Cardboard lampshade. Geometric cardboard lamp

So, having figured out how a chandelier should be arranged correctly, we take on its main lighting and at the same time decorative elements: lampshade and shade. Reflectors are technologically simpler; their manufacture and attachment to load-bearing structure the chandelier does not cause any difficulties.

The Internet is full of pictures with really very beautiful homemade lamps. However, looking at them, ask yourself: how do you replace a light bulb? The answer is not always found in the primary sources. Methods for fastening lighting elements in lamps, allowing lamp replacement without the use of tools, will be discussed in the next article, but the technological methods described later in this are designed for the fact that the lampshade in this case either moves up, or is removed down, or you can simply climb into it hand.

Materials

In order of increasing complexity (and durability), lampshades and lampshades can be made with your own hands at home from paper, plastics, threads, and ready-made tubes various kinds, twine or yarn, framed with a fabric cover and stained glass. The last 2 are quite complex, but with a skillful approach to work, the lighting and decorative qualities can surpass expensive store-bought ones.

Making a paper lampshade is the easiest way: from materials other than paper, you will need threads and PVA glue, and from tools - a sewing needle, scissors and, possibly, a sharp mounting knife. However, paper lampshades are fragile and therefore suitable mainly for chandeliers. But a damaged paper lampshade can be easily replaced with a new one.

You can make a paper lamp somewhat stronger in various ways. The simplest way is to make a lampshade-ball from paper strips, gluing them at the poles and among themselves, pos. 1 in Fig. However, the design in this case is uniform: sufficient strength of the product is ensured only and only by its spherical shape.

Paper lampshade elements

Another way is to strengthen the paper itself. He'll ask for a little additional material: copper enameled winding wire with a diameter of 0.25-0.4 mm or threads. In the first case, the lampshade will fit without additional reinforcement for a floor lamp, and in the second, for overhead decorative elements you will need a solid supporting base, for example. from a plastic bottle. The lampshade paper is strengthened with wire as follows:

• On a sheet with a density of 90-140 g/m2. see the contours of the parts are drawn.
• Using a finely sharpened pencil or a mechanical one with a 0.6 mm rod, draw the lines of the rigidity grid. If the lampshade is glued together from several whole or slightly cut sheets, the grid lines should form a seamless pattern.
• Apply a thin layer of PVA glue with a brush.
• When the glue dries to the touch, apply veins - stiffeners - made of wire along the mesh.
• Lubricate the same PVA sheet with a density of 35-60 g/sq. cm, place it on the first one and gently smooth it with your fingers.
• A day later, the parts are cut out with scissors, glued together and painted. In this way you can even imitate the wings of rare species of butterflies, poses. 2; in this case, the Swallowtail Maak.

When using threads, both sheets are taken with a density of up to 60 g/m2. cm. Then, as said, you will need a supporting base, but you can even imitate the texture of rose petals, pos. 3.

Note: a paper lampshade, durable “almost like a real one,” can be made from papier-mâché. The technology, which is quite labor-intensive, is described below, see about lampshades for the kitchen.

Plastics

It’s easy to make a lampshade for a chandelier from disposable plastic cups, fastened with a stapler, see fig. Its lighting qualities are very good, but its appearance is frankly utilitarian. Therefore, it makes sense to use such lampshades in rooms with fairly high requirements for the quality of lighting, but not in front rooms. The directional pattern (DP) of a lampshade made from cups is formed by a cardioid pattern.

Lampshade made from plastic glasses

Lampshade made from plastic spoons

A fan pattern with a wide opening, very soft light in the central spot and uniform illumination in the side zone allows you to achieve a lamp with a lampshade-cone (or pineapple?) from bitten plastic spoons on a base in the form of a PET bottle with a cut off bottom, see fig. Effective light softening is achieved by the spoons acting as translucent bowl-shaped reflectors. They are glued to the bottle and glued together with silicone glue, mounting or a glue gun. Cyanoacrylate glue is also suitable, but it must be thick. Cheap “superglue” is very fluid, drips will spread everywhere and spoil the glossy surfaces of spoons.

You can also make good lampshades from bottles alone. For example, a sphere from their bottoms, fastened with a stapler, like stopper cups (see the figure for a mini-master class), will give a cardioid pattern; however, compared to the “established” one, it is noticeably distorted. But at the dacha or in utility rooms, a chandelier made from bottoms is quite useful.

Lampshade made from bottle bottoms

Lampshade hedgehog from plastic bottles

Romantic soft light, somewhat spotty, but within acceptable limits, will be provided by a globe lamp made of bottle “hedgehogs”; however, they look more like blooming sea anemones - sea anemones, see photo on the right. It’s not difficult to make the “hedgehogs” themselves: the bottoms of the bottles are cut off, the side walls are cut to the scar before narrowing into the neck, the strips are wrapped around the neck, glued with drops of glue and secured with thread or tape for reliability. However, to assemble the “hedgehogs” into a lampshade, you will need a transparent spherical base. It is made in the same way as a lampshade made from threads (see below), only the threads are white nylon or propylene no thicker than 20 gauge, and instead of PVA, colorless water-based acrylic varnish is used.

A lampshade made from leaves cut from bottles allows you to achieve very uniform illumination and is very decorative, see fig. It is assembled on a temporary spherical mandrel, see below.

Lampshade made from homemade plastic leaves

The step-by-step master class in this case is also simple, but requires patience, accuracy, some additional tools and, possibly, material:

• We are preparing a soldering iron with a nickel-plated bronze tip (for dry soldering) at 40 W or with a regular copper tip at 25 W;
• If the tip is copper, you will also need Teflon (fluoroplastic) tape 0.06 mm wide, 60-80 mm wide;
• Cut out leaves from the bottle. From a lighting engineering point of view, pale green or light brown are better;
• Using a soldering iron tip (copper - through the film) slightly melt the edges of the leaves, otherwise they will look unnatural;
• Using the tip of the sting (copper also through the film) we “draw” the veins;
• Using the flat of the sting between the veins, with light touches, we slightly melt the surface so that it is, like real leaves, not completely smooth;
• Again, using the tip of the sting, going deeper, but without piercing, we bring out the central vein. It is convenient to do this on a soft, heat-resistant backing (calico or felt in several layers will do);
• We place a thread in the central vein and fuse it by “screwing” the side roll onto the hollow;
• If required, we form complex leaves by tying together threads of leaves;
• Having laid out the leaves on the film (now any kind), we impregnate the threads using a pipette acrylic varnish. Once it dries, the foliage is ready for assembly.

