DIY, light box

I find this site to be amazing.  It's filled with fun and creative things for kids, and it's awesome, and it's totally inspiring or totally overwhelming...I usually feel both emotions simultaneously.

Two things that seem very commonly used  are sensory tables and light boxes.  Both items can be pretty pricey at school specialty stores.  Both items can also be DIYed at home.  Scroll around here for some fun sensory and light box activities.  Overwhelming, right?  But totally fun looking too!

Then I googled around for DIY light boxes.  This one is made from a train table and looks really professional...we don't have a train table.  Another site has views of a variety of tables.  I decided to make a light box out of a storage bin, inspiration found right here.  She used small battery operated florescent lights, all I heard was battery operated and I tuned out.  Electricity is cheaper then batteries even rechargeable.  I used Christmas lights, because I had them on hand and they don't need batteries.  

necessary supplies; frosting spray paint, silver metallic spray paint,
a flat plastic storage bin, and some white christmas lights

1. Frosting the inside of the lid with a few light coats of spray paint.

2. Metallic the inside of the bin with a few light coats of spray paint.
-I should have primed it first, it would have been more opaque
3. When dry, stuff a string of christmas lights into the bin, plug it in and
call it a light box!

just discovering it after nap

 

it's not as perfect as a store bought light box

but it cost under $20 not over $200

                                                               

bubbles