DIY Paper Candle Light

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DIY Paper Candle Light CarouselPosted on February 27, 2014 by ladyknight

Warning: Paper is flammable. Keep paper parts a safe distance awayfrom candles when lit (I positioned my blades about 12 cm above theflames and this seemed fine . !his pro"ect should only be operated

with adult supervision. #ever leave the candles burning when youare not watching them. $ight the candles on a surface that is notflammable% and &eep them away from flammable ob"ects. 'lso becareful about putting your hands above the candles when lit becausethe air will be very hot.—-

A German/ Austrian/Swiss Christmas Pyramid is a rotating pyramid-shapedstructure that is usually powered by the heat of candles around the pyramid’s base.

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he heat from the candles causes blades at the top of the pyramid to rotate! which causes platforms of figurines to rotate around the pyramid. Christmas

pyramids are usually made of wood "and are rather e#pensi$e%. &owe$er! ' wanted to ma(e one using paper. )hy paper* +ecause then other people couldeasily print and cut out a design and ma(e their $ery own, After lots oftroubleshooting! ' was able to ma(e a paper $ersion! which ' show how to ma(ehere '’m calling it a candle-powered paper carousel because that’s basically what it is "although it’s really being powered by the heat of the candles%.

'f you’d li(e to ma(e your own candle-powered paper carousel! then this pro ect

is for you, ine has a inecraft theme but '’$e included blan( templates so youcould ma(e any themed paper carousel you want,


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0ou ust need some simple! common household materials to ma(e your $eryown heat-powered paper carousel1

Cardstoc( paper! 223 lb! or 244 g/m 5. his is for ma(ing the blades.Colour printerScissorsGlue. 0ou could use a similar adhesi$e! such as rubber cement! but

normal white school glue wor(ed well for me.etal bottle cap

6ail&ammerPlay doh or modeling clay

S(ewer. 7se one that’s as straight as possible and at least 53 cm tall. his will be the a#le.

8our small candles. ' used candles that were about 9 cm tall and 9 cm in

diameter. ' wouldn’t recommend using candles taller than about : cm unless you ma(e a taller a#le. Also! ' could get the carousel to run using only twocandles! but it isn’t as impressi$e as when using four candles.

atches or a lighterPrinter paper. his is for ma(ing the rotating platform! figurines! and

a#le.Permanent mar(er "optional%Scotch tape

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Print the blades

Print out the blade patterns in the P;8 files in this step using cardstoc( paper.'f you want to do the inecraft themed carousel! then print out the ungle-colored patterns. Print the blade pattern on one side and then print the solid- ungle sheet on the other side of the paper so the blades will be double-sided with ungle patterns. "' made the ungle pattern myself en oy,% 'f you want toma(e your own themed carousel! then print out the blan( blade patterns.

Cut out the blades

Carefully cut out the eight blades! the long rectangle piece! and the circularpiece. "0ou will use the circular piece in Step >! so set it aside for now.% +ecareful to cut only along the solid blac( lines.

Fold the bladesCarefully and gently fold each blade along the dotted lines. Specifically! fold thelong blade part down towards the base! along the dotted line. n the base! foldthe two side parts down! away from the long blade part. See the pictures for

details. hen ta(e the long rectangle piece and fold it length-wise "Dhot dogstyleE%! e#actly in the middle.


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Attach the blades to each otherPut the rectangle piece on a hard! flat surface so that its pea(ed side is pointingup. Fine a blade up on the rectangle piece as so that the right part of the blade’s base goes down the bac( side of the rectangle piece! the left part wraps aroundunder the front of the rectangle piece! and the middle part "where the bladeattaches% is on the front side of the rectangle piece. Please see the pictures. Slidethe blade to the far left of the rectangle piece! far enough that the base barely fitson the rectangle piece. nce you’re happy with the position! glue the blade’s base "but not the blade itself% to the rectangle piece. "7se the glue sparingly you don’t want the paper becoming damp and always hold the pieces togetherfor a few seconds.%

After letting the glue dry! put a new blade right ne#t to the first one in the same way and glue it into place. Continue doing this until all = blades are glued inplace. Fine up the blades against each other as best as you can! aligning the solid blac( lines.

Bend the blades into a circular shape6ow add a little glue along the inside "underside% of the rectangle piece and holdit shut to let the glue seal the sides of the rectangle piece together. After it dries!

slowly and carefully bend the rectangle into a circular shape see the pictures.+e $ery careful doing this as the blades will be under stress and can tear. Also! as you do this! carefully bend the blades so they point straight out from the centralpart of the circle.

a(e the left end and cut the edge off so it ends right where the blade comes out"at a slant%. Glue the new end shut. nce the glue dries! pull both ends together!forming a circle by putting the uncut end under the cut end and spacing theends so that those two blades are the same distance apart as the others "use thedots to help guide you%. nce you’$e figured out the positioning! glue the endstogether! holding them in place for se$eral seconds as they’ll be under a lot oftension, See the pictures.

