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How to Make an Upcycled Light Bulb Penguin


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December 4, 2017

Upcycled Light Bulb Penguin - ornament hanging on treeLight bulbs that burn out make for fantastic crafts. Here, I've painted an old useless light bulb to look like a penguin, then wrapped it in some felt scraps and cotton balls so he's ready for the holidays. A simple piece of yarn glued to the top will make this a great ornament on your tree!

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Tip: I used a 1/2 inch ring cutting from a cardboard tube to sit the lightbulb on in order to paint it evenly and not have it move around.

Total Time: 90 minutes

Yield: 1 penguin

Supplies:

  • 1 light bulb, clean and dry
  • pencil
  • paintbrush
  • white paint
  • black paint
  • black felt
  • orange paint
  • craft glue
  • scissors
  • red felt
  • yarn or string
  • red thread
  • needle
  • 2 cotton balls
Upcycled Light Bulb Penguin - supplies
 

Steps:

  1. Start by drawing a light outline of the penguin's face and tummy area where you will be painting white.
  2. Upcycled Light Bulb Penguin - sketch face and tummy on bulb
     
  3. Fill the tummy area in evenly with white paint.
  4. Upcycled Light Bulb Penguin - paint tummy area white
     
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  5. Paint the rest of the bulb black.
  6. Upcycled Light Bulb Penguin - paint the rest of the bulb black
     
  7. When the white paint dries, draw two little black dots for eyes.
  8. Upcycled Light Bulb Penguin - draw on eyes with paint brush
     
  9. Paint on an orange triangle for its beak.
  10. Upcycled Light Bulb Penguin - paint orange beak
     
  11. Cut out two small black teardrop shapes as the penguin's flippers.
  12. Upcycled Light Bulb Penguin - make teardrop shaped felt flippers
     
  13. Attach to the sides of the body with craft glue.
  14. Upcycled Light Bulb Penguin - attach the flippers with glue
     
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  15. Cut out a long thin strip of red felt and cut both ends 3 times. This will be its frayed scarf.
  16. Upcycled Light Bulb Penguin - make red felt frayed scarf
     
  17. Glue the scarf around the penguin, hiding the tops of its flippers.
  18. Upcycled Light Bulb Penguin - glue scarf on hiding top of flippers
     
  19. Glue the a loop of yarn to the top of the lightbulb and allow to dry fully.
  20. Upcycled Light Bulb Penguin - glue loop of yarn to top of bulb
     
  21. Cut out a piece of red felt long enough to wrap around the top of the lightbulb. Pull the loop of yarn out from the top. Pinch the top then use your needle and thread to sew the top shut in a cone shape.
  22. Upcycled Light Bulb Penguin - when yarn dry wrap a piece of red felt around the top of head and yarn, pull yarn though
     
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  23. Glue a cotton ball to the top of the hat. Unravel another cotton ball and wrap it along the base of the hat, gluing as you go around.
  24. Upcycled Light Bulb Penguin - pinch the felt and make it cone shaped and add a cotton ball pom, unravel another cotton ball and glue around base of hat
     
  25. Add an embellishment to the front of the scarf if you like. You can leave the penguin propped up in the cardboard tube ring, or use the loop to hang it from your tree. Happy holidays!
  26. Upcycled Light Bulb Penguin - embellishment on scarf
     
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