which will act as a hole puncher. I found an old curtain rod in the attic. You will need work gloves to hold it when it's hot.
Finally, you will need any type of color/sticker/paint to customize your lampshade. I used an old spray can of red paint.

Comments

[sara rarara]

very nice