Child's Lamp Shade Supplies

Series Summary

One of the easiest ways to introduce your child to the world of artistic exploration is to allow them the freedom to initiate and participate in their very own arts and crafts projects. One very simple but truly fun project for children and adults is the creation of a child’s lamp shade using a variety of art supplies and, naturally, creative vision! Parents who are drawn to such timeless and innovative hobbies as scrap-booking and homemade frame-making will delight in the project featured in this series. Your kids will love creating their own designs and watching their mind's eye create something for friends and family, and you will open your creative spirit wide as you help your child discover their artistic potential.

This free crafts video series will take you from choosing supplies to adding finishing touches to your child’s lamp shade. Learn how to gather supplies, draw, cut, measure, construct and decorate your creation. Get started watching these videos and you’ll have a fun child’s lamp shade before you know it.

Video Transcript

"Now I'm going to show you how to make a lampshade for a children's room. This is a really nice project, it's one that's very usable, it stays around for a really long time, and it's a lot of fun. It's fun to have the kids see it each time when they come into their room, or you can just be making it as a gift for, let's say, a baby, a newborn baby, or someone who's decorating a children's room, but it's really a neat project and it's easy to make. Let me show you the supplies that you're going to need. First you're going to need a piece of paper that you can draw images on. Those images are going to later be put onto a thick sheet of plastic that we have here, that's basically going to be our lampshade. But first we want to draw the images on the piece of white paper so that they're easily traced onto the plastic sheet. And we're going to be using a ruler for sizing and cutting, and we're going to have some markers on hand, those are going to be used for our decorations. And we're going to need a pencil for drawing our image. I have a sharp, a wooden skewer here, I use the point to make holes. I use it to punch some holes that we are going to need to put into the plastic in order so that it should be closed and make like a ring, which is going to be the lampshade. So I just use that as my sharp object, you can use some type of Exacto knife, or anything you have on hand. And you'll need a scissors, and we'll need some gold metal fasteners. These fasteners go inside into a hole and then they separate at the ends, that's what causes them to attach things as the ends are opened up, it holds things in place. So these are very useful, you're going to need a few of those. And you'll also need some ribbon that we are going to use to hang the lampshade. If it's hanging from a ceiling, or if it's going to be hanging on some type of screw or on a light, so this will come in handy. We're going to attach it on top of the lampshade and that will be where we can hang it from. So these are the supplies that you're going to need to create a lampshade for a children's room."