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I've had a bag of ping pong balls in my stash for a few years now. It's been so long that I can't remember why I even bought them. What was I thinking?
Anyway, in looking around for inspirations on using these little balls, I came across a video showing how to make a lamp out of ping pong balls - basically by drilling holes, gluing the balls together and then inserting string lights into the holes. I didn't like that idea about drilling holes and wires so I came up with another way to make something similar. My version is a cool looking lamp that's remote control for different color lighting - and made with no drilling holes or wires to contend with! How fabulous would that be! Here's how!
Materials used:
4" Round Vase Base Light w/remote control
Plastic top for ball ring shape
Ping Pong Balls
Hot glue/DAP Rapid Fuse All Purpose Adhesive
Glass dish/candle holder (stand)
Let's begin by finding a round plastic top large enough to hold a 4" base remote control light (from another project) plus space for the ping pong balls to fit around in it. So I'm using a 7" top from a storage container that I had.
Next, place the light source in the middle of the top to make sure the balls will easily fit around it. And then begin adding a dab of quick drying glue (permanent) or hot glue (not so permanent) to connect each ball to another ball to form a ring.
Twelve balls glued together easily fit in the top and around the light source.
Continue gluing more balls together to form additional rings . . .
one row at a time.
to form the height of the lamp . . . that you want.
I had enough balls to make nine rings - using a total of 108 balls, with a few left over.
With the light on - the lamp gives off an ombre effect. So cool and perfect for mood lighting!
And then I decided to make a stand using a small glass plate and a
And then I decided to make a stand using a small glass plate and a
glass candle holder . . .
that the ball rings would sit on.
Stacking them on - row by row!
The rings easily stacked on each other and can be
glue permanently together . . .
for a wonderful effect!
How pretty!
A virtually free project that costs nothing to put together since I had everything in my stash! What an awesome de-stash!
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