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When we bought our home we had a few very old and ugly ceiling fan that needed to be replaced. Of course I couldn't just throw it out, so I saved all the blades (and their screws) and the glass shades. I immediately reused the glass shades into these beautiful solar lights for our garden path, but wasn't set on a use for the blades yet.
After a trip to our local Habitat ReStore shop I found a stair spindle and knew that was the last piece I needed to craft something with my fan blades.
You will need:
4 ceiling fan blades
wooden spindle
8 screws
drill
a "head" for your dragonfly - I found a big knob with a screw already in it at the Habitat ReStore also.
spray paints in your choice of color
clear acrylic spray sealer
Start by painting all of your ceiling fan blades and your spindle or wood. I used spray paints to paint all the different parts of it. Once your paint has dried, follow up with a clear acrylic spray sealer to help protect the paint a bit more if you plan to keep it outside.
When everything is dried you are ready to put it all together. Determine where you want your blades to go on your spindles and mark the spots on your spindle.
Once you have your blade placement determined, screw the fan blades into place on your spindle or piece of wood.
I found this fun knob with the screw already in place so I decided to use it as my dragonfly head. I just predrilled a hole into the top of my spindle and then screwed the knob into place. To hang it up on my fence, I used a small screw put in the back and wrapped some wire around the screw, leaving a little loop on top to hang it with.
do it yourself
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