Handmade lamp - original ideas and step by step master classes of isolon, foaming, wood, LEDs, and paper

A night light is needed for night lighting of the room, but it also perfectly performs a decorative role.

During the day it can be an inconspicuous thing, but at night it is a nightlight that gives the room comfort and coziness.

A simple source of light in the design style gives the room a special atmosphere. Including the imagination, you can create your own lighting fixture.

Nighthawks variants

There is a huge variety of options for nightlights with their own hands. The most common are:

1. Wall.
2. From plexiglass.
3. Paper.
4. Night-light garland.
5. With a starry sky effect.
6. With infinity effect.
7. Nightlight moon.
8. A cloud.
9. Rose.
10. Wooden lamp.

Advantages of a night light

In addition to its main function, the night light has many advantages, among them:

1. Gives the room a special atmosphere.
2. Saves electricity.
3. Becomes a stylish element of decor.
4. With a night light, there is no need to turn on the electricity at night.
5. Thanks to the variety of shapes and sizes, you can create a nightlight with the effect of the night sky or infinity.
6. With such a light fixture, your child will have less fear of falling asleep in the dark.

How to make a night light with your own hands

Let's look at several ways to make a beautiful and functional night light for the room. Each of the described methods is characterized by simplicity, and the products fully perform their functions.

LED

The LED light source is the most preferred for the novice craftsman, because diodes never heat up to a high temperature and they can be used with any improvised means (paper, wood, etc.).

Materials and tools for work:

1. Diode tape.
2. A frame or a wooden stand.
3. Jigsaw.
4. Wood varnish.
5. screws.

Workflow:

1. This light fixture will have the shape of a cat. It is necessary to find an image of the animal and redraw its silhouette on plywood.
2. It is necessary to carefully cut out the silhouette of the animal.
3. To improve the light fixture, it can be covered with wallpaper in the color of the room or covered with protective varnish.
4. An LED garland should be attached to the back side.
5. To the back side it is necessary to attach a bar on which the fixing tools are fixed. The fixture should not be close to the ceiling or wall.

From plywood

LED night light from plywood is easy to make yourself out of improvised materials. Despite its simplicity, but will look expressive and impressive. For it you need LED swag, acrylic and some boards:

1. You need to find two boards with the same parameters. It is desirable that they are thin, otherwise they will be more difficult to handle. It is necessary to go over them with an emery board.
2. Acrylic needs to be shaped into a rectangle, whose length and width will coincide with the parameters of the boards.
3. On one board, text or an ornament should be created.
4. The text or carving needs to be cut so that light can pass through these holes.
5. It is necessary to drill four holes in each of the boards for screws. Do the same with the acrylic.
6. In the second board, you need to make a hole for the electrical wire.
7. On the acrylic sheet, it is necessary to create a notch in which the LED garland will be placed.
8. The entire structure is fastened together.

From wood

Wooden light sources are quite common, as it is easier to make them from wood than from other materials. Wood allows you to give the device any unusual shape.

Wooden element of the decor will be suitable for different styles of the room.

To create a night lamp will require:

1. A wooden beam or log. The shape of the wood will depend on the shape of the lamp.
2. Varnish to work with wood.
3. LED garland. The advantage of such a light source is that it does not heat up and will not cause a fire.
4. Various types of fasteners.
5. Jigsaw.
6. Screwdriver.
7. Metal rod.
8. Drill.
9. Glue.

Workflow:

1. You need to take a wooden bar and saw it into rings, two of which should be thicker than the others. They will need to be placed at the top and bottom.
2. It is necessary to drill a hole in each of the rings, but on the upper and lower ring you need to leave them non-drilled.
3. The holes should be sanded with sandpaper and a layer of glue should be applied inside.
4. On the rings you need to apply a layer of varnish and wait until it is completely dry.
5. After it dries, put the rings on the rod. Wrap the garland around the rod before attaching the rings, or do it later.

Plexiglas

Another name for plexiglass is plexiglass or acrylite. A Plexiglas lamp can be placed on a bedside table or on the floor.

1. You need to take three Plexiglas molds. It is desirable that they have a rectangular shape and differ in size from each other.
2. It is necessary to draw figures or ornaments on a sheet of paper in advance.
3. Lay the sheet under the plexiglass form and trace it with any sharp tool.
4. It is necessary to cut two washers from a wooden bar. One of them will become the base for the lamp.
5. In one you need to make three recesses, for inserting the Plexiglas figures into it, and in the other - a recess for the garland.
6. Wooden washers should be glued together, one of them to put the garland, in the other - to insert strips of Plexiglas. The work is ready!

Paper

To make a light source from paper is very simple: paper is a very easy material to work with:

1. On thick colored paper, you need to draw an ornament or any drawing.
2. Using an awl or other sharp object you need to poke the ornament on the contour.
3. A candle, LED strip or other light source should be placed in a glass, the glass should be wrapped in paper with a finished ornament.

