Painting lampshade

Oh that'll take a coat of acrylic paint, no problem.

Or, you could buy some fringing and glue it on, or even use permanent marker to make a pattern. Poundland shops have all kinds of craft items, as do The Works.

I never thought of doing that.

A roll of lovely colourful wallpaper could be used, as well.

Or just bits cut out of papers, magazines books, with a coat of varnish or crackle glaze over the top.

Be careful what you use
Depends if you want light to shine through the fabric Some paints will block the light
Check on bit of odd fabric and hold in front of a light

Thanks for your replies 😊
Will hold fabric in front as suggested gwyllt
Not really a fringing person missadventure 😆
But could try acrylic paints.

Or visit poundland and let my grandsons loose on it, that way it their art and not my feeble attempt at crafting 🤔

I think some acrylic drawings/paintings directly on the lampshade by your grandsons, could look rather wonderful and would allow the light through

My mum used to strip lampshades down to the frame and wind raffia onto it to create a new shade .
You could stencil it .

Or cover it with fabric or even applique .

Have a Google !
Or a look at you tube .
The possibilities are endless .....