Decorated Lampshade
Give your room a great new look when you decorate a plain lampshade with bright-coloured paper designs, beads, and trims.
What You Need:
- Smooth lampshades
- Bright-coloured tissue papers
- Gold and blue vellum scrapbook paper
- Beaded trim or ribbon trim
- Paper punches: star, spiral, large circle, and small-diameter circle
- Decoupage medium
- Small paintbrush
- Hot-glue gun and glue sticks
Instructions:
Download the free patterns for this project.
Use the patterns as your guide to cut out tissue-paper shapes.
Punch the detail shapes on each piece before attaching them to the shades. The paper punch works better on heavyweight handmade tissue papers. If you want to punch regular tissue paper, stack four sheets and punch them together.
Carefully brush the decoupage medium on the back of a tissue paper cut-out; then gently apply it to the lampshade. Smooth out wrinkles and bubbles with your fingertips. Continue applying cut-outs until you’re pleased with all sides of the lampshade. Let it dry.
Brush a thin coat of decoupage medium over the tissue-paper designs to ensure that they’re firmly anchored to the shade. Let it dry.
Ask an adult for a helping hand with this step. Hot-glue beaded trim or ribbon trim along the bottom edge of the lampshade, allowing the beads or sequins to hang below the lampshade and reflect the light.
From the magazine, Incredibly Awesome Crafts for Kids
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