DIY TO THE MOON AND BACK
Happy Monday company,
I thought I'd pop in and give you the moon DIY... To tell you the truth, I don't really know how it happened in my life, but I have a real fixation with this satellite. To tell you the truth, for my lover, I'm even registered at "Lisa from the Moon"... I got you drunk with Pierrot La Lune at Christmas... I've got a giant moon in my living room, and it's back in stock on our e-shop! I dream of having offices on rue de la Lune, I watch all the documentaries I can get my hands on... So the other day, I found this lamdba globe from lambda and thought I'd do something with it... So here's an ultra-easy DIY to customize your old school globes. Kisses and see you soon for a very special post!
- Time: 1-2h including drying time
- Cost: less than 15€ (not including the globe, which you'll find in any toy store, flea market or even attic)
- Difficulty: fingers in the nose...
For this DIY, you'll need :
- - A globe,
- - Cans of grey paint (two or three shades, but not 50),
- - A can of gold paint,
- - Black acrylic,
- - White paint,
- - A picture of the moon to inspire you,
- - Paper to protect your support,
- - A toothbrush,
- - A small brush,
- - A sponge,
- - A small roll of scotch tape.
To begin, take your globe out of its frame and spray it all over with the lightest gray. Then take your darker gray and gently press down on the cap.
Now bend the globe's frame into gold - gold, that is! We then cut the wire used to light the globe, as the remnants of the earth are highlighted when it's lit and our lamp was no longer working... We're now going to move on to the craters, so make small touches of lighter paint, keeping a circle in the center, and pull the paint off.
Take your sponge, a little damp but not too wet (this is important), and dab the paint on your strokes so that they blend together and give us that lunar look. You'll know it's perfect when you can no longer see your original paint strokes.
Then take your dark grey spray can and press very lightly to speckle the surface of your moon. Second technique for craters: take a small roll of scotch tape and cover the slice with paint...
Now use the tape as a stamp to outline the base of your crater. Continue as before, applying dabs of paint around your craters (alternating shades of grey for a more realistic look).
Stamp with your sponge! Now for the final phase: grab your toothbrush and cover it with white paint...
Scrape your toothbrush to project the paint onto the surface (remember, as with the advent calendar) ! Let dry, and Ta-Da!
You can find the English version here.