This is an original ornament, and I basically just fooled around with the Perler beads until it resembled the shape I wanted. I used both solid yellow and clear neon yellow beads in the lampshade, which ended up being a smart choice -- now, hanging on the tree, the light really comes through the clear beads, making the lampshade more lampshade-like. If I was doing it again, I'd probably only use the clear yellow beads in that section. I'm still up in the air about adding fringe -- you could probably string it through each black hole on the bottom of the lampshade.
I won't post an actual pattern as I think you can see how to lay out the beads pretty clearly from the photo. But if you have any questions, please post in the comments!
While I love this ornament, I still have mixed feelings about A Christmas Story. I hated that movie when I was a kid, but it was on TV all the time during the holidays, so it's sort of grown on me
-- it feels traditional, even if I don't always fully enjoy the actual watching of it. Having said that, the leg lamp scenes are pretty funny.
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