LED-Paper Craft Lamps

This is a series of Paper Craft Lamps that use LED's. I modeled up a lamp in Blender, and then assigned textures to each of the parts, so if you want to change the look of the lamp there are several ways to do that. One is to use a paint or photo program to modify the blank pattern that I provided. The other is to use the provided .pod file in Pepakura Designer and just apply any texture that you like. I also have provided several different versions that can be mixed and matched to change up the look. Also this tutorial only shows 4 clear LEDs wired into the lamp but there is plenty of room for more than just 4 LEDs.

Materials

Gather the materials needed.

These are needed for sure

*Rubber Cement
*Hot glue/Gun
*Double sided tape
*x-acto knife / razor
*4-LEDs (use High-Output or Ultra-Bright LEDs)
*4-Resistors to protect the LEDs I used 1K
*3ft or thin wire (I used some 28AWG ribbon cable)
*4-sheets of Card Stock 8.5X11in or Heavy Photo Paper
*one on off switch
*DC power supply ~3V or (2AA batteries and battery holder)

These are optional

*wire strippers
*wire cutters
*soldering iron/solder
*multimeter
*ruler
*cutting mat
*super glue
*electrical tape
*markers

Download / Make Lamp Pattern

You can use these links to download one or all of the lamps that I have made.
lamp1 lamp2 lamp3 lamp4 lamp5 lamp6 lamp7 lamp8

OR you can use this file in http://www.tamasoft.co.jp/pepakura-en to make your own lamp.

OR you can use this file and color it in with an image editor of your choice.

Print, Cutout, Glue

These are the cut and fold instructions for the lamps. Each tab number is matched to an edge number. The dotted lines indicate folds, and the solid lines indicate edges to cut.

Parts Assembled

These are the parts that have been cut out and assembled. This process is really straight forward, just follow the instructions included in the download of the lamp. Use some markers to mask the edges if the white paper is showing to much. Also rubber cement works really well, but skip the brush use a little piece of scrap paper to apply the glue.