DIY: Sputnik Lamp Finial

Here's a fun and easy Decor DIY for you all!

Vintage inspired Sputnik Lamp finials!

I have seen these out in internet land but have never been able to find them (at a decent price) in the real world.  So I took matters into my own hands.

Below is an inspiration board showing originals which are metal:

For this project you will need:

~small stryofoam balls~

~long wood picks/skewers with a bead on the end ~

~gold acrylic paint and gold spray paint~

I came across a pack of these long toothpicks at Dollar Quarter Tree and I trimmed down the ends.  You could probably make your own by adding a small round wood bead to a bamboo skewer. 

To put these together start by spray painting the toothpicks and acrylic painting the styrofoam ball.

Let dry.  Remove the boring finial your lamp came with.  Use a ice pick or dremel tool and hollow out a tight fitting hole in the bottom of the styrofoam ball where it will attach to the top of your lamp.  Next jab your toothpicks in random but well spaced spots. Lastly attach your finial and you are done!  If your finial doesn't want to stay put add some of that tacky wall mount material to hold it in place.

I made another set of these for Halloween last year using long toothpicks with bats on them, which I also found at Dollar Quarter Tree.

1.25 Tree seems to have several different styles of these toothpicks.  Right now there are ones with little wooden hearts on them that could be made into Valentine themed finials.  

Or maybe you could "go wild with allspice" and make up your own!  There are plenty of things that can be glued or skewered on the ends of toothpicks....gumdrops for christmas, plastic fake roaches for April Fool's Day, hot dogs for Fourth of July!