Solar Tire Side Tables
I had been doing tea cup planters from tires for a little while now and really wanted to try something new. Originally I had planned to use glass bottles for the centers of the flowers and the solar lights were to glow from inside the table but the bottles didn't transfer the light the way I wanted. So then I tried to stick the lights in the bottle necks but they stuck out to far. Long story short, these did not turn out the way it was in my head but I think it turned out better than I could have imagined!
The flower petals are tin can lids (mostly from microwave Spaghetti O's containers the kids I babysit for eat!). The table tops are wooded tops/bottoms of cable spools (like industrial wire comes on). We cut one sidewall off (used it as the base) and then flipped the tires inside out, giving it that "bowl" effect.
We made three different sizes and I can't decide which one I like best!
This is the green and red large table lit up.
Here is the purple and yellow table lit up.
My husband decided he wanted to try a "basket" planter. I think it turned out pretty cute. He was so proud! It is usually me who comes up with these harebrained ideas and he is the one who silently shakes his head and says "okay, honey. Let's see if we can pull that off", lol.
The pic is a little blurry but this is the basket lit up.
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Wow, really love the lit up look! so creative and colorful, on a deck or by the pool! any chance of getting a tutorial? wondered how much paint it would take to cover? what types of tools do you use to cut thru the tires? how did you attach the table top to the tire base or is it removeable? Thanks for the pics, tho! Adorable!
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Depends on the type of tire. Since we only use tires that would be thrown away (no longer drivable) then we never know what we are going to get. Depending on the type of tire we use anything from utility knives to ban saws to cut them. Spray paint works best but some tires take more to cover than others (depends on the type of chemical that was used on them). The table tops on these are permanently attached by screws. Again depending on the type of tire, we can flip them by hand or we have to use a come-a-long pulley system we have set up. I have thought about tutorials but it would be difficult to do since I almost never get the same tire twice, lol!
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