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It may not be exactly in keeping with my tradition of paper-based art (though that was my original idea, at least until I really thought about longevity), but it’s a fun little project none-the-less.

For those that don't recognize it, it's the notorious Leg Lamp from the classic Christmas movie, A Christmas Story. It's a bit of a tradition with my family; we watch it every year over the holidays, usually several times. And shame on you if you haven't seen it!

You can buy these in various sizes, but the full-sized 40"-50" (100-130cm) models are upwards of US$200. Thanks to the internet however, I was able to build mine for half that! The mannequin leg was about $20 off eBay, the lamp fixture for $10 on Amazon, for the wood base I sanded and stained an old stool seat, the lamp shade I got from Lamps Plus for $37, and the high heel off eBay for $22.

The leg was... somewhat creepily the easiest piece to get; it was the first result on eBay at the time. The lamp shade was probably the most difficult, trying to find something that matched reasonably close without breaking the bank... I had to manually add the little tassels along the edge myself though. Also, she's about a size 7 shoe, in-case anyone cares ;)

My parents had identical reactions to those of the parents in the movie; my mom rolled her eyes and gave me a "this is what you spent the last two days working on?" look, and my dad laughed and spent the rest of the day quoting the movie. One for two, not bad :D


Here are a couple of shots of it in the making




You'll shoot your eye out, kid.
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~JulieKrizan Feb 27, 2013  Student Digital Artist
asflsj;lasfj

WIN
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~Marvelfan11001001 Jan 4, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
The Old Man: "You know what this is? This is a Lamp!"
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~billybob884 Jan 4, 2013
Frah-gee-lay! Thats i-talian!
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Mood: Love ~AprilONeil1984 Nov 14, 2012
I love watching A Christmas Story! I got a lamp like that as a Christmas gift!
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~EozRedavni Jul 2, 2012  Student Artist
Freakin love this movie. We watch the marathon on tbc (I think that's the right channel... Maybe it's abc family) every year.
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~Three-P Dec 7, 2011
Fra-gee-lay. Must be Italian.
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~MingotheMerciless Nov 9, 2011
That's pretty cool you made your own. About 8 years ago somebody started selling leg lamps, and used the money to buy the house in Cleveland used in the movie and remodeled it to look exactly like it did back then.
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~billybob884 Nov 11, 2011
Yea I heard about that, supposedly you can go visit it, but i don't live even remotely close enough...
I've gotta break mine out soon, too!
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Mood: Love ~buddyman2011 Sep 17, 2011
Awsome man wish I could find that lamp shade? lamps plus no longer sales that shade
my uncle watches that movie every year I'll find that shade some where and make one
very nice very nice
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~billybob884 Sep 18, 2011
It doesn't have to be that one exactly, mine isn't a perfect match to the movie either, it was just the closest (and cheapest) I could find. shop around, maybe you'll get lucky somewhere else
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