Lightbulb Hot Air Balloon

I saw these light bulb crafts where they are turned into hot air balloons. I thought they looked really spectacular and decided to try a similar craft.











Materials Needed:

•  a ruler
• a light bulb
• metal wire
• chain
• beads

Step 1:  Wait until a light bulb goes out and save it. I played with creating a design using permanent marker but in the end decided to use a plain bulb.

 Step 2: Using the wire create two 1.5" rings.










These rings will be used on the top of the bulb and on the bottom.

Step 3: Take one of the rings and attach lengths of chain of equal sizes across from each other as shown in the picture.

Step 4: Attach second ring to chain so it rest at the bottom of the bulb. Allow extra chain to hang down to have something to attach the basket to.

 Step 5: Attach the basket to the end of the chains. To learn how to make this basket please click here.








Step 6: Decorate as desire.

Mini Foam Weave Basket

I was in need of a mini weave basket for a project I was doing but only had small foam sheets. So I created a basket using the foam. Below you will find the tutorial. Please enjoy!










Materials Needed:

•  Foam Sheets ( I had small sheets but any will do)
• Glue ( I had only had Elmer's because I have yet got new hot glue sticks for a glue gun. Using hot glue will take it shorter time to dry.)
• Paint 
• X-acto knife
• Paintbrushes

Step 1: Create a square. Mine was a 4"x4" square

Step 2: Create 6 square on the foam. My center squares are larger than my 4 corner squares but 
 you can create any size you want. My center squares were 1.5" x 1.5".

Step 3: Cut the 4 corner squares away from the rest of the foam.

 Step 4: Create a 1/4" slice on the outside of the center square. Kind of like fringe.

 Step 5: Glue the corners together like so

 Step 6: Cut up another sheet of foam 1/4" wide. An begin weaving it into the fringed cross looking thing.

Step 7: Finish your edges with extra strips of foam.

Step 8: Paint!

Steampunk Goggles

             







This tutorial is a simple Steampunk-esque goggle project. This is for those who are just getting into Steampunk and are limited in budget or for those who need a quick and inexpensive prop for a Halloween costume. I tried to use materials i already had to make these goggles.

 Material List:

1. Water base Black Paint
2. Metallic Copper Acrylic Paint
3. Paint Brushes
4. X-acto knife
5. Super Glue or Hot Glue
6. Ribbon
7. Masking Tape
8. Cheap Swimming Goggles







Step One: Buy some cheap swimming goggles and any other materials you might need. I bought my goggles from Dollar Tree for $1. Everything else I had from previous projects. You will need to disassemble the goggle so you have four pieces: two eye pieces, a strap and nose piece ( note: Not all goggles have nose pieces. If this is so you will only have two pieces.)

Step two: Mask off the lenses of the eye pieces. Use the X-acto knife to trim off the extra tape so you are left with only the lenses covered in tape.

Step Three: Paint the sides of the lenses black. You may need two to three coats of paint. This will be your base coat and help the metallic paint adhere to the sides of the eye pieces.

Step Four: Paint the Metallic Copper ( or whatever metallic paint you choose) over the black paint.

You may need a couple coats to get desired look.
After the paint dries remove the masking tape.











Step Five: Decorating your goggles. Most people will probably use gears. I used odds and ends to decorate my goggles.











I used the nuts on the side of the goggles kinda like a rivet. I used the long metal piece across the top for the nose piece. I wanted the goggles to be slightly at an angle so I used a wadded piece of paper to prop the goggles up. This way as the glue dries it will be in the shape I wanted. I used super glue which worked but took forever to dry. I recommend using hot glue instead. It's faster with less smell.

Step Six: I used the ribbon as my new strap. You could also used leather for this.





This is a simple way of making Steampunk goggles.

Please let me know how this tutorial works for you and suggest any changes you may have.



Keep on crafting!!!!