Trunk for Smiling Owl night light

Printed a pink Smiling Owl (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1320992) for my wife that looked like it would make a good night light. So, I took this cool Trunk Planter for a cactus (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:292837), modified it to fit an LED lamp from Ikea (http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/50302670/), and further modified it to tightly hold on to the Smiling Owl. Voila! Pink reading light. It's much too bright for a night light. A lower wattage LED, or variable brightness LED, would make it better for a night light. Still, looks great and my wife is happy. I also painted the stump to highlight some details.

Print instructions

Category: Decor Summary

Printed a pink Smiling Owl (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1320992) for my wife that looked like it would make a good night light. So, I took this cool Trunk Planter for a cactus (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:292837), modified it to fit an LED lamp from Ikea (http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/50302670/), and further modified it to tightly hold on to the Smiling Owl. Voila! Pink reading light. It's much too bright for a night light. A lower wattage LED, or variable brightness LED, would make it better for a night light. Still, looks great and my wife is happy. I also painted the stump to highlight some details.

Print Settings

Printer Brand: Prusa

Printer: Prusa Clone

Rafts: No

Supports: No

Resolution: 0.2mm

Infill: 15%

Notes:

Printed on my Hictop Prusa i3 (3DP18) using Inland Brown PLA and JustPLA Pink PLA.

Post-Printing

Painting

Just a touch of paint on the leaves, rocks, and butterfly

How I Designed This

Modified STL

Used 123D Design to fill in the planter's top opening then used the Smiling Owl (enlarged by 0.4mm) as a cut-out on the stump. Cut a cylinder for housing the LED and rectangles for routing the power cable.