Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Make Images For A Holiday Projector

A holiday projector is basically just a slide projector designed to "throw" a picture onto a wall or side of the house. The images that it uses are themed for the holidays and come with the projector, but it is easy to make your own images to use. This will add personality and "project" a sense of style to those who see the images. Making your own images will not hurt the holiday projector in any way.


Instructions


1. Measure the size of one of the holiday images that comes with the holiday projector. Take a piece of paper from the white drawing pad and put it down on the table in front of you. Draw a box to the size of the holiday image you have measured. Draw a holiday image inside of the box on the piece of paper with the permanent ink pen.


Wait for the ink to completely dry on the piece of paper.


2. Take the acetate sheet and place it on top of the piece of paper which has the holiday design you have drawn. Trace over the holiday design onto the acetate sheet using the black permanent ink pen. Wait for the ink to dry.


3. Pick up the acetate sheet and move the piece of white paper with the design on it away. Put the acetate sheet with the design on it in black ink back down on the table. Color in the image using first the red and then the green permanent ink pens. Wait for the red ink to dry before drawing with the green permanent ink pen. Wait for the image to be completely dry.


4. Put a piece of cardboard underneath the acetate sheet. Take the Exacto knife and carefully cut around the box of the holiday image you have drawn. Remove the holiday image you have drawn from the acetate sheet when the cutting with the Exacto knife is done.


5. Take the piece of acetate with the holiday image on it and insert it into the slide holder of the holiday projector. Turn on the holiday projector and watch as the holiday image you have drawn is projected on the wall or the side of the house.

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