Manufacturing procedure New Year's decorations and lamps made from threads has been described many times in RuNet. For example - video:

Video: DIY twine/thread lampshade

Here we can only note that, firstly, you will need at least 100 m of thread for a medium-sized lampshade. Secondly, there is no point in using inflatable balls as mandrels: after 10-20 turns, under the pressure of the stretched threads, the ball protrudes where it is not necessary, and the end result is something inconceivable. Thirdly, there is also no need to soak the threads in flour paste in advance: the product will turn out fragile and not moisture-resistant.

As a mandrel when making a lampshade from threads, it is best to use a tightly inflated chamber from a sports ball or a durable silicone beach ball, inflated from a pump through a nipple. The mandrel is lubricated several times with petroleum jelly (lanolin), carefully rubbing it with your hands. It won't harm the ball in any way; on the contrary, it will prolong his life.

Device for making a lampshade from threads

Next, the thread is wound onto the mandrel, continuously pulled through a simple device, see fig. This mini-impregnation bath, so that it does not accidentally crawl, tip over or spill glue on something, is secured on the table with tape; convenient double-sided. The glass is first pierced with a needle and thread, then PVA or acrylic varnish is poured and shaken, tightening as necessary. Usually the thread goes through the bath itself, because glue until it dries is a good lubricant.

When winding, do not forget to leave a window for entering the cable and cartridge - the strength of the cut thread ball drops sharply! A day later, after its completion, the air is released from the mandrel and pulled out through the same window. “Vase-green”, it sticks to the threads very rarely and weakly: you can tear it off by slightly pulling or pressing it with your finger, but the product remains intact.

Note: Instead of thread, you can use jute, sisal or propylene twine, but there will be a lampshade for it best use, see below.

And where is all this going?

Ball lamps, see fig., are suitable for children's rooms, because... form an even soft light. The one on the left is made from paper cupcake wrappers - on a yarn ball base. Threads – propylene or thin colorless nylon; binder – acrylic varnish. White in the spool, after impregnation with varnish, such threads become almost transparent. The lampshade-ball made from cups (on the right) is not so interesting, because... The dishes are all the same, but it is also more difficult to tear it apart.

Chandelier lampshades for children's rooms

A hemispherical lampshade made from the same cups would be more suitable for the hallway, see fig. on right. At low lamp power (more precisely, its luminous flux) will give a bright spot below and acceptable illumination of the rest of the room, so you can use low-heating incandescent lamps of 15-30 W. The fact is that the resource of energy-saving lamps and LED lamps decreases sharply when switched on/off frequently. And a low-power incandescent lamp, especially in the hallway where the light is not constantly on, will not significantly increase electricity costs.

Chandelier lampshade in the hallway

A special case is the kitchen. The lighting requirements for it are set out in the previous article. But the lampshade in the kitchen quickly gets dirty, and the soot eats away firmly. Let's remember: bright light promotes condensation and bituminization of vapors organic compounds. This is the deposition of soot; the lampshade is illuminated most brightly.

The simplest solution is a disposable paper lampshade. “Bump”, as in pos. 1 pic. below will give just the right type of lighting in the kitchen, but you will have to redo it quite often. It is better to mold a papier-mâché lampshade on a suitable frame, pos. 2. After varnishing with acrylic varnish, it can be carefully washed with a cloth and dishwashing detergent, and painted with a forge patina, it will look like forged self made and certainly not on some old newspapers.

Lampshades for kitchen lamps

But the lampshade for pos. 3 – juice straws glued to the bottle – an example of a bad solution. Such a lampshade will provide ideal light for the kitchen (the straws also work partly as light guides), but it will get dirty quickly, you can’t clean it properly, and the product is labor-intensive. Plastic reflectors for kitchen lamps for local lighting are best made from reusable plastic dishes, pos. 4, it is quite durable, inexpensive and easy to clean. Cups with handles and saucers are, of course, a thing design solution, but bowls without a pattern are what you need.

How to make papier-mâché?

Papier-mâché material is useful for many purposes, so let us recall the technology of its preparation and use:

• Old newspapers, or, better yet, the cheapest unglued writing paper are torn into shreds about the size of a thumbnail. You will need a lot of paper!
• Fill a suitable container with scraps to the top; say, a liter glass jar.
• 1/3-1/5 by volume of PVA is diluted in boiling water.
• While the solution has not cooled, pour it into the paper pulp.
• Stir until the paper completely dissolves into fibers.
• Once the papier-mâché has cooled, pour it into a consumable container or use it immediately. Paper paste can be stored for up to 6 months. in the refrigerator in a tightly sealed container.
• Prepare the next portion in the same way.
• If the paper paste goes into use right away, you can add the next one to the stuck area of ​​the mandrel while the previous one is still wet and crumpled with your fingers. If you apply it dry, the product, when dry, may fall apart into “cakes”.
• The workpiece is ready for varnishing, painting, etc. after a week of drying at a temperature not lower than 22 degrees. The air temperature around the workpiece must be the same on all sides! Dry on a radiator, convector, under direct sun rays or infrared emitter it is forbidden!

Tubes

Lampshades and shades from sections of tubes are most often made for nightlights and lamps in the bedroom: due to round section they always have a significant refraction of light, which can be very intimate and romantic, but in most cases it is undesirable for permanent and working lighting. Lampshades made of translucent tubes also provide a rather dappled light, see figure; if you use pieces of thin transparent PVC hose, then the play of light will turn out very beautiful, but you don’t need to look at it for a long time, much less read or sew in such light.

Tube lampshade

Paper and others fibrous materials They refract light a little, but the tubes themselves are fragile. For example, it is better to make a lampshade made of newspaper tubes on a frame, see below: precisely because they wrinkle easily, thin paper tubes are an excellent material for weaving. As for the lighting properties, paper, especially clean paper, has excellent ones.

Lampshade on frame

Now let's move on to lampshades that are suitable anywhere, incl. and for table lamp, which can be pushed to the floor with an elbow. In addition, we will set the condition that the lampshade covering can be washed, cleaned, and changed at will. Therefore, we do not touch glass or solid hard plastic lampshades; Besides, you can’t make them at home yourself. That is, we will work on lampshades on a frame with soft lining.

About fabrics for lampshades

It is preferable to sew the decorative light cover of the lampshade from fabric with fleecy threads, i.e. natural. Due to diffraction on smooth synthetic threads, the light penetrating through such a lampshade may be hard. Choosing fabric for a lampshade by eye is not difficult: through the sample, turning it smoothly, look at some compact bright light source; preferably LED, because it gives the most coherent, i.e. ordered, light. The selection criterion is simple: the less moire fringes are observed from different viewing angles, the better the fabric.

