this fantastic project.ok, let’s do it together

let’s start to build the basic elements… we need twenty hexagons that I make

putting seven plastic tumblers together with a stapler

in the same way I also make twenty pentagons

this is a very important step…

the more precise they are and the easier it will be to assemble the sphere

following the scheme I put all the elements together

try to do it correctly…there are only two conditions that you must respect:

every pentagon can only have six hexagons around;

every hexagon can only have three pentagons around and three hexagons placed in alternate way

fixing more elements together the structure takes the shape of a sphere

now…as the tumblers are all transparent, let’s put some coloured ones at the centre

of each hexagon so we can recognise the base elements and verify the conditions

for the realisation of a perfect sphere

ok!!!...I have almost finished the second semi sphere

but I don’t staple this one so I can remove it later

let’s start to assemble the two parts so I can get my sphere

let me tell you something, if the tumblers are not perfectly aligned try to put

some strength…not too much…. if you can’t do it

do not staple these two tumblers

if some of the tumblers should get deformed don’t worry

it will be fine after the personalisation

and now let’s remove the hexagon that I didn’t staple before

this one will be used as a small entrance to insert the bulb inside the sphere

the electrical connection is very simple…

you have to do is to connect the cable to the bulb holder….

do this you need to join the two poles to the internal connector

close the bulb holder and screw the bulb

now let’s put everything together

let’s put the bulb inside and the cable between the two tumblers

now I join the two tumblers with a clip

the sphere will lay against the bulb holder …

weight will only be 400gr!! it’s so light that it can be supported by the cable itself

well, I have now finished…

but let me show you how the change the bulb in case you need to

let’s finish with the nice part of the video…

the personalisation of the sphere insert some coloured tumblers

inside the transparent ones…you can use your fantasy or ask your children for help

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