I absolutely love this project. I'm not sure where I would hang these right now, but I'm dying to try it. Now I also need a "sun" and maybe some kind of "rainbow" effect to go with it… then some controlled wispy fog in the top third of the room. It would be cool to add a lighting effect to the clouds to make them bright, like on a sunny day, or dark and brooding like thunderclouds.
Ideas?
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Awesome! DIY Cloud Lights
How amazing would these look hung around your house, in a private reception! And super easy to make too!!
What you will need:
– Cotton Batting (or cleansing pleats)
– Paper Lanterns
– Flameless Candles (Ideally Super Cool LED ones)
– Hot Glue Gun (quantity depends on the number of lanterns, their size and the brightness you want.)Be sure that little or no heat is generated by the super cool flameless candles. Don't leave your beautiful creation unattended.
Step by Step instructions:
1. Pull at the cotton batting until it looks fluffy, light, and cloud-like.
2. Hot glue it to the outside of the paper lantern in various places.
3. Light the candles and stick them inside.
4. Hang the lantern wherever you'd like.Source: Alexis Mire via Flickr ~ http://goo.gl/IHbzd
Idea for the post came from +Melody Lynn via Pinterest, thanks Melody!!!tags: #diy #doityourself #art #crafts #artandcrafts
DIY Cloud Lights by Alexis Mire
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Will ponder.
Imagining you pondering… 🙂
Oh I'm SO doing this!!
Does it scare you yet?
Nope! You'll have to try so much harder! 😉
Perhaps it would help if you knew what I was pondering.
I'm a big fan of DIY . These look cool but I'd rather use the LED lights for a better effect. Bonus upgrade, making the lights music sensitive. That would look cool.
Hmm… music sensitive clouds…
Also, putting them on channels so you can cycle through weather patterns by remote.
+Mz Maau That would be awesome.
The LED thing brought to mind the holiday house light videos. I think LEDs would work better, less heat output to set your cotton on fire.
Also, IKEA has lots of interesting lighting fixtures for cheap, might be a good place to start. Can you work an Arduino board into the mix somehow for the control aspect? Maybe set up an interface you can access by phone if you want, or set up a program to run for hours, like for a party.
really easy to wire up too.
Can movement be achieved without it looking like it is on a track or sounding all mechanized?
I would imagine so, well-places loose draped wires perhaps? Hrm.
What kind of movement do you want?
+Mz Maau That sounds like a loaded question.
Are you talking soft left/right movement?
Or vertical, or both? Circular, a-la Winnie's little rain cloud?
Everything is a loaded question.
Not sure if she'll respond, but +Annika O'Brien might be up for this challenge.
Movement that does not look obviously scripted and repetitive would be the coolest.
Hmmm… I would imagine then the toughest bit will be setting up the track. Then throw a randomizer in the programming.