Here is the answer to the frequently asked question: How many do I need to do something like this?
Creative Lamp Examples with Pull Tab Counts
In this article:
- Upcycling Lamps from Pull Tabs
- How Many Pull Tabs for Different Lamp Projects?
- Getting Started and Inspiration
Creative Lamp Examples with Pull Tab Counts
How many will that be? The answer can be found here.
Curious about how many pull tabs you need to create a lamp? Wondering when it’s worth getting creative? How many cans of beer do you need to drink to build a small bedside lamp? Did you drink them all yourself?
These questions and more often come up and are quite valid. Having crafted various lamps from can opener pull tabs, I’d love to share my experiences with you. Intrigued by the number of tabs required, I’ve documented the counts through careful calculation and counting.
Here, I’ll showcase a range of upcycled lamps made from can opener pull tabs, along with the approximate number of tabs you’ll need for each.
How Many Pull Tabs for Different Lamp Projects?
From my experience, the more pull tabs you use, the more impressive the lamp looks. Starting with emptying 1,200 beer cans may lead to some serious side effects and will take quite a while. In another post, I’ll explain how to gather thousands of pull tabs and what customs have to do with it.
Getting Started and Inspiration
To begin, a smaller number of pull tabs will suffice. A small bedside lamp requires around 120 pull tabs. If you’re unsure what this is all about, let the pictures do the talking, or check out this tutorial to see how easily pull tabs can be connected.
Let’s start with a project using 120 pull tabs and see how quickly you can create your own unique upcycled lamp!
Upcycling Lamps from Pull Tabs
120 Pull Tabs
Diameter: 18cm
Lampshade: 13cm
Complete height: 26cm
Parts:
7 inch vinyl
Old ceramic lamp base
7 inch vinyl bedside lamp. Burned the holes in the vinyl with a hot needle and attached the pull tabs with nylon thread
250 Pull Tabs
Diameter: 18cm
Lampshade: 13cm
Circumference: 40cm
Parts:
Old flashing light from a car
A simple small ceiling lamp is much more impressive and beautiful. I made the transparent orange lampshade from old car indicator lights.
600 Pull Tabs
Height: 40cm
Depth/width 20cm
Parts:
Metal frame
Here is a square version. Simply wrapped around a metal frame. Tied with nylon thread.
700 Pull Tabs
Height: 18cm
Depth/Width 44cm
Parts:
White 12” vinyl
Metal frame
4x A27 socket
With the same number of pull tabs, also angular, this lamp gets by. Flatter and as a ceiling lamp with a white vinyl record as glare protection.
750 Pull Tabs
Diameter: 18cm
Lampshade: 13cm
Circumference: 40cm
Parts:
3x old flashing light from car
Old wine crate
Here I have combined 3 of the 250 Pulltab lamps to create a beautiful dining table lamp. Simply hung on a great old wine crate and the upcycling designer piece was finished.
1400 Pull Tabs
Height: 24cm
Diameter: 44cm
Parts:
Old lampshade
The flagship was probably the largest lamp I have built. It was worth it – everyone who sees this ceiling lamp is impressed and only realizes later what the lamp was made of.
DIY Upcycling:
How to Build a Lamp from Pull Tabs with Pull Tab Counts
Creative Lamp Examples with Pull Tab Counts
In this article:
- Upcycling Lamps from Pull Tabs
- How Many Pull Tabs for Different Lamp Projects?
- Getting Started and Inspiration
Creative Lamp Examples with Pull Tab Counts
How many will that be? The answer can be found here.
Curious about how many pull tabs you need to create a lamp? Wondering when it’s worth getting creative? How many cans of beer do you need to drink to build a small bedside lamp? Did you drink them all yourself?
These questions and more often come up and are quite valid. Having crafted various lamps from can opener pull tabs, I’d love to share my experiences with you. Intrigued by the number of tabs required, I’ve documented the counts through careful calculation and counting.
Here, I’ll showcase a range of upcycled lamps made from can opener pull tabs, along with the approximate number of tabs you’ll need for each.
How Many Pull Tabs for Different Lamp Projects?
From my experience, the more pull tabs you use, the more impressive the lamp looks.
Starting with emptying 1200 beer cans may lead to some serious side effects and will take quite a while.
In another post, I’ll explain how to gather thousands of pull tabs and what customs have to do with it.
Getting Started and Inspiration
To begin, a smaller number of pull tabs will suffice. A small bedside lamp requires around 120 pull tabs. If you’re unsure what this is all about, let the pictures do the talking, or check out this tutorial to see how easily pull tabs can be connected.
Let’s start with a project using 120 pull tabs and see how quickly you can create your own unique upcycled lamp!
