Simple DIY Recycled Globe Lamp

We're going to show you an Earth Day craft project in a very literal sense, and also show you how you can turn anything (not just a globe – anything can upcycle to become a lamp base, so get creative!) into a lamp with a simple lamp adapter kit.

Supplies needed to make your own lamp upcycle:supply2

Lamp Adapter Kit (if you are using a bottle as a base, there is also a bottle-specific adapter kit that will make it easy)

Lampshade

Drill and Screwdriver

Your base of choice – I’ll be showing you how I adapted this globe. I also used some heavy-gauge aluminum wire to make the process easier.

E-6000 Heavy-Duty Adhesive

- First – you’ll need to drill a hole (or two) to run your cord. Because the globe has holes at the axis points, I needed to drill at the top for the adapter, and near the bottom toward the back for the cord to run to the outlet. To help me run the cord, I fed a 20-inch length of aluminum wire through the holes. (It’s much easier to feed a stiff wire through than the electrical cord on its own – I’ll show you exactly how it came in handy when you read on.) Bend the wire on each end to make sure it stays put.

- Next, assemble the adapter. You may not need the harp (the wire that goes up over the top to hold certain kinds of lampshades) – the lampshade you choose will determine if it’s necessary. Since I wasn’t sure yet at this stage if the shade I had in storage would be suitable, I attached the harp base just in case. There are directions on the back of the kit to help you with this part as well – but seeing the photo below may be more helpful than the drawing on the back of the kit.

- Then, I carefully fed the adapter over one end of my wire, and screwed in into the top of the globe. I know it looks like the bottom in this photo, but I was working on it upside-down.

- Now here is where the wire came in so handy. I wrapped it tightly around the connection-end of the electrical wire, and then gently pulled up from the adapter until the wire ran all the way through the center of the globe.

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