DIY thread lampshade: master class, step-by-step description and recommendations

2024 Author: Sierra Becker | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-26 03:47

Comfort, convenience and style are the three pillars on which the design of any house or apartment is built. As you know, a cozy homely atmosphere, which you so want to immerse yourself in after a hard day's work, consists of trifles and details that are insignificant at first glance. Someone uses the services of a designer in order to create the long-awaited feeling of a cozy home, and someone is trying to create a miracle with their own hands.

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If you also decide to change something in your home, to add a touch of stylish originality to the design of your home, then we offer you a detailed master class "Lampshade made of threads and a balloon". Thread balls will look very impressive both in a minimalist living room and in a bright children's room where a magical mess reigns.

Also, the advantage of this venture is that you have to spend the minimum on the product. A lampshade made of threads will cost mere pennies, but it will lookas a stylish, unusual and spectacular designer decoration.

You can make one big lampshade ball and hang it in your living room. You can make several small balls-lamps and decorate the bedroom with them. White balls without light bulbs can be just a stylish addition to the New Year's decor. There are a lot of options. If you choose the right colors and sizes, show a little imagination, then the lampshade made of threads will fit very harmoniously into any interior.

What you need

• In order to make a lampshade from threads, you will need a regular balloon. Try to choose high-quality balloons that will not burst the first time they hit the air cavity.
• You will also have to stir up your stocks of yarn and choose the color of the threads that will fit perfectly into the interior and match the furniture or any other details in the room. For a ball with a diameter of forty centimeters, you will need about three standard skeins of yarn.
• For gluing threads, many advise using special wallpaper glue or starch-based glue. But how to make a lampshade from threads and a ball with your own hands if these materials are not at hand? The answer is simple - do not waste money, do not give up the idea and do not immediately run to the store. Look into the child's office, there is probably a large supply of regular PVA school glue. It is great for gluing yarn to the surface of the ball.
• Scissors.
• Stock up also with rubber gloves. There is a lot of work to be done with sticky glue.
• Glue container.
• Brush for spreading glue.
• Light fixture, wire for hanging the finished product from the ceiling and a light bulb (regular or energy-saving, not heated).

Inflate the balloon

First, decide on the size. You must understand exactly how many balls you need and what kind of thread lampshade should be. Gently inflate the balloon to the desired shape. Try to tie the ball, as they say, tightly, tightly. If you tie the base of the balloon too loosely, the balloon will deflate while the glue dries. As a result, you will get a shapeless circle, not a circle, which is absolutely not suitable for decorating your home with it.

Remember elementary school

Remember how they made papier-mâché animals at school? But if then we used ordinary sheets of paper, applying them to a form soaked in glue, now yarn will replace the paper.

Pour glue into a spacious container specially prepared in advance. We put on rubber gloves in order to protect the manicure and skin of the hands from the effects of glue. We begin to dip the yarn gradually into the glue. You can even say that not just dip, but soak the threads. They should soak very well.

Some use canned glue. A hole is made there and the thread is passed through. There are a lot of options on the Internet on how to wet the threads and how to make a lampshade from threads with your own hands. The tutorial we offer recommends the use of a container for glue.

According to the advice of experts, according to individual reviews of hostesses who have already decorated their homes with thread lamps, this is a more convenient option. In addition, soaking all the threads at once is much more convenient than sitting and passing three skeins through a jar of glue. Saving time and effort is important.

Attach thread

When the thread is well saturated with glue, it can be attached to the ball. To begin with, we fix it at the base of the ball. Knit tight, make knots. Do not be afraid that the thread will stand out from above or the tips will noticeably stick out. After everything is dry, unnecessary details are simply removed with scissors.

And now comes the most creative moment. When the base of the thread and the ball are firmly connected, you can start winding the thread around the ball itself. You can do this in any order. The appearance of the lampshade will depend on the size of the thread you have chosen, on its color and on the type of winding.

Tip: If you are making a lampshade out of thread and a ball for a living room or children's room, where there should be more light, then try to wind the threads not too close to each other. So weaving will be chaotic, but not continuous. If the lampshade is being prepared to create a romantic atmosphere in the bedroom, then you can “darken it”, that is, wind the threads more tightly to each other.

When to stop? We advise you to wind the thread until the ball is almost completely out of sight. As a rule, four or five layers of thread are enough for this. Also try to end the windinghit the top of the ball. There you will fasten the end of the thread.

For greater strength, you can walk along the wound threads with a layer of PVA glue, applying it already with a brush.

How to dry a balloon

It is recommended to hang the ball so that it does not lose its shape. If this is not possible, then find a bulky dish and place the ball there. It can be a round basin or a deep pan. We are waiting for a day until the product is completely dry.

But the balloon popped

After everything dries, you can burst the balloon. This shouldn't cause any problems.

Tip: before starting the process of winding yarn, lubricate the base with a thin layer of Vaseline or degrease the surface with an alcohol solution. This will allow the threads to easily move away from the ball when you burst it.

Let there be light

So, you already know how to make a lampshade from threads and a ball. It remains a little - to fix our product on the ceiling. To do this, take a light bulb, screw it into the lighting fixture. Secure the armature with brushes inside the lampshade. Then it remains to adjust the length of the wire. It is necessary that the lighting element be strictly in the center of your thread creation.

We fix the new light fixture to the ceiling hook. Turn on the light and enjoy your work.

Additional recommendations

• Choose quality glue that will not turn yellow after drying. Otherwise, the color will also change.threads.
• It is not recommended to hang such lighting fixtures in bathrooms and saunas. Humidity in the air can adversely affect the product. The lampshade will simply get wet, the glue will not hold the thread, and the whole structure will fall apart.



• Use additional decorative elements, glue them to already dried threads. Butterflies or stars, petals or flower buds will only add unusualness and style to your product.
• You can also use openwork napkins, lace or translucent fabrics instead of yarn.