Unicorn Night Light
Hi All,
Today I will share how to make this beautiful night light for your little princess.
This project is in collaboration with RadianceLightbox
What Do We Need ?
- Black A4 size cardstock/paper, Preferably 200 GSM
- 3 Colorful neon sheets 120-150 GSM
- White A4 cardstock 120-175 GSM
- Cutting machine like Silhouette Cameo
- or X-Acto knife with cutting mat
- A4 size Shadowbox/Box Frame with Black Frame
- LED Lights – Warm white
- Tape, glue stick, and scissors
- Template - download
Template
- Please download the template from here
Cutting Time
- If you have Silhouette Cameo, the below setting works best for me
- Depth 4
- Force 33
- Speed 3
- Line Segment Overcut: ON.
- If you do not have this machine, this can be done by hand as well
- Cut the Unicorn template on black cardstock (200GSM)
- You can change the name based on your choice
Weeding Time
- Carefully weed out all the unwanted pieces of black cardstock
- Important: keep the eyes and nose for later
Colorful Splash
- Add colors of your choice to your Unicorn now.
- Cut pieces of the Neon colors cardstock and stick it with tape/gluestick behind the black cardstock that you just finished weeding.
- I selected blue, pink, and green as it goes well with a standard Unicorn, but feel free to experiment and run your imagination wild!
- Black is a very forgiving color so all the edges of the neon paper get hidden away in the borders and are not visible in the front even when the lights are on.
Note: Do not stick anything behind the body of the Unicorn and let it stay white. That adds the glow at the end to the nightlight.
Add Background
- Stick the white background to this above piece completed.
- Stick the nose and eyes at the positions specified below using a glue stick
Assemble and Light Up!!
- Put the above piece in a shadow box with a black frame.
- Stick warm light to the back of the shadow box.
- You can use any led lights (warm white) like fairy lights or LED light modules available on Amazon.
- 3 LED modules suffice.
- Make a small cut in the backing of the shadow frame for the wire to exit and close the frame back and Light up.
Voilà!!! Your Unicorn Nightlight is ready to shine!