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Dent the bottle capa(e the metal bottle cap and flip it o$er. 'n the $ery middle! gently use a nail

and hammer to ma(e a small dent. 0ou should carefully do this on a softsurface! li(e carpeting. he dent needs to be big enough so that the s(ewer’s tipis held in it. &owe$er! if you ma(e the dent go all the way through the cap! thenthe s(ewer can get stuc( on it. ' accidentally made the dent a little too deep! butthen ' used the hammer on the bottle cap’s top side to gently hammer the sideflat! and this wor(ed well.

Try balancing the bottle capo ma(e sure the bottle cap balances well! you’re now going to start building the

a#le. o do this! ta(e the s(ewer and stic( it in a small ball of play doh so that

the sharp end is pointing straight up. 'f you need to ad ust the height of the


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s(ewer to ma(e it be about 53 cm tall! do so now "before putting it in the playdoh% by cutting off the flat end.

nce you’re happy with the a#le! try balancing the bottle cap on the top of thea#le! putting the pointed end in the cap’s dent. 'f it doesn’t balance well! youmay want to try with another bottle cap.

Covering the bottle cap with papernce you’$e got a good dented bottle cap! ta(e the circular piece of cardstoc(

"that you cut out in step 5% and ma(e small inward cuts on four e


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Spinning the blades using candles6ow place the four candles around the base of the a#le. Place them e


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Printing and cutting out the platform blocks' made a platform using a > # > s


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Glue all 4 s # > platform! with the s


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Balancing the platformhis is a tric(y step because you will need to ma(e sure the platform is still

balanced at the end of it. o chec( how balanced the platform is! gently place asmall piece of tape going o$er the middle! open grass bloc( on the platform"stic(y-side down%! as shown in the pictures. hen balance the platform on thetop of the s(ewer a#le you made in step >! putting the tip of the s(ewer belowthe middle of the tape. See the pictures for details. "'f needed! you can measurethe open grass bloc(’s opening and ma(e a small dot with a permanent mar(er where the e#act center is to help you balance the platform.% he empty platformshould balance on the s(ewer.

Selecting and printing figurines


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Pic( which figurines you want to place on the platform. ' included a Ste$e! acreeper! and an ocelot because ' thought it’d be funny to see an ocelot chasing acreeper "since cats scare off creepers%! which is chasing a Ste$e! who is obli$iousof the creeper and is trying to tame the ocelot. "'t shouldn’t be surprising that 'came up with this idea shortly after spending much time in a ungle trying totame an ocelot.% &ere are lin(s to the patterns ' used1

Creeper . he creeper is pretty easy to ma(e.Ste$e . Ste$e is pretty easy to ma(e too! ust a little harder than the

creeper.celot . he ocelot was difficult to ma(e because of the tiny ears! mouth!

tail! and leg pieces,

Planning and making the figurinesnce you’$e decided which figurines to ma(e! thin( about how you want to

arrange them on the platform. Jeep in mind that they’ll be rotating cloc(wise"due to the blades%! that they’ll need to balance out! and that you’ll need to (eepthe central s


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9. 'f you’re not sure how to put the bloc(y shapes together to ma(e thefigurine! try searching for images online to see how they should go together. 0ou can loo( at the pictures here of Ste$e! the creeper! and the ocelot.

:. 8or more tips and pictures on assembling inecraft papercraft! chec(out he 7ltimate Guide to inecraft Papercrafts, " his is also the'nstructable that ga$e me the creeper and Ste$e papercraft lin(s! abo$e.%

Arranging and balancing the figurinesnce you’$e made your figurines! try arranging them on the platform so that

they balance. "Again! do this by placing the platform on the s(ewer a#le! withthe s(ewer’s tip touching the middle of the tape piece.% his can be $erychallenging to do. 'f the figurines are falling o$er a lot while you do this! 'recommend carefully deciding where to glue one figurine to the platform! then

balancing the platform again! and then gluing a second figurine! etc. 't probably will not balance perfectly! but as long as it balances well enough to remainmostly hori ontal on the s(ewer’s tip! you should be in good shape.

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8inishing the A#le

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6ow you’re ready to finish the a#le and connect the platform to the rotating blades. o do this! you’ll build a ungle tree trun( up from the middle of theplatform.

Planning the trunk height 8irst figure out how tall your ungle tree trun( needs to be. 0ou do not want theplatform abo$e the candles ' found it’s best to fit it in between the candles. 0ou also do not want the height of the platform plus the trun( to be taller thanthe height of the s(ewer. 8or these reasons! ' made my trun( be about 2H.? cmtall! which was the height of : ungle wood bloc(s stac(ed "ma(ing each thesame si e as the other bloc(s! about 5 cm on each side%.

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After deciding how tall to ma(e the trun(! print out the ungle wood patternshere . a(e sure you ad ust them so they’re to scale. Since you’ll be fitting thes(ewer through the middle of the trun(! when you cut the log patterns out you’ll want to cut off the top and bottom s


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Place the trun( and blades on top of the s(ewer a#le. ry to get the s(ewer’s tipin the bottle cap’s dent. hen arrange the candles around the base of theplatform! gi$ing the platform enough space so that it can rotate without hittingthe candles. hen carefully light the candles. he blades should


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