Spray Paint Canvas

FIRST THINGS FIRST:
MAKE SURE YOU ASK YOUR PARENTS BEFORE USING SPRAY PAINT!
& This DIY didn't turn out as expected but still looks pretty cool at the end.
Materials needed yarn or string, scissors, tape, spray paint, gloves (optional),clothes you don't care about, a cardboard like thing to use under your canvas, and a canvas.
I'm using yarn, for the string and my canvas is 8 inches by 10 inches.

Scissors

Yarn

Cardboard Like Thing

Canvas

You can use whatever size canvas you want it doesn’t matter.

(I used 8 inches by 10 inches)

First, cut as many strings of yarn as you'd like to use and then tape them onto the canvas.

I recommend doing this outside and wearing clothes you don't care about getting dirty. Bring the spray paint out with you & gloves if you feel your hands may get dirty but gloves may make it more difficult to spray paint. (I tried doing it with my gloves which were like the ones you use when dying your hair and I didn't like it. But, whatever you're comfortable with, doesn't matter.)Place your cardboard like thing on the ground with your canvas on top of it.

Then it's time to use the spray paint. Read the directions on the can! 

WARNING: TRY TO AVOID INHALING THE SPRAY PAINT. OH AND THE SPRAY PAINT DOES HAVE A WEIRD ODOR.

I didn't have access to a mask and didn't feel like buying one so this is what I did..

Not 100% effective but better than nothing!

Since I am using 3 colors, I started out with one at a time..

I chose the corners because it's random and I'm random. Spray as much or as little as you'd like to. Be creative!

I kept going, this time I added purple.

This is random but, I spray painted the sides too. If you want to go ahead. I just wouldn't like the white around it.

I just kept going with the purple and the black.

So, you're probably wondering how I got the white to look like that. Well, I pushed the thing you spray to paint very lightly and for like a second or two. That's what I did for the parts that look like splatter paint a little. For the light white part I just did two light layers.

Then, I had this dry in my garage overnight because it rained later and din't want this ruined.

In the morning I took off the string and was a little disappointed because the purpose of the string was to create lines all over. But, I liked the outcome a lot!

Less Boring Desk Lamp

Do you have a pair of leggings laying around your bedroom that're too small & a boring desk lamp?
If so, keep reading..

 Here are the supplies you'll need to do this DIY...

Leggings

Lamp

Scissors

Cut along dotted lines shown or just cut the 2 pant legs off. Doesn't have to be a perfectly straight line.

Result:

Then cut the dotted lines shown or down the legs part. Then cut that vertically in half. 

Result:

Gently stretch each piece a few times.

Result:

The 2 pieces should look like thick pieces of string kinda.

Wrap both strings around the neck of the lamp.

Now, make a four as shown below...

Bring the short end behind the long part and put it through the hole.

Pull at both ends. (don't make it too loose or too tight)

Then, make a backwards 4 as shown below...

Bring the long string behind the one I'm holding onto in the previous photo and loop it through the opening.

It should look like this...

Then pull to tighten so it looks like this...

Repeat the last 3 steps. Make a backwards 4, bring the long string behind the one I'm holding onto in the previous photo and loop it through the opening, & pull to tighten.

I got the pattern to twist because I always looped the left string through the right. If you don't want yours to twist then loop the opposite side you used last to loop through. In other words, switch the side you looped through last time. For example; if you used the right side to loop through last time, this time you're going to loop through the left.

Progress of the twisted pattern.

If you run out of string, you have 2 options; stop there or attach more (I used fabric glue or you could sew more on). I just let the glue dry overnight because it was late and I had to go to bed. In the morning it was dry. I'm guessing fabric glue takes an hour or 2 to dry completely.

Oh and you can't really tell by the picture but I was able to get half of the neck of the lamp covered when I ran out of string. Then, I kept repeating the pattern steps. This is what the final result looked like.

I cut off the rest of the string. This is what the final result looked like.

  

DIY Shirt Cut-out

Start with an old t-shirt

Fold the back in half

You can make lines if you don't think you'll be able to cut straight lines. I did.

Cut along the back (lines if you made them). Leave about a finger width (about 2 inches) between each cut. And try to cut carefully! Once you've cut your lines flatten the t-shirt like shown in the picture below. Gently stretch horizontally each section so it looks like a fat piece of string also shown below.

Take the 2nd string from the top and tuck it under the 1st string, and then pull it over so it makes like a loop. Now you take your 3rd string and do pretty much do the exact same thing as before. Pull it up behind the higher string and pull down in front of the string you're working with creating another loop. Continue until the last string is reached.

You're going to have a last loop at the end. Cut it in the middle and tie each end on their separate side. Your end result should look something like this.

Now you can go out in your not so boring shirt! Enjoy!