A light box is a useful tool to have when you want to create papercraft projects as it allows you to easily trace a picture or see a grid through a piece of paper so you can align elements on the project. Light boxes are sold at craft stores, but they can be costly. Make your own light box with some inexpensive supplies available at mass merchandisers.
Instructions
1. Glue the bottom of the fluorescent lamp to the lid of the plastic storage bin. Center the lamp on the lid running in the same direction as the lid.
2. Drill a 1/2-Inch hole at one of the corners of the lid, right against the lip of the lid, to allow the lamp cord through. Make a snip from the edge of the lip in to the circle you drilled so that you can get the cord into the circle; the plug won't fit through the drilled hole.
3. Plug the light in and place the bottom of the storage bin on the lid. The lid should lay flat on top of a table or on the floor so that the bottom of the storage bin is the top of the light box.
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