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Shine the Light! Turn a dollar store touch light into a shining sight of you support of Obama day or night.
The Obama campaign has a great logo, that just happens to remind me of the battery powered "touch lights" that you can get everywhere to light up your closets, storerooms or whatever. With a few simple materials you probably have lying around at home, work or school, you can turn a lamp into a cool (and functional) campaign sign.
The only skill needed is a reasonable steady hand so that you "color inside the lines".
The Obama campaign has a great logo, that just happens to remind me of the battery powered "touch lights" that you can get everywhere to light up your closets, storerooms or whatever. With a few simple materials you probably have lying around at home, work or school, you can turn a lamp into a cool (and functional) campaign sign.
The only skill needed is a reasonable steady hand so that you "color inside the lines".
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For this project you will need:
1 round touch light - I got mine from the Dollar store for, you guessed, a dollar. You may already have one or more of these in your house anyway.
2 Sharpies, one Red and one Blue - I bought new ones (the most expensive part of the project for me) that had both fine and "chisel" points. My daughter on the other hand has a rainbow of Sharpies on hand already so this step is a freebie for her. And yes, I know that Sharpies is a brand and there are other permanent markers, but I have mixed results with other brands.
1 piece of steel wool - You can find this at hardware stores, your garage, maybe the janitors closet. What "grade" you have is not all that important. Walmart carries it over by the Paints and it is cheap.
1 Sharp pencil - Your choice, I used a mechanical pencil
1 Template - I have attached a PDF that you can print out. It does not need to be printed in color, but you can if you like.
1 Pair of scissors to cut out the template
Tape to hold the template down
Optional: a piece of corrugated cardboard (think cardboard box)
1 round touch light - I got mine from the Dollar store for, you guessed, a dollar. You may already have one or more of these in your house anyway.
2 Sharpies, one Red and one Blue - I bought new ones (the most expensive part of the project for me) that had both fine and "chisel" points. My daughter on the other hand has a rainbow of Sharpies on hand already so this step is a freebie for her. And yes, I know that Sharpies is a brand and there are other permanent markers, but I have mixed results with other brands.
1 piece of steel wool - You can find this at hardware stores, your garage, maybe the janitors closet. What "grade" you have is not all that important. Walmart carries it over by the Paints and it is cheap.
1 Sharp pencil - Your choice, I used a mechanical pencil
1 Template - I have attached a PDF that you can print out. It does not need to be printed in color, but you can if you like.
1 Pair of scissors to cut out the template
Tape to hold the template down
Optional: a piece of corrugated cardboard (think cardboard box)
Obama Light Template.PDF(612x792) 23 KB| « Previous Step | Download PDFView All Steps | Next Step » |
'NADE, HIT THE DIRT!!
Witness the way the African-American population of New Orleans was treated during and after the hurricane.
Please note, I have never said that all Southerners are racist, but when the news has lines of people willing to say on camera that they won't vote for a coloured candidate (and they don't say "coloured"), never mind his policies, then what are people going to think?
. But it's getting better every generation. My Grandfather referred to the guy that mowed his yard as "my < n-word >*." My parents' generation followed the separate-but-equal concept. My generation grudgingly integrated. From what I can tell of NachoDaughter's generation, race just isn't a big deal.
. There are still a few Klansmen and their ilk running around, but they are few and far between. Rare enough that's it's news when they show their asses.
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- heehee The filters choke if you spell that out.
.PS: IMNSHO, the problems in NOLA had nothing to do with race. The gobbmint was just caught totally unprepared for a disaster on such a large scale.
http://www.exploreasheville.com/index.aspx
As you say, I have never visited, so I can only go by what what I see on the news, like, this weekend, the lone, stereotypical red-neck standing outside McCain's meeting with an Obama banner, complaining about his friends and neighbours who are voting against Obama purely because of the colour of his skin, even though they don't actually like McCain or his platform.
Democrats=Tax and Spend
CAN SOMEBODY FROM EITHER PARTY JUST STEP UP TO THE PODIUM AND APOLOGIZE?!