DIY stained glass lamp

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These DIY stained glass lamps are so easy to make and look beautiful!  Bonus?  Mine only cost $2!  Granted I had some of the supplies at home, but you might too!

What you need:

black acrylic paint
acrylic paints in your choice of colors
2 bottles of school glue
paint brush
thin black permanent marker
printed or drawn out image to fit on your lamp
push on lights
glass with 2 open ends

I found my light at the dollar store and my piece of glass at the thrift store.  Each were $1.  I've also found a few different types and sizes of glass and all of them were about $1 or cheaper.

Start by printing off an image that you'd like to put onto your lamp or by drawing one out.  I did a combination of both, but tweeking an image that I had liked.  I placed the image inside of the glass and then used a thin lined permanent marker to trace the image onto the glass.



Take one of your bottles of glue and adding about 1 tsp of black paint into the bottle of glue.  Shake well so that all of your glue turns to black.  Now open the tip of the glue bottle just enough so that the glue will slowly flow out.  Take your time and trace over all of your lines with the black glue.  Then set it aside to dry completely.  If your glue comes out too thick it will run, but it will clean up easily with a paper towel.





Then it's time to make your colored areas.  Use your other bottle of glue and squirt out some glue, mixing in a bit of paint with each seperate glob of glue.  You don't need much, just enough to color your glue.  Mix it up so that you now have a colored glob of glue.



Then it's just painting in the lines!  Color in your lamp patterns however you would like.  I had so much fun with this craft that I made 3 lamps and gave them to friends and family.

Once all of your glue has dried you can add your light.  I got this push on light at the dollar store and it fits perfectly underneat and within my piece of glass.  I think this piece of glass was a typical glass shade for the kerosene lamps of the 80's.



Here is a picture of my lamp during the day and what it looks like lit up.  I love it!  It gives off such a pretty glow and being that it doesn't need an outlet to work, I can set it anywhere. 



Here's a few more ideas of lamps I have done so you can get your creative juices flowing!

do it yo