If your old lampshade from a night light has broken or you just want to give it a unique and inimitable look, then you can make a beautiful lampshade with your own hands. For this you will need: PVA glue, scissors, a balloon, a pen, a needle, thick threads, a small piece of organza or felt, instant glue, spray varnish.
Making a lampshade from glue and threads
1. Inflate the balloon to the size of the desired lampshade. We tie it tightly with thread so that it does not deflate.
2. Take a needle, thread it with threads that we will use to create a lampshade and pierce the jar of glue. This will allow the thread to become saturated with glue, taking only the right amount. We remove the needle.
3. We wrap threads around our balloon; they should lie tightly on its surface, squeezing it a little.
4. We wind the required number of layers (it depends on how opaque you want to make the surface of the lampshade), fasten the thread at the base of the ball and let the product dry well.
5. Using a sponge and a small amount of glue, we go through the places where the weave of threads is very dense, due to a large number of intersections. We are waiting for the threads to dry.
6. Carefully untie the ball and release the air from it, after which we remove the ball from the resulting thread frame.
7. Spray the frame with varnish and let it dry.
8. Now our lampshade is almost ready, you can simply paint it the desired color or add other decorative decorations. I decided to decorate my lampshade with butterflies.
9. From felt, organza or any fabric you like that holds its shape quite well, cut out butterflies of different sizes.
10. Paint them and let them dry, slightly bending the wings when the pieces are still slightly damp.
11. Using glue, attach the butterflies to the frame.
12. We take the base of the lamp, attach the thread frame and we can admire the beauty we have created.
