Some recycled cardboard and a few bits of junk can be put together to DIY a cheap and easy Kylo Ren Lightsaber hilt.

MATERIALS USED:
2 cardboard rolls (one needs to be small enough to fit inside the other)
Utility knife
Scissors
Hot glue gun
Power-tac glue
Random bits of junk
Chrome silver paint
Black paint
3mm craft foam
5mm craft foam
School glue and paint brush
Small diameter cardboard roll (for cross pieces)
Wires (mine was an old phone charger cord that I painted)
Blue and red paint if your wires aren’t already colored

The cardboard rolls I used on this Kylo Ren lightsaber are the kind you find in wrapping paper or household kitchen supplies like an aluminum foil roll. You’ll just need one a bit smaller than the other so they fit inside one another.

The “electrical wires” I used here was just an old cell phone charger cord that I painted and cut up. The interior workings of the lightsaber were just made of bit of junk. Everything from broken sewing machine needles to scrap pieces of candle wick. The more oddly-shaped the better.

I also used some craft foam in a few places on this Kylo Ren lightsaber, because it’s flexible, smooth, and easy to work with. But you can always substitute cardboard if you don’t have craft foam.

Video tutorial by Amber Reifsteck, The Woodland Elf
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