From isolon and foamirin

Isolon can be used not only for insulation in the house or apartment. It can be used as a material for needlework. To create a night lamp you will need:

1. Isolon.
2. Foamiran.
3. LED strip.
4. Hot glue.
5. A soda glass.
6. Cardboard.
7. Wire.
8. Tube.
9. Muff.

Start making a night light with the creation of petals. The future night light will have the shape of a flower. You need to cut out templates from heavy cardboard, which will then be used to cut out some of the petals from isolon, the rest - from foamir.

It is impossible to use only foamiran, because light does not pass through this material. The flowers should be made according to the following scheme:

1. Five petals of isolon. Size of about 7 to 8 cm. With each successive row of petal size increases by 0.5 cm.
2. Two petals of foaming, three pieces of isolon.
3. 3, 4, 5 rows repeated.
4. One petal of foaming, four - from isolon.
5. Two pieces of foamir and three of isolon.
6. Six - from isolon.

Isolon should be heated to be able to give it any shape. The first row should have the shape of a bud. The rest of the rows are superimposed, forming a flower.

From dark green foaming paper you need to cut leaves to attach them to the cup of the flower. They are attached to the cartridge.

From isolon and foamir to cut leaves, heat them and give the desired shape. From the wire make the petioles.

Make holes in the tube to insert the petioles later.

Pull the cable through the tube, connect the socket to the ring and screw the socket into the socket.

Screw bulb in bulb, put leaves in holes and assemble remaining parts to each other. Job done!

Using improvised means you can create a night light lamp with a unique design that will give the room a romantic style.

Original night light ideas

It is wrong to think that homemade nightlights will necessarily look plain. After all, you can get creative and create a unique and beautiful nightlight.

The Moon

A lamp in the form of the moon will require a lot of free time and effort. To create this space object will require:

1. A balloon.
2. Disposable tissues.
3. PVA glue.
4. Paints.
5. Sponge.

Workflow:

1. The area around the knot should be circled with a felt-tip pen with a radius of about 3-4 cm.
2. The ball should be dropped into a container with glue. The glue should cover the entire surface of the ball.
3. It is necessary to cover the surface with paper napkins. It is necessary to make at least three layers, otherwise the balloon will be soft.
4. When all layers have dried, it is necessary to apply acrylic paint on the sphere.
5. Use a sponge on the surface of the sphere to depict lunar craters.
6. When the paint dries, you need to carefully cut a hole and remove the unnecessary ball.
7. You need to put garland or make a plafond out of it into a night-light moon.

Cloud

A budget version of a night lamp is a light source in the form of a cloud. For it you need to find:

1. Lampshade.
2. A thick wire.
3. Absorbent cotton.
4. LED wreath.

Workflow:

1. You need to make a hole in the lampshade for the light source to place the bulb in it. Through the hole to spend a thick thread.
2. Lampshade should be lined with cotton. It is not necessary to use a large amount of glue: you only need a few drops.
3. The lampshade should be placed under the ceiling. During the daytime it will resemble an ordinary cloud, and at night it will resemble a thundercloud.

Flower

A night-light will look spectacular and chic, but it will take quite a lot of time to make it.

It will require thick cardboard, stiff thick wire, paints of different colors (red, dark maroon or pale pink), corrugated paper, glue-stick, scissors and other stationery.

Workflow:

1. From thick cardboard you need to cut out petals of different shapes and sizes. These are templates for the future night light.
2. According to these templates to cut out the petals.
3. Corrugated paper should be rounded with scissors. It should be done carefully so as not to tear the thin paper.
4. The resulting petals are fastened together in the form of a flower. In the middle it is necessary to insert a LED. The original solution if the LED will be different from the color of the flower, although you can try different options.
5. You can be imaginative and glue to the leaves LEDs of different colors. Although on its own night-lighting rose will look original.

Starry sky

To date, the original idea is considered a night light in the form of a galaxy and the starry sky. With plenty of time, you can completely repeat the map of the starry sky with constellations, or make your own fantastic plots.

The room, with lighting in the form of a starry sky, will give the room a unique romantic style. When creating such a night light, you can let your imagination fly, experimenting and creating unusual shapes and figures of constellations.

To create this original lighting fixture will require:

1. A glass container (a simple jar with a lid will do).
2. Sturdy foil.
3. A small flashlight.
4. The base for the night light: plywood or a board.
5. Flashlight.

Workflow:

1. You need to draw stars (or other shapes) on the foil with a marker pen.
2. Using an awl, you need to pierce the figures and carefully work out each of them with scissors.
3. After the stars are worked out, you need to put the foil in the jar so that the foil inside is tightly pressed against the walls.
4. Place a flashlight in the improvised night light and turn it upside down.
5. You can use LED garland with different lights, or an indigo light bulb.

Lace

The lamp of this plan will decorate any romantic evening, and in the daytime will fit into the classic style of the room or the style of Provence. To make a night light will need:

1. Lace.
2. Glass container.
3. Scissors.
4. LED garland.

Workflow:

1. The glass container needs to be wrapped with lace so that there is no excess, but also the edges of the fabric do not overlap.
2. The lace should be stitched so that it looks like a sleeve.
3. The resulting work should be placed in a jar, and a small lantern or garland should be placed there. Close the lid and the work is done!

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