About restoring the lampshade

The lampshade frame is quite labor-intensive and technologically complex, so first you need to look around the household to see if there is a lampshade from an old lamp lying around somewhere. Straightening it, repairing it and updating the lampshade with a new cover will be easier than making the frame from scratch.

Homemade tool for measuring large diameters

The discovered “basket” may turn out to be of a very elaborate shape, and to create patterns (see below) you will need to accurately measure its diameters in several places. In this case, a homemade caliper from 3 will help out wooden slats and a pair of drawing squares. Of course, it will not give the accuracy of a factory rod, but achievable (+/–1 mm) is enough for cutting and sewing work. And an idea of ​​the capabilities of such a tool is given in Fig.

The measurement procedure is a 2-step procedure: marks are made with a pencil on the sponges where they touch the object, and then the size is taken between the marks with a tape measure. In order for the movable sponge to glide more smoothly, and, accordingly, the measurement to be more accurate, you need to place a fluoroplastic film under the rubber bands holding it. To measure small diameters, the jaws are turned over with the squares facing out.

Constructing a pattern

Now we remove the necessary diameters: the lower and upper hoops (D1 and D11 in position 1 in the figure), the largest and smallest on the belts (D2, D6, D10), in places of kinks, i.e. where the curvature of the generatrix changes sign (D4, D8) and at kinks (D5). We take the others more or less evenly between the mandatory ones.

Constructing a lampshade pattern

The diameters of the pattern of 6 wedges will, taking into account the tightening of the fabric, be equal to half the measured diameters (item 2). If there are supposed to be more or fewer wedges of the finished sleeve, proportionally change the proportion of the diameter in the corresponding diameter of the pattern. But it’s too early to cut and sew.

There at pos. 2 it can be seen that the seaming allowance is not geometrically completely similar to the template. In knot I (kink inward) this is not so bad: you can sew on a drawstring sleeve and tighten the seam with a cord. If the decor of the lampshade involves ruffles, frills, scallops, etc., then perhaps this is how it should be: small folds will fall into place, and the cord will not be visible at a break in the contour.

However, on the shelf of the contour (node ​​II), whatever one may say, it is in no way possible to give an allowance so that the seam does not “run away”. In higher geometry it is proven why, but we don’t need to go into this jungle: we will simply cut the paper template according to “capricious” diameters at the kinks and shelves (item 3).

Sewing a cover

Now, how to sew a lampshade using our patterns? First, individual parts of the sleeve are sewn; in this case, bottom, middle and top. Then the widest adjacent part (here the middle) is sewn to the widest belt (bottom). Next, the 2 parts that are next in width are sewn together in the same way, etc. The point is to have the shortest cross seam(we have Seam 2) was sewn last. In this sample, after sewing the bottom to the middle, the top is sewn to them. The sewing of the cover is completed by trimming off the excess allowances, except for the lower and upper hems. The edges must be trimmed.

Frame covering

The next stage is placing the cover on the frame. This is where the machine can be put in the closet: the work is entirely manual. Step by step covering the lampshade frame with a cover is done as follows:

• The cover is turned inside out (it is probably clear that it was sewn from the inside out) and put on the frame;
• Wrap it inside and stitch the top flap;
• Pull and trim the fabric to the first bend (here D8). If there was no hoop in the original sample, it must be installed in advance, see below;
• Baste the fabric to the edges of the frame from top to bottom, alternately, and to the hoop at the bend;
• Repeat paragraphs. 3 and 4 to the next bend (now D5), and so on to the bottom hoop;
• Wrap and stitch the bottom flap.

How the simplest frame of a table lamp or floor lamp is constructed can be seen in pos. 1 pic. The pendant for the chandelier is different in that the ring will be at the top, the extensions from it will go to the upper hoop, and then additional holes are needed in the ring for attaching the pendant.

Lampshade frame structure

The ring is cut from a well-soldered and fairly durable sheet metal(bronze, brass, galvanized steel 0.4-2 mm thick) or durable plastic from 1 mm. Will do computer disk, for the E10 cartridge you will only need to drill holes for the braces and fastenings. The main dimensions of the ring for the E27 cartridge with fastening with union shaped nuts (item 3) are given in item. 2. But making a ring for fastening in the gap between the body and the clamp of the cartridge with a skirt (item 4) is unacceptable! Such cartridges are attached only with a threaded fitting in the lid!

How the stretchers are attached to the ring is shown in pos. 5: their blanks are not bent completely with a hook, inserted into the mounting holes and carefully pressed with pliers. Then, if the ring is metal, solder it (see below). If it is plastic, fix it with drops of superglue or silicone.

Soldered assembly

Frame parts are made of plastic steel wire with a diameter of 1.5-2 mm or bicycle spokes. The latter are much stronger, do not rust and do not require painting, but they need to be bent carefully and they are less soldered. To solder the frame you will need:

• A soldering iron of at least 65 W (preferably 100-150 W).
• 6% solution of orthophosphoric acid. Sold for soldering in radio stores and construction stores. Phosphoric acid is also available as food supplement E338 in the form of needle-shaped, colorless, hygroscopic crystals.
• Flux paste (gel for soldering), always with borax.
• Thin, 0.15-0.35 mm, bare copper wire. You can take strands from an electrical wire.
• Solder POS-30 or POS-40. They are refractory (that’s why you need a powerful soldering iron), but much stronger than POS-61 and other low-melting ones.

Note: phosphoric acid of medium strength does not emit highly toxic and/or caustic fumes. But all the same, when working with it you need to take precautions - wear safety glasses and gloves (household latex ones will do).

The key procedures for assembling a soldered frame are shown in Fig.

Soldering steel parts

Step by step soldered steel frame assembled as follows:

• The ends of the linear blanks are kept in acid for 3-4 minutes (item 1), and then rinsed in water (item 2). You need at least 1 liter of water, and it must be changed after 4-5 washes.
• If the soldering is in the middle or the part is bent, soak a clean white rag in acid and wrap it around the soldering area. Hold for about half a minute, then rinse the rag in acid, wrap it around the soldering area again, and so on until the total time of exposure of the acid to the metal reaches the same 3-4 minutes. After acid treatment, the part is then washed under running water for 1-2 minutes.
• Without touching the treated areas with your bare fingers, the frame is completely assembled without soldering: the soldering areas are butted tightly, but not tightly, i.e. with gaps between turns of 1.5-2 mm, wrapped with copper wire, pos. 3 and 4, and apply 2-3 drops of flux paste to each joint. The soldering areas at the cross parts of the parts are wrapped with 2-3 turns of copper wire crosswise and fluxed with 1-2 drops.
• Semi-dry, i.e. without a hanging drop of solder, use a soldering iron tip to heat the soldering areas until the flux spreads over all the cracks, pos. 5. There is no need to heat the flux until the flux boils and vapor appears. Also, the final result will be better if you heat the flux with a separate soldering iron with a dry bronze nickel-plated tip.
• Take a drop of solder, apply it to the soldering area (item 6) and heat until it flows everywhere, like flux before. The excess solder hanging below is carefully removed with a soldering iron tip. It is impossible to apply unmelted solder in the form of a flexible wire, and refractory solders are produced mainly in rods.

