attosa
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I save caps from my water bottles because they're always the same brand, making them completely uniform, therefore nice for crafts. This is a light I made from trash, basically. It's just a bunch of bottle caps and a plastic container from a miniature baking set. I put it together then stuffed it with a string of mini LED lights, as they don't get hot. Give this a try. It's practically free! If you don't have LED lights, you can stuff it with a vibrant scarf to make a cute contemporary art piece.
Total Time: 1 hour
Yield: 1 light
Supplies:
- 1 clear plastic container
- several white plastic bottle caps
- hot glue gun with glue
- tweezers
- mini LED lights
- coloured scarf (optional)
Steps:
- Without gluing anything down, set the bottle caps on one side of the plastic container to get an idea of how they fit.
- Add small dabs of hot glue to the edges of a cap.
- Press onto the container. Continue gluing them on.
- Continue gluing them onto other sides, and the top portion.
- Take some tweezers and remove any stringy dried hot glue hairs.
- Place the LED lights inside and turn it on. Alternatively, (or during the daytime) fill it with a nice coloured scarf. Looks cool!
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August 9, 20180 found this helpful
Marvellous idea...sci-fi minimalist functional art!
attosa
Diamond Post Medal for All Time! 1,246 Posts August 9, 20180 found this helpful
Ah! I like how you describe it! Thank you!
Benetta
Silver Post Medal for All Time! 408 Posts August 9, 20180 found this helpful
What a cool idea!
attosa
Diamond Post Medal for All Time! 1,246 Posts August 9, 20180 found this helpful
Thanks Benetta!!
15mhhm15
Diamond Post Medal for All Time! 1,298 Posts August 9, 20180 found this helpful
Very nice! Makes a nice center piece for summer nights too!
attosa
Diamond Post Medal for All Time! 1,246 Posts August 9, 20180 found this helpful
Aw, thank you! Good idea... I shall put it on the table outside for dinner! <3
October 3, 20210 found this helpful
Nice use of plastic that would otherwise be trashed.
If the top were to be left open, you could put a solar light inside.
Anonymous
December 21, 20220 found this helpful
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