Making a puffer fish lamp - Other Crafts

TT Tacky Tiki Member Tackyville, N. CA Joined: Mar 27, 2002 Posts: 259	TT Tacky Tiki Posted posted on Tue, Jan 13, 2004 1:46 PM Aloha! This weekend I made my lamp. I cut the hole for the fixture with a miniature jigsaw after drilling a pilot hole first. The jigsaw made it really easy. We had a fixture lying around from an old nightlight or some ceramic thingy, and a whole assortment of Christmas bulbs. The hardest part was deciding what color bulb to use! So far I have only spent 69 cents plus tax on the whole project. That was for the eyes, which I will install on Saturday. Everything else was either given to me or found. When I cut the hole in the fish it didn't have a smell-I think it's been dead longer than I've been alive. I think Puffy has been preserved since the 50's! He came from an estate sale. Good luck everyone with your lamps! :drink: Tacky

Aloha!

This weekend I made my lamp. I cut the hole for the fixture with a miniature jigsaw after drilling a pilot hole first. The jigsaw made it really easy.

We had a fixture lying around from an old nightlight or some ceramic thingy, and a whole assortment of Christmas bulbs. The hardest part was deciding what color bulb to use!

So far I have only spent 69 cents plus tax on the whole project. That was for the eyes, which I will install on Saturday. Everything else was either given to me or found.

When I cut the hole in the fish it didn't have a smell-I think it's been dead longer than I've been alive. I think Puffy has been preserved since the 50's! He came from an estate sale.

Good luck everyone with your lamps!

:drink:

Tacky

Post #69302 by Tacky Tiki on Tue, Jan 13, 2004 1:46 PM