How to Make a Popsicle Stick Geometric Sculpture

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November 21, 2018

Popsicle Stick Geometric Sculpture - lit with fairy lights This intriguing sculpture is made out of a bunch of equilateral triangles made from Popsicle sticks and hot glue. If you add LED lights or votives inside, it makes a fantastic lamp. The inspiration for this came from a set of polyhedral gamer's dice, which I think are so cool. Give this craft a try!

Total Time: 2 hours

Yield: 1 sculpture/lamp

Supplies:

60 Popsicle sticks
hot glue gun with glue
scotch tape
tweezers
LED lights (optional)

Steps:

To make your first equilateral triangle, add a dot of hot glue to the end of 1 stick.

Popsicle Stick Geometric Sculpture - add glue to the end of one stick

Place another stick on top of that, then add a dab of glue on the top of the end of the new stick.

Popsicle Stick Geometric Sculpture - add a second stick and place a drop of glue on the end of the new stick

Place a third stick on top, then glue the other side under the first stick.

Popsicle Stick Geometric Sculpture - add a third stick and glue the end under the first stick

Hot glue dries fast, but you'll have enough time to adjust the sticks so they make a perfect triangle.

Popsicle Stick Geometric Sculpture - quickly adjust to make a perfect triangle

To continue making the triangles in identical sizes and angles, use the first one to guide you in making the second by laying it on top.

Popsicle Stick Geometric Sculpture - use the first triangle as a guide and continue making more

Make 20 of these equilateral triangles total.

Popsicle Stick Geometric Sculpture - make 20 equilateral triangles total

Take a pair of triangles and tape them together.

Popsicle Stick Geometric Sculpture - tape a pair of triangles together

Now do it again with another pair.

Popsicle Stick Geometric Sculpture - repeat with a second triangle

Now slide one more triangle in at the top and tape it in to the other two.

Popsicle Stick Geometric Sculpture - slide one in from the top and tape to the other two

Flip it over so the tape pieces are facing downwards, and gently lift it up so the 2 open ends meet. Tape them together.

Popsicle Stick Geometric Sculpture - flip over and pull up so that the two open ends meet and tape them together

Hot glue the very center of this dome formation, then hot glue the joints at the bottom.

Popsicle Stick Geometric Sculpture - hot glue the center of the dome and hot glue the joints at the bottom

Now tape together 3 triangles side by side.

Popsicle Stick Geometric Sculpture - tape three triangles together side by side

Lift the dome you created and start taping the 3-pieces below it. Essentially, you'll be making a belt of horizontal triangles right under it to make the torso of this sculpture. Glue the joints in place.

Popsicle Stick Geometric Sculpture - lift the dome up and tape the three triangles to it then glue the joints

Tape together another 3 and tape it on next to the last 3, then glue the joints.

Popsicle Stick Geometric Sculpture - make another set of three then tape and glue to the last three

Tape together 4 triangles. This will complete the torso.

Popsicle Stick Geometric Sculpture - tape together 4 triangles

Add the 4 triangles segment onto the body, then glue the joints.

Popsicle Stick Geometric Sculpture - add the 4 triangle segment and glue

Now that you've worked your way around, you have the main first dome and the belt of triangles below that create the torso. All we need now is another dome like we made in part one!