Sleeping under the stars is a wonderful experience. You get to relax and doze off without even trying. This can be a problem for those living in the city where the surroundings are always busy and you do not get to see a lot of stars because of the pollution. You can recreate a ceiling with stars without painting a mural on the ceiling or using . The process is easy. All you need is a Xerox machine. This is one creative activity that you can do with your Xerox machine.
Here are the simple steps on how you can make a creative project with your Xerox or photocopy machine:
- Materials. The materials that you will need for this project are lots of bond papers, some talc powder a copy machine and some. You have to make sure that you clean the Xerox machine well so that you won’t leave some talc powder in the machine.
- Creating the stars. Make sure that there is lots of bond paper loaded into the Xerox machine as you will need several copies. On the glass surface of the Xerox machine, sprinkle some talc powder. Do not cover the entire glass with talc powder, just put enough so that you can create a pattern on the glass. Afterwards, you can start making copies. Just press the ‘Start’ button . Remember that you must not lower down the lid of the photocopy machine. This will give you the effect that you desire. You will end up with an image resembling the night sky with stars! You can change the pattern of the talc powder on the Xerox machine so that you can come up with different patterns for the stars.
- Cleaning the Xerox machine. When you have many pieces of paper with star patterns on them, you can start cleaning the Xerox machine. Get a soft cotton cloth that and wipe off the powder on the glass surface of the machine. Do this until you get rid of all the powder. You might want to check out the instructions on how to properly clean your Xerox machine. Check the manual of the Xerox machine for this.
- Using the paper. Now, you can post the patterned paper piece by piece on the ceiling of your bedroom. This will room have a planetary theme. You can even hang up some mobile planets and other heavenly bodies to establish a theme in your room.
This is one of the things that you can do creatively with a Xerox machine. It is easy to do this and you will enjoy doing this with your kids. You can post these pictures on the ceiling of your kids’ rooms to have a planetary effect. To know more about the things that you can do with your Xerox machine, you can go online and research so that you can do more activities with your children or your friends.
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