DIY Globe Pendant Light

Step 1 in Making the Globe Pendant Light…

Take the metal piece off. I thought this would be harder, but I just gave it a good tug and off it came!

Step 2 in Making the Globe Pendant Light, Cut the Globe…

Use your exacto knife to cut off the bottom piece (you could also cut it in half and make 2 – mine had a piece of metal in the middle making it to hard to cut). Luckily the globe already has latitude lines right on it, so all you have to do it trace along one of those lines with your knife! So easy. Make sure your blade is nice and sharp and make sure you are CAREFUL.

Step 3 in Making the Globe Pendant Light, Paint the inside…

Next, I sanded down any rough edges and then spray painted the inside white. You can also use craft paint for this step, and I actually wish I had done that since spray paint smells so bad!

Step 4 in Making the Globe Pendant Light, Cut a hole for the light kit…

Hold up the light to the globe and trace a line around it, then use your exacto knife to cut a circle. Then screw on the top on the inside of the globe to attach it.

Step 5, Clean it up…

I added some white caulking around the light fixture to give it a cleaner, more professional look.

Last step was to hang it up.

SIDE NOTE: I actually made 2 of these lights. One for each of my boys. One globe I found at the thrift store (and is the one in all the pictures above), and the other a friend gave me (and is the one you see in the pictures below). We haven’t hung up the first one yet, but that is why the colors of the globe are different.

Another Side Note - I used a low, 40 watt bulb, but if you are worried about the globe heating up, use an LED bulb which generates very little heat.

And look what my husband did with the left over metal piece. He put in one of his prized, signed footballs. He did have to glue the football to make it stay put.