Kerry Hammond is here for Crafty Thursdays today to show us how to make a clock
out of a globe. I love the end result of this craft and it doesn't look too hard...
For today’s craft, I am combining my love of travel and my
love of clocks (daylight savings time at my house is not fun). The difficulty
level for this craft will depend on the globe you find. Some globes are two
hemispheres attached at the equator, and you can twist them apart. Others, like
the one shown here, are a solid circle. I had a friend use a saw to cut it
apart for me. If you don’t have a friend with a saw, and you don’t want to
attempt to cut it on your own, search for a globe that twists apart. Flea
markets and thrift stores are a good place to go.
Materials
Globe
Clock Works
Washers
Drill
Mounting Bracket (optional)
Nail
Step One: Cut Globe in Half
Again, if your globe twists apart, you’re all set. If not, a
cut along the equator is in order. It won’t matter if your cut isn’t perfect,
you will still be able to make two clocks and no one will be the wiser.
Step Two: Drill Hole at the Pole
Using a drill, make a hole at the center of the North or South
Pole. This is where you will insert your clockworks.
Step Three: Attach Clockworks
These clockwork packs can be purchased at Michaels, and you
can usually buy them with gold or black hands. Push the works through the hole
you drilled and attach your hands as shown on the package, leaving the part
that holds the battery inside your globe. So that my hands didn’t stick
out too far, I put a few washers over the clock works before I pushed them
through the hole, leaving less of an area sticking out to attach the hands.
Step Four: Hang
You can attach a fancy mounting bracket on the back, but I
just hung mine from a nail on the wall.
The best part is that there are two halves of a globe, so
when you make this project you have one for yourself and one to give as a gift.
If you want to keep them both for yourself, you can set them to different time
zones and hang a sign below each with the time zone or city name that
corresponds to the time on the clock.
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Ohmigosh, I have GOT to make one of these for my daughter! (She has a thing about clocks.)
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ReplyDeleteSo creative!
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