Melted Lego Lamp

[sweets4ever]

I made this for a wonderful swap partner.

I made it much the same as this one except this time I used a 16" round cake pan instead of a pizza pan.  I also put a heavy duty glass shot glass in the middle while it was baking so I wouldn't have to drill out the fixture hole when it was done.



Basically...

• Preheat oven (375 - 475)
• Line pan with foil
• Arrange Legos
• Bake bake bake
• Remove pan from oven
• Remove shot glass from center
• Immediately lift hot gooey piece from pan by its foil lining and place on "mold."  In this case I used an old lamp shade to mimic the shape.
• Squish down with oven mitts
• Let cool & that's it!

[shastaw2006]

I want to do this soon... are there any plastics you've tried that don't work out well?

[sweets4ever]

Seed beads...they refuse to melt!  They're evil.  Bigger beads (pony beads) melt great though.

Other than that, I haven't run across any plastics I didn't like.

[FishStikks]

That is one incredible lego lamp. Must be fun to melt all that stuff.
As a child I used to melt crayons in the furnace so I must have the burn gene too...

[sweets4ever]

That is one incredible lego lamp. Must be fun to melt all that stuff.
As a child I used to melt crayons in the furnace so I must have the burn gene too...

It is fun (and stinky ) to melt!

I used to melt crayons when I was little, too!

[Dulcinea]

Seed beads...they refuse to melt!  They're evil.  Bigger beads (pony beads) melt great though.

Seed beads are glass - that's why they won't melt

[sweets4ever]

Seed beads...they refuse to melt!  They're evil.  Bigger beads (pony beads) melt great though.

Seed beads are glass - that's why they won't melt

Are they all?  I thought I had cheapo plastic ones.

[Dulcinea]

Are they all?  I thought I had cheapo plastic ones.

I'm pretty sure all of 'em are glass - at least the seed beads (like you used to use on one of those indian looms)

[sweets4ever]

Well, dang.  That would explain it then.   I thought some were glass & some were plastic.

[HootHootHope]

this is so much fun!  you should throw in some lego people next time for a dramatic effect! ha