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Illustrated tutorial on how to make your own cardboard cactus lights

Illustrated tutorial on how to make your own cardboard cactus lights

Would it be interesting to place such a green cactus lighting in the room? Will you feel cool or hot? Share this interesting waste recycling tutorial and use waste paper boxes to make cute lighting. Simple and interesting handcrafting. If you are also interested in it, you might as well prepare the materials and follow the illustrations below to try it step by step!~

Illustrated tutorial on how to make your own cardboard cactus lights

1. Open the carton first and get the cardboard.

Illustrated tutorial on how to make your own cardboard cactus lights

2. Put two pieces of cardboard together, draw a cactus, and cut it out.

Illustrated tutorial on how to make your own cardboard cactus lights

3. Get two identical cacti.

Illustrated tutorial on how to make your own cardboard cactus lights

4. Cut a rectangle from the scrap material and glue it to one of the cactus to raise it.

Illustrated tutorial on how to make your own cardboard cactus lights

5. Paste another cactus on it.

Illustrated tutorial on how to make your own cardboard cactus lights

6. Determine the location where the light bulb is to be installed and poke holes.

Illustrated tutorial on how to make your own cardboard cactus lights

7. Prepare some harder kraft paper and cut it into long strips.

Illustrated tutorial on how to make your own cardboard cactus lights

8. Install the light bulb.

Illustrated tutorial on how to make your own cardboard cactus lights

9. Prepare a light strip, it is easy to do.

Illustrated tutorial on how to make your own cardboard cactus lights

10. Paste the cut kraft paper along the edge.

Illustrated tutorial on how to make your own cardboard cactus lights

11. After turning it over, it looks like this.

Illustrated tutorial on how to make your own cardboard cactus lights

12. Paint the entire cactus green. You can also do this before installing the light bulbs.

Illustrated tutorial on how to make your own cardboard cactus lights

13. Our cute cactus lighting is ready~