Fabric or twine?

Propylene packaging twine and paper tubes have good lighting properties. If the lampshade is made from woven twine or newspaper tubes, it will give an even, soft light, and complex cutting and sewing work will be eliminated. But the frame for a wicker lampshade must, firstly, have at least 10-12 ribs evenly spaced around the circumference.

Note: if the frame is of a simple shape, then only 3-4 ribs can be load-bearing (steel). Let the rest be made of straw; they are glued to the upper and lower hoops.

Secondly, to create rims at the top and bottom, respectively. The trains are either made double in height, with an interval of 2-3 cm, or strips of thin metal or hard plastic of the same width are attached to them. Headbands are needed for decorative reasons: a solid one is wrapped with twine or a tube, and if the headband is double, the weave can be made in a figure eight. All lateral surface braided like a basket.

Stained glass lampshade

Stained glass lampshades generate light flux mainly by refraction, so they are more suitable for the living room.

stained glass lampshades and lampshades

Stained glass fragments are made from rhinestones, faceted or cabochons. A stained glass lampshade is assembled on a heat-resistant frame (for example, a steel bucket) using the Tiffany technique. But compared to stained glass for a window or door, since the connections of the elements are not solid, but point-based, there are significant differences:

• Only strong, refractory solder is used, the same as for the lampshade frame, as well as flux with borax.
• Before soldering, the framing of rhinestones is made only from special copper foil - folia - 3-15 mm wide, depending on the width of the crystal rim.
• The protective film is removed from the foil immediately before applying it to the crystal; You cannot touch the outer (soldered) surface of the foil with bare hands!
• Also, you can’t put off soldering foil-wrapped rhinestones until tomorrow: the copper will have time to oxidize, and the joints will turn out to be fragile.
• Upon completion of soldering and thorough washing of flux residues (with a rag with alcohol; then with distilled water), the soldering is copper-plated by applying a thick blue solution of copper sulfate with a brush.
• The remaining vitriol is washed off under running water. You cannot rub with a brush or even cotton wool, because... The copper film on the solder is very thin.

A small surprise - about New Year's chandeliers and lampshades

New Year is coming, it's time to do Christmas decorations and holiday decorations. And - a New Year's chandelier. A chandelier? Yes. Remember how the festive mood drops if the overhead light is turned on in the room with the Christmas tree. No matter what, New Year’s lighting should correspond to the spirit of the holiday. Let's put off lighting technology until serious days; nothing from the festive light will happen to us in a few evenings. It’s time for business, but it’s also time for fun.

New Year's chandeliers

Typically, a New Year's chandelier is a Christmas wreath attached to the chandelier in the living room with light bulbs woven into it. But even an experienced electrician would not need to do electrical installation work at heights in the pre-holiday rush. And what if the Christmas tree is in the nursery, where the chandelier is made of paper? Then you can at least buy inexpensive plastic blanks for Christmas tree balls, a garland with colorless light bulbs, stuff them into the balls, and hang such a heap (on the left in the figure) where it is more convenient.

If the design of an “everyday” chandelier is suitable, you can screw candle lamps into it and decorate it with the same balls or, for example, painted pine cones, on the right there. Or you can try a little and make a New Year's jasmine chandelier with your own hands, as in the video below. New Year is New Year, no matter what you say.

Lamps made of paper, as a hobby, came to us from China and such lamps were called in those days ancient times Chinese lanterns. Such lamps are characterized by many qualities that make their manufacture not only an exciting hobby and an opportunity to communicate with children through joint thinking and design. By making such lamps you can earn good money.

We make a beautiful lamp from paper in MK with our own hands

What qualities do lamps made of paper have:

1. Unusuality. Such a thing has been created in the world great amount different designs, type and directions for using these lamps, that it is not enough to even imagine all of them, much less describe them in one article.
2. These lamps create diffused and slightly dimmed light, instilling romance and creating an atmosphere of mystery.
3. Even the extraordinary external lightness and variety of shapes can give the design of rooms completely different shades. You can create them in almost all styles.
4. With an absolutely insignificant cost of the source material (paper), the prices of such lamps mainly depend on the quality and originality of the design work and the skills of the designers.

About the purpose of paper lamps:

1. Lamps made of paper can themselves serve as both the base and frame of a table lamp.
2. They can be a lampshade on a pre-made frame with your own hands or with the participation of some decorative elements as a basis. Such decorative elements there may be old things that have already served their purpose from mezzanines and attics
3. These lamps do not look bad on the walls, performing the functions of sconces.
4. It can look very elegant ceiling lamp(chandelier), both with one light bulb and with a large number of them.
5. And finally, lamps made of paper, with which a closer acquaintance with this trend in home crafts began, are lanterns. Chinese lanterns stand out among them.

The easiest way is to make a lamp out of paper, using pre-prepared templates, from which the entire structure of the lamp is assembled according to the diagram.

Paper itself was first made in China, and it was from there that the art of creating unique paper lamps as a style began to spread in the form of Chinese lanterns.

Today, many people prefer this style when making paper lamps. It is this that allows you to bring alive colors, brightness and a festive mood.

What materials will you need:

1. Paper. Plain, offset, corrugated, glossy, different colors. The paper should be translucent, white or colored.
2. Electric socket with wire and plug. We remove it from an old lighting fixture; if not, we purchase it in a store or market.
3. Electric lamp. Due to the fact that a paper lamp can easily catch fire, we choose an LED light bulb.

Tools:

A stationery or just a sharp knife, a pencil, a ruler, thread and an awl.

Manufacturing and assembly of the lamp:

1. On the back of the paper we mark the contours and create a pattern for the lamp. To make it correctly, we use a diagram, according to which we draw an outline using a pencil and ruler.
2. We bend the paper along the outlined contours to form an accordion where necessary. There's no hurry here. The quality of the flashlight and its appearance depends on how clear and even the bends are.
3. Insert the light bulb into the socket.
4. We make holes in the bottom of the cartridge with an awl and pull the thread through them.
5. We wrap the resulting lampshade around the socket, glue the edges together or simply lay them on top of each other. The latter will allow you to change light bulbs quickly without damaging the lamp.

