Glowing Kawasaki Rose
This is an ‘enhanced’ version of the Kawasaki’s Rose I did a couple of months ago. The major difference between this version and the previous one is, of course, that it glows. Check it out below.
Glowing rose from side view.
Glowing rose from top view.
Quite a few people asked me for additional tips on how I created the previous rose so I took a few snapshots of the work in progress.
The glowing tip is really just a simple small light bulb I salvaged from an old toy torchlight. I took cable-tying wires and stripped off both ends to expose the naked wire, then stuff one end into the bulb holder. Since the stem is made of stiff wire, the stem itself conducts the small current it takes to light up the rose.
I didn’t have any soldering tools so I took a glue gun and stuck the stem to the end of the light bulb. Then I wrapped the wire around the stem.
The tail end of the stem is attached to a simple battery holder.
The rose itself is made from an old plastic bag, which allows it to glow nicely. You can try other materials if you like but if you want it to glow properly you should use something that is not too thick. I used some green-colored paper and made the leaf and petal base shapes (it’s not really origami, I know but most origami doesn’t glow either) and used my glue gun to stick them on. The stem, as before, is wrapped with crepe paper.
It’s still work in progress as I intend to make a nice vase as well as attaching a proper switch to the base.
Materials:
- Old red-colored plastic bag – free
- Stiff wire – 50 cents
- Green paper – 50 cents
- Green crepe paper -50 cents
- Battery holder – $1.20
- Batteries – $1.00
- Look on my wife’s face as I gave her a glowing rose on our 10th anniversary Valentine Day – Priceless.
Won’t you afraid that she’ll read your blog? But yet…I believe she’ll be very happy.
Very nice craft btw. :)
She doesn’t read my blog — it’s too ‘techie’ for her :)
wouldn it be difficult to make the rose using a red plastic bag ??
Thanks alot – your answer solved all my problems after sevelra days struggling
Not at all! Just cut out a square of suitable size and away you go. It’s the same as with paper.
oh so i assume the red plastic bag you used is the typical plastic bag. coz i feel that its kinda of flipsy n hard to fold
I think you need to find the correct type of material. Some plastic bags are made of thicker material than others.
This is so awesome!! I really love it! I am looking for ideas for my wedding. I just stumbled upon this on google. You gave me a really good idea for getting more red in my wedding, without the cost of red roses. Thanks for the help:-D
You’re welcome. Congratulations on your wedding!
can you put a step by step instruction on this site?
Very lovely….your creativity is mindblowing…i will love to make the rose for my hubby….