Make a Lamp Out of K'nex and a Cell Phone!!!

     It's been a long day. Work was tough. Your coworkers were annoying you, you spilled coffee on your shirt, and you just couldn't seem to get much done today. Even the drive home was stressful, with traffic extending what should have been a ten-minute drive to an entire hour of boredom and frustration. All you want to do is go home, take a shower, have dinner, and read a nice, relaxing book in bed. 
     But of course, nothing goes as planned.
     When you get home, all of the hot water has been used, forcing you to take an unpleasant cold shower. and you accidentally burn dinner. Finally, as if to top off an already horrible day, when you finally pick up your book, all of a sudden, the power goes out!
     Life couldn't be more unfair!
     But wait! Before you go slam your head in the door-repeatedly, there is a solution to your problem! -Well at least one of them... You can easily steal some of your kid's K'nex (revenge for them using up all the hot water) and build a nice lamp to read with! Your day can be salvaged after all!!! So go get some K'nex from the kids' rooms (sneakily) and meet me back here! I'll have instructions for the lamp ready!

O.k., do you have the K'nex? Good, well hopefully you got all the right pieces!

Here's what you'll need:

-8 white connectors
-28 yellow connectors
-30 red connectors
-8 green connectors
-8 orange connectors
-8 grey rods 
-12 green rods 
-4 red rods 
-10 yellow rods 
-2 orange rods 
-9 blue rods 
-34 white rods 
-46 green rods

Also:
-Three pieces of paper
-Scotch tape
-Scissors
-Mobile divice 

The first part of the lamp we will be building is the stand. This is the part of the lamp that will hold the cell phone light source and support the lampshade.

Take two white connectors, and connect them using a white rod. Repeat to get three pieces. Next, connect the three pieces using green rods.

Take two red connectors, and connect them using a white rod. Repeat to get two pieces.

Connect the two pieces from step four to the white connectors using green rods.

Place white rods where shown on the device holder.

Take four green connectors and separate them into two pairs. Next, connect them to the device holder as shown.

Take four yellow rods and separate them into two pairs. Next, connect them to the green connectors on the device holder.

Take two red connectors, and connect them using a white rod. Next, connect two orange bendy rods to them as shown.

Connect the piece from step nine to the bottom of the device holder.

Stack two white connectors, and attach them to the white rod on the piece from step nine.

Connect the yellow rods from step eight to the white connectors from step 11.

Attach a yellow rod to a yellow connector. Repeat to get two pieces. Next, stack the two pieces.

Attach two white rods to the yellow connectors to hold them together. Next, add four blue caps to the end of each white rod.

Attach the yellow rods from step 13 to the bottom of the white connectors from step 11.

Take four grey rods and separate them into two pairs. Next, connect them tobthe white connectors from step 11.

Take two yellow connectors, and connect them using a green rod. Next, connect two red connectors using green rods.

Take two green connectors and attach them to the red connectors using green rods. Next, add two more green rods to the end of each green connector. The Yellow connectors should now be slanted upward.

Repeat steps 17 and 18 to get two pieces total.

Attach two orange connectors to both ends of a grey rod. Next, attach a white rod to one orange connector, and a green rod to the other orange connector. Repeat to get two pieces.

Attach the pieces from step 20 to both pieces from step 19 as shown. It is recommended that you place the rods facing opposite directions to balance put the look of the base.

Attach the base to the rest of the stand by connecting the grey rods on the stand to the yellow connectors on the base.

Take two yellow connectors, and connect them using a green rod. Repeat to get four pieces.

Separate the pieces into two pairs and connect them using blue rods.

Attach the two pieces to the device holder as shown.

At this point, the lamp stand is complete. Check to make sure it looks like this.

Next, we will be making the lampshade, which makes the lamp less intense and more realistic.

Take two red connectors, and connect them using a blue rod. Next, attach green bendy rods to each red connector. Repeat to get three pieces.

Slide the three pieces from the previous step onto two grey rods. Next, connect the grey rods to the yellow connectors on the stand from step 25, with the three pieces you just made in the center.

Take four red connectors and connect them to four green bendy rods. Next, slide them onto the grey rods from the previous step as shown.

Take five yellow connectors and connect them using green rods. Repeat to get two pieces.

Attach the pieces you just made to the bottom of the green bendy rods as shown on each side.

Attach two red connectors to a yellow connector using white rods. Repeat to get two pieces. Next, connect the pieces to the yellow connectors from the previous step using green rods.

Take two red connectors and connect them using a blue rod.

Connect a yellow connector and a red connector using a green rod. Next, add two white rods as shown.

Connect the pieces from steps 34 and 35 together as shown. Repeat steps 34-36 to get two pieces total.

Connect the pieces you made on the previous step to the top of the lampshade as shown.

Add green bendy rods to each end of the lampshade as shown.

Connect a red rod and a yellow rod using an orange connector. Repeat to get four pieces.

Slide the pieces you made in the previous step through the top and bottom red connectors at each corner of the lampshade. Next, add blue caps to the top and bottom of each piece.

The lampshade us now complete. Check to make sure it looks like this.

For papering the lamp, you will need:

-three pieces of paper
-tape
-scissors.

Tape a piece of paper (in landscape format) to the top and bottom of the lampshade. Next, tape the sides around the back of the lampshade. Repeat on both sides.

Take the third piece of paper and set it in landscape format. Next, fold it in half "hamburger style," and cut it in half. Then, tape the top and bottom of each P2P piece to the sides of the lampshade. Finally, tape the sides of the paper around to the front of the lampshade. Repeat on both sides.

The papering of the lampshade is now complete. Check to make sure it looks like this.

To remove the lampshade, simply remove the grey rods (step 29) at the top from the yellow connectors (step 25). Next, slide the lampshade up off of the stand.

To insert a device into the lamp stand, simply set the device to a screen or LED flashlight app, open one of the yellow connector pieces (step 25) and slide the device in, light source facing down. Next, close the yellow connector pieces again.

To replace the lampshade, reattach the grey rods (step 29) to the yellow connectors (step 25).

The lamp is now complete! Check to make sure it looks like this.

Congratulations!!! Your K'nex lamp is now complete! Enjoy your relaxing evening!!! I'm glad I could help, and I hope you have a better day tomorrow!