The most difficult part of this process arises when folding the paper base of the lamp. To give the lamp more originality, you can paint it with some kind of design or even Chinese characters.

You can see how to make a lamp using these templates, see other options for making lamps from paper and cardboard, and see how lamps (aka lanterns) are made for Halloween from the same materials in our video selection.

Video selection on the topic of the article

Making something with your own hands and then decorating your home is not a source of special pride? Homemade items allow you to unleash your creative potential and save a lot of money at the same time. And making your own lamps is no exception. Today you can find various ways How to make a lighting device with your own hands. To do this, just type into the search bar “how to make a paper lamp with your own hands.” But you no longer need to do this, because in this article we will try to give the most complete answer to this question. Here we will touch on the most pliable material for a lamp - paper.

Our article will also help you understand whether you can cope with such work, and whether a paper lamp will suit your interior.

Paper - what could be simpler?

Light from a paper lamp

Lightness and airiness are what many associate paper with. Therefore, the paper lamp will also take on these properties, bringing with it to various interiors:

• unusualness;
• softening and smoothing out angularity;
• creating diffused and subdued light, giving the atmosphere romance and mystery.

Today, paper lighting fixtures are associated with Asia and the East. It was here that not only paper, but also products made from it first appeared: umbrellas, lanterns, etc. The East, as they say, is a delicate matter. This statement is perfectly brought to life with the help of paper and creative potential, which is reborn into unique and unique lamps.
Despite the fact that China is considered the birthplace of paper, paper lighting fixtures can be safely made in different styles:

• Japanese;
• Chinese;
• pop art;
• eclecticism;
• country;
• vintage, etc.

Note! Only by making a lamp with your own hands will you be able to perfectly match it with the rest of the interior, emphasizing or connecting together all the directions of the design used.

Since working with paper is quite easy, and you can find it in almost unlimited quantities in the house, today there are a wide variety of options for assembling paper lamps. Let's look at the simplest and most popular of them.

Since paper was first made in China, it is logical to start with creating a Chinese-style lighting fixture.

Chinese style lamp

Many people prefer to make lamps from paper in the Chinese style, since in this case they can bring brightness, vibrant colors and a sense of celebration to the interior. All this can be achieved with a Chinese lamp.
Materials you will need:

• paper. It can be rice or regular. It is desirable that the sheets of paper be translucent, colored or white;

Note! For the closest possible resemblance to the original Chinese folk lamps, you should work with rice paper.

• cartridge. It can be bought at the market or taken from an old chandelier;
• bulb. Since the lamp will be made of paper, unheated light bulbs should be chosen as a light source. It is best to opt for LED bulbs.

In addition to the materials themselves, you will also need some tools:

Chinese lantern diagram

• pencil and ruler;
• stationery knife;
• awl;
• a thread.

The lamp assembly will proceed as follows:

• make markings on back side paper. This way you can create a relief. To make a Chinese lantern, you need a diagram, according to which the markings are made;
• We bend the paper according to the markings to get an accordion in the right places. Do not rush in this matter, since how smooth and beautiful the flashlight will turn out will depend on the accuracy of execution;
• we assemble the socket and the light bulb together;
• Make holes in the bottom with an awl and thread a thread through it;
• We wrap our paper lampshade around the socket. The edges of the paper sheet can be glued or simply placed on top of each other. The last option will help you quickly change light bulbs without damaging the lampshade.

Ready-made flashlights

The difficulty here can only arise in the correct folding of the base of the lampshade. As a result, you will get a beautiful and almost authentic Chinese lantern. To give it a more beautiful appearance, you can paint the lampshade with Chinese characters or stylized designs.

Lamp frame

In Japan, paper products are also very popular and widespread. Therefore, you can safely use Japanese motifs when creating a paper lamp. Paper (preferably rice paper) is also the main element here. But now it will be supplemented with bamboo sticks. Note! Bamboo grows in Japan, so this element will look great in the overall display of the lamp.
Here you will need the following list of materials for work:

• tracing paper (in the absence of rice sheets);
• ceramic cartridge with a small base;
• thread, preferably thick;
• stain;
• piece of MDF. Can be replaced with plywood;
• wire with switch and plug.

Tools you need to have on hand:

• PVA glue;
• sandpaper;

Finished Japanese paper lamp

• scissors;
• file;
• square;
• brush.

For the base we take plastic corners, bamboo/wooden slats or wire. We assemble the lamp base according to the following scheme:

• we clean the slats sandpaper and cut it to the height we need. This will be the height of the entire lamp;
• We make markings on the slats at the gluing points. They will help to make an even and beautiful frame;
• We coat the joints with glue and assemble the slats into a single structure. For strength, corner joints should be knitted with thick thread. This will help strengthen the base and also give it decorative look. The frame itself can be round or square;
• will be used as a cover MDF sheet. We make a hole in the sheet for the cartridge;
• after that everything wooden elements the structures are covered with stain. You can apply varnish on top of it. Such protection will make the tree resistant to negative influence moisture and protect it from wood insects;
• Now all that remains is to attach the paper sheets to the frame. They can be left clean, but it is better to first apply a Japanese pattern or hieroglyph here. We simply glue the sheets to the frame.

This is a slightly more complex version of the lamp in terms of implementation. But it turns out to be more durable and of higher quality, which in a positive way will affect the service life of the lighting fixture.

Glass and paper

The easiest thing to make with your own hands is a glass lamp. This is a portable table lamp that is very quick and easy to make. To make such a lighting device you will need:

• a thin sheet of paper (you can print a specific pattern on it);
• round and tall glasses;
• wire with a thickness of 1-2 mm;
• candles-tablets.

The tools you will need are:

• scissors;
• PVA glue;
• pliers;
• stationery knife;
• scotch.

The algorithm of actions here is as follows:

Bent wire

• bend the wire using pliers so that it takes on the appearance shown in the photo. A candle-tablet will be placed on its lower part. The length of the wire should ultimately be slightly greater than the height of the glass. This will make it much more convenient to remove the candle from the container;

• The glass itself should be decorated with a sheet of paper on which the pattern you like is applied. Carefully glue the sheet to the glass. The top of the container can be decorated using plaster or polymer clay.

Ready glass

As you can see, this requires a minimum of effort and time, and as a result you will get a beautiful lamp, perfect for a romantic dinner or just a quiet, relaxing evening of relaxation.

