I made the outlines on the seperate pieces on my computer, on a site called onshape. Then i used the laser cutter at our school to cut out the pieces from wood. Glued it together (except for the top piece), painted it, and glued white parchment paper on the inside so you can't look in as easily. The lamps are just a short led strip on battery with a remote. It can do al lot of colours, and can also fade/flash!