DIY: Glow Cloud

September 20, 2013 by ceceliaisgray 16 Comments

Did you recently move out of Night Vale for silly reasons, and are now feeling homesick because you can’t hail the local glow cloud, because there are no local glow clouds? (Or, do you need sinister and malevolent glowing clouds to deploy at your upcoming Halloween party?) Well, the solution here is simple, fellow citizen of Night Vale gone abroad – just make your own glow cloud, and hail it! This DIY is simple and easy.

Orb and many other supplies can be found at save-on-crafts.com

Step 1. If you’re using the LED Orb, insert a piece of string through the small loop provided on the bottom of the orb and tie the orb to the metal support that comes with the paper lanterns so that it hangs roughly in the middle. If you’re using small LED tea lights you can hot glue them to the bottom of the metal support, or you could just drop them in once the cloud is done. The kind of LED you use doesn’t really matter much, but make sure it’s an LED light as they don’t produce any heat.

Step 2. Insert the metal support with light attached into the lantern.

Step 3. Begin hot gluing the fiberfill to the outside of the lantern. Be liberal with the glue but only glue fiberfill to the surface of the lantern, gluing fiberfill to fiberfill will result in big clumps falling off eventually and you don’t want a balding cloud a week or two down the road. Glue one small hand full at a time, and save any fluffing for after the lantern is completely covered.

Step 4. Fluff and hang. Turn on the lights in the lanterns.

Will you be making and hailing a Glow Cloud of your own? Send us pictures – leave a comment below, or hit us up on Facebook and Twitter!

 

Also, Katherine (Freak Geek) and Cecelia (Unique Geek) will be attending two nerdy events this weekend. You can find both of them at Maker Faire New York on Saturday, and you can find Katherine at Brooklyn Book Festival on Sunday. If you see one or more of us, come say hi!