Paper straws

Probably the most original and unusual lighting device in our “paper” history will be a lamp made from paper tubes. You can decorate any lamp with this lampshade:

• chandelier;
• table lamp;
• floor lamp;
• wall sconce.

Tube lampshade

Such a lampshade will provide a soft and subdued light, which will become a real highlight of any interior, made in any style. Here, as you might guess, the main and only elements of the entire structure will be paper tubes. They can be made from both newspapers and colored paper. The main thing to remember is that the appearance of the lampshade should complement the existing interior in the room.
The number of tubes depends on the size of the lamp on which it will be placed. The “pipe minimum” that should be wound is 100 pieces. The tubes are attached to each other using the same PVA glue, thus forming the required shape:

• round;
• oval;
• square;
• arbitrary.

First, the first row is laid out, and then the entire structure is built on it.

Note! The walls here need to be built in such a way that the lampshade expands towards the center. To do this, the diameter of the mold must be gradually increased, and after the middle - gradually reduced.

If desired, the resulting lampshade, after it has dried, can be painted with spray paint. The result is a solid product without flaws.
This is far from full list possible options making a lamp from paper. But these are the most popular methods that are implemented easily and quickly.

Conclusion

As you can see, making a paper lamp with your own hands is quite simple. Not needed here expensive materials or a lot of time. If you strictly follow the instructions, you will be able to quickly complete the task, and your home will have a new, beautiful and, without unnecessary modesty, original lighting fixture.

A chandelier in a room is not only a lighting fixture. Without exaggeration, we can say that it is the main decoration of the room. Handmade items are considered especially valuable. This allows us to highlight the special taste of the owners of the home, as well as their extraordinary and creative mind. Undoubtedly, this type The work is quite complex and requires increased concentration. But at the same time, when creating decorations for your home, you can find many interesting and extraordinary solutions in it!

This article presents some ideas for decorating a chandelier with your own hands, as well as instructions for them. Everything is written so simply and clearly that anyone can do it at home.

In order to make a chandelier, sometimes the most unusual materials are used. For example, everyone is already familiar with glass or wood, plastic, and so on. But sometimes, when you want something completely “unusual,” wooden skewers and glass bottles wine bottles, and cans, and all kinds of tree branches, and cardboard, and even straw. You need to choose depending on the idea of ​​the creator and the wishes of the apartment owners. It is also necessary to take into account general interior premises where the finished product is supposed to be placed.

Interesting idea for a chandelier made from plastic spoons

Plastic spoons for disposable meals are one of the simplest and most easily available materials for creating a chandelier for a room. Their advantages are low price, variety color range and will last similar material for quite a long time. To create such an extraordinary chandelier, you will need a minimum of investments, both physical and material.

Materials:

• empty bottle drinking water, volume 5 liters;
• plastic spoons (their number depends on the size of the bottle);
• glue for plastic;
• an old chandelier (or rather, a socket from it);
• sharpened knife.

Process of creation:

1. First you need to prepare a plastic bottle for subsequent steps. Remove the label in advance, cut off the bottom, dry well.
2. Then you need to remove the plastic spoons from the packaging and carefully cut off the unnecessary handles with a knife, leaving about 2-3 centimeters above the level of the “scoop”.
3. You need to glue the scoop blanks to the base of the bottle. Apply to the remaining “tail” a large number of glue and press it to the surface (with the convex side of the spoon facing out). It is necessary to cover the entire bottle in a circle until the entire perimeter is occupied by plastic “spoons”. It is advisable to arrange them in a checkerboard pattern and slightly move them together. This will leave fewer “free spots”.
4. You need to remove the cartridge from the old unnecessary chandelier, and then place it in an already glued and dried bottle and fix it to the frame.
5. A decorative bowl can also be made from plastic spoons: “scoops” are glued around the neck of the eggplant.
6. Install and connect the chandelier, check its operation.

Note! Possible option decorative painting or painting spoons in absolutely any color. Thus, your product will look even more beautiful and more original!

Chandelier made of plastic bottles in the shape of leaves

Another unusual option in the interior would be a chandelier made in the shape of leaves. It is created from simple plastic bottles, the variety of colors of which allows you to work in the most unusual colors and embody the most daring ideas.

Process of creation:

1. Cut plastic bottles into blanks shaped like future leaves.
2. For each workpiece, the sheet shape is finally fixed.
3. Using a soldering iron with a thick tip and a one-sided bevel, you need to slightly fuse the sections of each leaf in order to give the future product the greatest effect.
4. In the same way, using a soldering iron, you need to give the workpieces a sheet structure. You need to act extremely carefully and accurately, because you can easily make a hole in the plastic. Such a leaf with outlined veins and slightly fused edges will look complete.
5. Using a hot needle, you need to melt several holes at the “leg” of each leaf in order to attach them.
6. Using thin wire, form branches and screw them to a steel wire frame.

It would also be a great idea to make a new chandelier in the form of a lampshade for a floor lamp or a table lamp. Thus, it will be a great addition to the previous product!

Chandelier with paper butterflies

The most common product option is a chandelier with butterflies. And this is not without reason. Let's start with the fact that this option looks luxurious and expensive, and secondly, its production does not require any special physical costs. Thus, even a child can participate in creating a chandelier.

Process of creation:

1. It is based on either an old chandelier or a similar frame. If you don’t have one, then you can take the simplest wooden or metal rim. If such material is not available, then, as an option, you can take thick wire and make about 2-3 skeins, so that a circle is formed.
2. Cut out butterflies from paper according to the template. You need to take the butterfly template and adjust it to the desired size. The option also looks very unusual when butterflies of several sizes are located on the chandelier (again, depending on desire). Transfer the outlines onto paper and carefully cut out, preferably with a sharp edge stationery knife, or small, non-rounded scissors. For the templates themselves, it is better to use a material that is dense, does not become very dirty and does not attract dust. For example, velvet paper is very poorly suited for the product, because in the future you will need to vacuum the chandelier quite often.
3. Take a nylon thread or transparent fishing line and attach the butterflies to it. There are two types of fastening: either piercing the bodies of the butterflies, or gluing them with silicone glue.
4. Next, we attach the threads with butterflies to the base of the frame and decorate it.
5. You can also try interesting option, if you make a wire ball! It should be based on a pendant from a chandelier and placed on it using glue gun several butterfly patterns.

Fabric chandelier

This chandelier is also based on a frame. As in the previous version, either old metal frames or thick wire are suitable for its manufacture.

After you have pre-prepared the base, start cutting out the fabric from which the lampshade will be made in the future. How long will it be ready product, depends on your desire, but it is worth considering that the width of the fabric must be the same as the diameter of the frame! Once you finish the pattern, you need to do a fitting.

