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!
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September 20, 2013 at 10:57 am
That’s awesome! I don’t have a need for clouds… but I may have to play with that and see if there is a way to modify it for my annual Halloween party – and if I can’t – well, then maybe I DO need clouds!!!
September 20, 2013 at 11:16 am
I used Command hooks so I could take the clouds down without damaging the ceiling since I’m a renter, which would probably work well for a Halloween party. (Also they’re just kind of pretty even with the lights off in the middle of the day, you’re going to end up just wanting to leave them up.)
September 20, 2013 at 11:17 am
Also if you do it, Night Vale law requires you to post a picture for us to see.
September 20, 2013 at 1:25 pm
Okay,. you’ve both convinced me…. glow clouds here I come!
September 20, 2013 at 11:31 am
You have a need for hailing the glow cloud.
ALL. HAIL.
September 21, 2013 at 12:27 pm
Can I modify this to make it a TARDIS sitting on a cloud? Then maybe buy a Clara figure?
September 21, 2013 at 12:28 pm
Like a magical, florescent cloud?
September 21, 2013 at 12:56 pm
You could definitely do that, and we actually have a printable paper TARDIS you could attach to the cloud. Just search for “The Doctor Says Thank You”.
September 21, 2013 at 3:19 pm
Any way you can rig it up so that it rains down dead animals? Asking for a friend.
Also, this is amazing and I love it and I want to give you a hug. Just saying.
September 21, 2013 at 4:00 pm
You may hug me. It’s allowed. Also, you could buy small plastic animals, tie them together with fishing line, and secure them to the bottom portion of the metal support with a couple knots and some hot glue. Hide the knots with some fiberfill.
September 21, 2013 at 4:12 pm
Reblogged this on Em Bee Bee and commented:
This is just….awesome. I’ve only recently gotten into Welcome to Night Vale, but I’m so happy it’s in my life. Go listen to it. GO LISTEN TO IT NOW.
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October 15, 2013 at 10:43 pm
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October 22, 2013 at 10:22 pm
Which size glow orb did you use?
October 22, 2013 at 10:32 pm
I used this particular orb —> http://www.save-on-crafts.com/smallorbs.html which is 3.25 inches, but check out the diameter of the hole in your paper lantern first and chose accordingly. You want the largest size that will fit through the hole.
November 4, 2013 at 1:03 am
This is a super fun idea! My 16th birthday is coming up soon and I wanted to have decorations that nobody would’ve done before. I’m so glad I found this and didn’t have to stick with fairy lights! It should be a huge hit. Thank you!