Upcycling Lamps from Pull Tabs
120 Pull Tabs
Diameter: 18cm
Lampshade: 13cm
Complete height: 26cm
Parts:
7 inch vinyl
Old ceramic lamp base
7 inch vinyl bedside lamp. Burned the holes in the vinyl with a hot needle and attached the pull tabs with nylon thread
250 Pull Tabs
Diameter: 18cm
Lampshade: 13cm
Circumference: 40cm
Parts:
Old flashing light from a car
A simple small ceiling lamp is much more impressive and beautiful. I made the transparent orange lampshade from old car indicator lights.
700 Pull Tabs
Height: 40cm
Depth/width 20cm
Parts:
Metal frame
Here is a square version. Simply wrapped around a metal frame. Tied with nylon thread.
700 Pull Tabs
Height: 18cm
Depth/Width 44cm
Parts:
White 12” vinyl
Metal frame
4x A27 socket
With the same number of pull tabs, also angular, this lamp gets by. Flatter and as a ceiling lamp with a white vinyl record as glare protection.
750 Pull Tabs
Diameter: 18cm
Lampshade: 13cm
Circumference: 40cm
Parts:
3x old flashing light from car
Old wine crate
Here I have combined 3 of the 250 Pulltab lamps to create a beautiful dining table lamp. Simply hung on a great old wine crate and the upcycling designer piece was finished.
1400 Pull Tabs
Height: 24cm
Diameter: 44cm
Parts
Old lampshade
The flagship was probably the largest lamp I have built. It was worth it – everyone who sees this ceiling lamp is impressed and only realizes later what the lamp was made of.
Here is the answer to the frequently asked question: How many do I need to do something like this?
Creative Lamp Examples with Pull Tab Counts
In this article:
- Upcycling Lamps from Pull Tabs
- How Many Pull Tabs for Different Lamp Projects?
- Getting Started and Inspiration
Creative Lamp Examples with Pull Tab Counts
How many will that be? The answer can be found here.
Curious about how many pull tabs you need to create a lamp? Wondering when it’s worth getting creative? How many cans of beer do you need to drink to build a small bedside lamp? Did you drink them all yourself?
These questions and more often come up and are quite valid. Having crafted various lamps from can opener pull tabs, I’d love to share my experiences with you. Intrigued by the number of tabs required, I’ve documented the counts through careful calculation and counting.
Here, I’ll showcase a range of upcycled lamps made from can opener pull tabs, along with the approximate number of tabs you’ll need for each.
How Many Pull Tabs for Different Lamp Projects?
From my experience, the more pull tabs you use, the more impressive the lamp looks. Starting with emptying 1,200 beer cans may lead to some serious side effects and will take quite a while. In another post, I’ll explain how to gather thousands of pull tabs and what customs have to do with it.
Getting Started and Inspiration
To begin, a smaller number of pull tabs will suffice. A small bedside lamp requires around 120 pull tabs. If you’re unsure what this is all about, let the pictures do the talking, or check out this tutorial to see how easily pull tabs can be connected.
Let’s start with a project using 120 pull tabs and see how quickly you can create your own unique upcycled lamp!
Upcycling Lamps from Pull Tabs
120 Pull Tabs
Diameter: 18cm
Lampshade: 13cm
Complete height: 26cm
Parts:
7 inch vinyl
Old ceramic lamp base
7 inch vinyl bedside lamp. Burned the holes in the vinyl with a hot needle and attached the pull tabs with nylon thread
250 Pull Tabs
Diameter: 18cm
Lampshade: 13cm
Circumference: 40cm
Parts:
Old flashing light from a car
A simple small ceiling lamp is much more impressive and beautiful. I made the transparent orange lampshade from old car indicator lights.
600 Pull Tabs
Height: 40cm
Depth/width 20cm
Parts:
Metal frame
Here is a square version. Simply wrapped around a metal frame. Tied with nylon thread.
700 Pull Tabs
Height: 18cm
Depth/Width 44cm
Parts:
White 12” vinyl
Metal frame
4x A27 socket
750 Pull Tabs
Diameter: 18cm
Lampshade: 13cm
Circumference: 40cm
Parts:
3x old flashing light from car
Old wine crate
Here I have combined 3 of the 250 Pulltab lamps to create a beautiful dining table lamp. Simply hung on a great old wine crate and the upcycling designer piece was finished.
1400 Pull Tabs
Height: 24cm
Diameter: 44cm
Parts:
Old lampshade
The flagship was probably the largest lamp I have built. It was worth it – everyone who sees this ceiling lamp is impressed and only realizes later what the lamp was made of.