Another nuance is that the top of the fabric will need to be sewn directly on the frame, which means that it (the frame) must be solid. Otherwise, if it is possible to thread it directly into the fabric, then you should first bend the upper edge of the pattern and stitch it, and then iron it. Then we sew a seam on the side of the product.

To prevent the lampshade from losing its shape, you should pay due attention to the material. If the fabric is too light, “airy,” then the bottom of the product should be weighted. You can use cardboard or fishing line for this.

Carefully sewn fringe, lace or braid will look just as beautiful. But do not “overload” the product! The process of creating a fabric chandelier is similar to making a lace chandelier. So you can safely experiment with the materials that are placed on the frame.

Lamp made of threads and a balloon

Materials:

• dense threads, such as wool, cotton, or jute rope– at least 1 meter;
• cartridge;
• petrolatum;
• PVA glue;
• a brush for applying glue and Vaseline (it is advisable that the brush does not fade);
• 1 or 2 pieces balloons(the first in order to work with it, and the second in order to check the finished product, if desired);

Process of creation:

1. Inflate the balloon to a certain size and secure it. Remember that the finished work will exactly follow the outline of the ball! Using a marker, draw a couple of circles at the top and bottom in order to determine the boundaries of thread winding.
2. Using a brush, coat the entire perimeter of the ball with Vaseline.
3. Pour PVA into plastic container and thoroughly process the threads with it (It is not advisable to apply glue to the entire length of the threads at once! Process them as you wind them around the ball!).
4. Taking into account the boundaries that you drew with a marker, wind the threads around the ball. Do not forget that the future appearance of the product depends on the density with which you wind it.
5. After wrapping, you need to leave the product for a day until it is completely dry; After complete drying, you need to burst the ball and remove it through the holes.
6. Cut a spot in the top and insert the cartridge.
7. To be completely sure that the product is strong, you can insert a balloon into it and inflate it. In a similar way, you can check the flexibility and reliability of the lampshade.

Alternatively, you can paint the structure with a spray can or acrylic paint, attach all kinds of decorative ornaments, such as butterflies, artificial flowers or beads. Also, a great idea would be to arrange several balls in the form of a bunch of grapes and fasten them together.

Wine bottle chandelier

This version of the chandelier is a little more complex than the previous ones. Making a chandelier this way is quite difficult; the manufacturing process will require care and attention. However, you will like the result!

Materials:

• wine bottle;
• glass cutter;
• sandpaper for sanding edges;
• cartridge;
• electrical wire;
• metal or wooden frame, rim.

Process of creation:

1. First you need to prepare the bottle itself for further manipulations with it. The first step is to draw a straight line around the perimeter at the level you need. This is required in order to cut off the bottom of the bottle using a glass cutter;
2. To avoid cutting yourself on the glass, you need to sand the sharp edges with sandpaper;
3. Pull the wire through the neck of the bottle and then connect the socket;
4. Attach the bottle to the frame.

You can also decorate the bottle with all sorts of decorative items, or leave it in its original form. In any case, it will look original and impressive.

The number of products on the frame depends on your desire. You can either leave one bottle or secure four or more bottles at once.

Laserdisc chandelier idea

This idea is great for those who have a large number of laser discs left in the house, but don’t dare throw them away. It’s worth noting right away that manufacturing options and the result can be very different. It all depends on your imagination and creativity!

Materials:

• two round wooden planks different thicknesses, and which are slightly larger in diameter than disks;
• racks made of metal or wood;
• Fluorescent Lamp;
• magnetic switch;
• disks.

Process of creation:

1. Make a hole in a thicker board and install a starter with a switch in it.
2. Then connect it all to the lamp.
3. String disks onto the lamp.
4. Place the stands around the discs and secure the top.

The finished product will delight its owners for a long time, and it does not require special care. It is not advisable to place this type of chandelier in a child’s room so that the child cannot harm himself (only if the chandelier hangs out of reach).

Shabby chic chandelier

To create spectacular lighting in a room, you can also make a chandelier from fabric or beads. The result will be a kind of candelabra or lampshade in the “shabby chic” style.

Materials:

• a ready-made metal or wooden frame (or it can be made from an old hoop, garden basket, thick wire);
• socket and lamp;
• chains and threads for decoration;
• all kinds of beads and seed beads.

Working on such a lampshade is not difficult, but it is a very painstaking task. Such chandeliers usually consist of two or three levels of rings, which are located on top of each other. It all depends on the size of the chosen bases. If you take rings of the same diameter, the finished product will be made in the “modern” style.

One of important points is that before you start decorating the chandelier you need to paint and wrap the frames with decorative materials!

The approximate consumption of beads is:

• For the lower part of the lampshade - 16 mm beads, about 15-17 pieces per thread;
• For the upper part of the lampshade - 12 mm beads, about 35 pieces per thread.

Naturally, when stringing beads on a thread, you can increase or decrease their number or the degree of thread tension. But it is still advisable to stock up on materials in excess of the norm.

The essence of the work is to hang threads with beads in a “waterfall” or “cascade” so that they flow downward along the structure.

In order to create the effect of “muting” the light, you can sheathe the frame with thick fabric.

A DIY chandelier will definitely add a fresh touch, originality and beauty to your interior. You will immediately notice how the room will sparkle with new colors, and your guests will sincerely admire your creativity, hard work and original taste!

90 photos of DIY chandelier ideas

Do you dream of adding brightness to the nursery or refreshing your workplace in the house? Or maybe you are a lover of the East, where the fashion for these such delicate little things came to us from? Then you should definitely read how to make a lamp out of paper with your own hands - unusual, original little things will instantly add a bit of magic to any corner of the house!

We guarantee that your guests will be asking for a long time where you bought this designer lamp, and having learned that you made it yourself, they will ask you to tell you how to make a paper chandelier with your own hands and its step-by-step instructions.

In this master class we will show you four ways to make a lamp out of paper, look and choose the option that’s right for you.

To create this delicate lamp, prepare:

• Colored paper of any color;
• PVA glue or glue stick;
• Paper clips;
• Compass;
• Scissors;
• Fishing line;
• Colored yarn;
• LED lamp ( );
• Wire with switch.

Step-by-step instruction:

Step 1

• Using a compass, draw semicircles 1 cm wide on a colored sheet of paper.
• With each line we increase the diameter of the semicircle.
• Please note that you will need quite a lot of sheets. Then cut out semicircular strips and cut them into pieces of 2-5 cm.

