Super Mario Piranha Plant Lamp from $10 IKEA Lamp

Hello All, this is kind of a follow up to my IKEA R2D2 lamp instructable.

http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-R2D2-Lamp-from-10-IKEA-lamp/

Well, my oldest boy wants to change his room from Star Wars to Super Mario for a theme.  Which is good because the younger one wants a Star Wars room, which means the R2 lamp can live on, but he has really come to love his lamp for reading books in bed.  Soooooo we came up with a cool replacement.

Step 1 My Favorite Lamp

The Tertial Lamp from IKEA is great because it looks good, it's very functional, the base is versatile and it's CHEAP!!  $9.99

So first things first, you gotta upack it and plan your attack.  I'll have to let you know I'm king of cutting corners.  With 3 small boys, I shoot for making it look good first and cross my fingers with the lasting part cause these kids can destroy some stuff.

In looking at the lamp I opted to paint the arm green and the shade red.  I decided I would use regular craft paint and a brush to put on the white dots and lips.  I did not do a clear coat, but my guess is that would make it last longer.  I didn't wanna bother to do a test shoot to see if my craft paint could hold up to the clear...I had a very excited 7 year old waiting on this!

Comments

[Sovereignty]

It's awesome. These brilliantly simple projects always make me wonder why the heck I didn't think of it.

[mrscoloradogal]

That's exactly what I was just thinking :)

[CaseBoy]

you should add some leaves to it, but looks good

[nylanan]

Good Idea! We also toyed with making the bases of the lamp a green pipe....still planning out the room decor.

[Penolopy Bulnick]

That is awesome! So simple yet it sticks out and you know what it is (if you are interested in Mario that is, and really, who isn't?)!