How to Build a Mood Light

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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This LED mood light is a small lamp that shines different colors around the area. The mood light makes for a beautiful lamp and is fairly easy to make. Read on to learn how to build a mood light.

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Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

4 rainbow-colored or color-changing LED lights
1 5-1/2-inch strip board
Wire
3 volt battery pack
Switch
2 1-by-4 boards cut 6 inches long
2 1-by-4 boards cut 3 inches long
1 3-1/2-by-6-1/2 inch rectangular board
Glue
Clear acrylic strips
Hand saw
Nails

Step1

Attach the lights to the strip board. Place them evenly throughout the board's length.

Step2

Run wires from the lights to the battery and the switch. The wires need to be wrapped around the stem of the lights.

Step3

Glue the strip board to the middle of the rectangular 3-1/2-by-6-1/2 inch board.

Step4

Build a box to hold the light. Make a rectangle with the 6-inch and 3-inch boards. Miter cut the edges so the sides fit together better. Nail the sides together. Lay the rectangular board upside down on the box's frame. Secure it to the sides with nails to complete the box.

Step5

Cut the acrylic strips into different sizes. Angle the end of each piece. Acrylic strips are available at craft and hardware stores. Cut the strips so that when they are placed side by side they make a design. Make anything that works with the room such as a mountain range, a city skyline or an inverted "V" shape.

Step6

Glue the strips into the bottom of the box. The need to lay sideways. Make the design as you glue. The strips must be placed at the front of the box. This is the front of the light.