Step 2

• Roll and glue the resulting strips, making one side larger than the other - this will make it easy to glue them together into a dome-shaped shape. After that, you can connect them with glue in pieces of five.
• Glue the clusters together, strengthening them with paper clips until the glue dries. Glue until you have a circle, with a small hole for a lamp.

Of course, you can fantasize, and your lamp will be a little different than ours.

Step 3

Now, while our glue is finally drying, let's decorate our wire. To do this, take yarn of any color you like and carefully begin to rewind the wire with it. Try not to leave any uneven spots when wrapping the yarn over the previous layer.

You can add a drop of glue to the end of the yarn to strengthen it.

Step 4

Let's make a holder for an LED lamp. To do this, let's tie with three sides(it is advisable to measure the distance evenly) the fishing line to our glued strips, and the other ends to the paper clip, which we first straighten to the shape of a triangle.

All! All that remains is to place the lamp in the circle and screw it to the wire. You can hang such a lamp either separately or in combination with, for example, .

Master class No. 2: Chandelier made of rice or parchment paper

We present to your attention a new master class in which we will teach you how to make lamps from rice paper. There is nothing complicated in making it, as it might seem at first glance, and you can involve all household members in this exciting activity. The designer lamp is suitable for both the nursery and your bedroom.

Instead of rice paper, you can buy a roll of parchment paper for baking

So, to make a lamp you will need:

• Unnecessary lampshade;
• Thin wire;
• Several rolls of rice paper;
• Iron;
• Paper cutter;
• Sewing machine.

Self-production

Step 1

Take a lampshade you don't need (you can buy inexpensive new) and remove everything from it, leaving only the base. If your lampshade is similar to ours, then add a wire in the middle, securing it well.

Step 2

1. Prepare the parchment paper by unrolling the rolls and cutting them into roughly equal rectangles.
2. Iron the sheets until they become completely even and smooth.
3. Fold each sheet like an accordion, measuring equal distances of strips, and use a paper cutter to cut equal, even circles.
4. Try to use the cutter more carefully and don't leave a lot of extra paper– you will need a lot of circles.

Step 3

1. Connect all the circles together by stitching in the middle. Make connected circles of equal length and begin to strengthen them around the circle of the lampshade.
2. Once you complete the first circle, go around the subsequent ones, decreasing the length each time.
3. Carefully secure your lamp in the desired location, straightening all the threads.

Remember to only use LED bulbs, to avoid fire.

This beautiful chandelier is the result of painstaking work, after completion of which you will admire your work and be proud of yourself for a long time. On our website you will find many more ways to diversify your home lighting, for example:

• you can or .
• , for lovers of modernism.
• Or for lovers of eco-style.

You can also at your discretion, paint the rice paper circles in any shade, based on the color scheme of the room. If you want to hang this lamp in a child's room, you can add, for example, glass angels on long gold threads - again, choose the right accessories for your child's room. different rooms, this will add warmth and originality.

WARNING: Be aware that incandescent lamps produce very hot temperatures and may cause paper to ignite. For paper lamps and fixtures, use only LED lamps.

Master class No. 3: Origami chandelier made of paper

This beautiful bright lamp really resembles a ripe berry!

To make it, take the following:

• 2 paper bags, so that when gluing you get a one and a half meter bag (preferably with an interesting print);
• LED lamp (never an incandescent lamp );
• Wire with switch;

As soon as you decide that training is no longer necessary, we begin preparing the paper bag. Remove the handles and cut the bottoms off the bags and glue them together to make one large paper bag.

Fold the resulting bag in half, and then fold the halves like an accordion so that you get 16 identical folded strips. Then fold the two outer strips diagonally.

Follow the simple diagrams and you will get wonderful lamps to decorate your home. You may have to practice a little to fold origami perfectly, but you won’t regret it, because origami is a whole world of various interesting things created with your own hands. And your children will simply be amazed by your skillful hands!

Master class No. 4: Corrugated paper lamp

To make an unusual lamp you will need:

• Corrugated paper 88×44cm;
• Ruler;
• Spoke;
• Glue;
• A thread;
• Cable;
• LED lamp ( never an incandescent lamp ).

Step 1

• Using a ruler, mark a sheet of paper at equal intervals and fold like an accordion according to the markings.
• Helping yourself with a knitting needle, fold the folded sheet of paper diagonally, first on one side, and then unfold it on the other side.
• Unfold the sheet - you should have it double sheet marked with diamonds.

Step 2

• Connect the marked lines according to the photograph; it is advisable that the sheet is not very wrinkled at this time - otherwise the appearance of the lamp will be spoiled.
• All that remains is to connect the top of the lamp with a thread so that it does not fall apart, and secure the cable with the LED lamp.

Be safe - do not use regular incandescent lamps, they heat up the paper and it may catch fire.

Paper butterfly chandeliers

The most popular paper chandelier is the butterfly chandelier. And such love for this product is not just:

• Firstly she looks very chic and expensive.
• And secondly The production is very simple, even a child can be involved.

Such an elegant lamp will go well with any interior style, and it is also appropriate in the living room or dining room and even in a children's room.

Manufacturing technique:

1. The basis is an old chandelier or its frame. If this is not the case, then you can take a regular metal or wooden rim. If there is no such thing, take a thick wire and make 2-3 coils of yourself, so that you get a circle.
2. Cut out butterflies according to the template (butterfly template below)
3. We take a nylon thread or fishing line and attach butterflies to it. There can be two types of fastenings: either we pierce the butterflies or we put them on silicone glue. Whichever is more convenient for someone.

Butterfly pattern

To make a chandelier with butterflies, simply take a template and scale it to your size. It looks very nice if you make butterflies of several sizes, for example 3-4 diameters. Using a pencil, draw the sketch on paper and cut it out.

• It is best to cut with stationeryknife or straight manicure scissors without curves.
• It's better to use paper more dense and which does not attract dust, for example velvet structure. Since you will have to vacuum such a chandelier often

It is also a very beautiful option if you make a ball out of wire, take an old pendant from a chandelier as a basis and place several butterflies using a glue gun.

Paper ball chandelier

The basis for such chandeliers is a ready-made Chinese lamp made from rice paper. They are usually very cheap, down to 1-2 dollars. But you can decorate it however you like with paper tartlets, an unnecessary map, newspaper or sheets of old books. We are publishing several ideas for decorating a ball chandelier with paper.

Paper New Year lamp

A regular idea for the New Year is to use an old lampshade and string snowflakes of various shapes onto a string. Very impressive and beautiful. Below are some photo ideas for such decor for the New Year.

To polish your skills, as well as add to your collection of unusually beautiful lamps, look at more ideas and. We are sure that among them you will find many that you will definitely want to create!

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