During the pandemic, people didn’t have much to do. DIY crafts, gardening, and baking were among the few new hobbies that we’ve embraced.
Now that we’re almost back to normal, you might think that we’d store our materials to go back to our previous hobbies, but not quite.
Most people are still gardening, baking, and creating beautiful crafts.
Indeed, it has become part of our lives, and we’re not complaining.
We’re pretty sure you’ve gone to a Dollar Store before, and once you’re there, you’d be tempted to buy all sorts of stuff.
It’s tempting to see all the excellent finds that you could get at very affordable prices.
Hometalk had compiled some of their most-loved DIY projects, and indeed, they were all so beautifully made.
There’s one that had caught our attention and we’ll be sharing how you can turn a toilet plunger into a very classy wall sconce.
Here are the materials that you will need for two wall sconces:
2 Toilet plunger
Glue gun
Glue stick
Ruler and pen
2 Emergency led candles with removable base
E 6000 glue
2 Alphabet blocks
Tape
Black craft paint
Paintbrush
Gold or metallic spray paint
Old newspapers
Command strips
To start, remove the base of the toilet plunger. Usually, you just have to unscrew the pole.
Next, remove the sticker labels. Take your time.
Measure your toilet plunger pole and mark it at 6.5 from the top. This is where we will put the base later.
Attach the base of the led candle to the flat side of the toilet plunger pole.
To do this, apply E 6000 at the center and hot glue on the outside part of the pole.
Do the same on the second toilet plunger base.
Then test it by putting the candle. Can you see where we are going at?
Get your alphabet block and attach it to the base of the toilet plunger.
To do this, apply both E6000 and hot glue on the top of the toilet plunger.
Attach one alphabet block.
Next, put E 6000 and hot glue on the alphabet block, and attach the pole.
Take note of where we previously marked the pole.
You can also put tape to secure it and then another item to be placed underneath the pole to keep it balanced.
Wait until the glue dries. As for this tutorial, she waited 24 hours.
Don’t forget to put in those old newspapers before you paint.
Before the spray paint, apply a base coat in black. This brings out the beauty of the metallic paint. Let your paint try.
Apply your metallic or gold paint. Let it dry and repeat.
Once your paint dries, you can put your wall sconce using command strips, and that’s it.
You wouldn’t even recognize that they were made from toilet plungers.
Watch the full tutorial below, and make sure you check out the other tutorials too. They are so lovely that you will put them all on your to-do list.
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