From Candle Holder to Solar Holder (plus 2nd Option)

3 Materials
$5
5 Minutes
Easy
I bought 2 candle holders at thrift stores - both are fall pumpkin shaped. I turned one into a solar holder and the other incorporates a repurposed bottle and lights...


I found both of these pumpkin candle holders at a thrift stores for a reasonable price! Gotta love that.


I'll start with the solar pumpkin... I bought a solar light from Big Lots that matched the brass decor of the pumpkin.


I pulled the light off the stem.


I had a glass vase that fit into the pumpkin, but you could find one of these at Dollar Tree.


I set the solar light on top of the vase.


I put the vase and solar light inside the pumpkin and I was done!


You could definitely leave this up all fall. I will probably leave mine up all year.


Onto the second candle holder repurposed a different way...


I took an empty bottle and cleaned off the label.


I stuffed a strand of 20 lights I got from Dollar Tree into the bottle.


I set the bottle into the pumpkin candle holder where the candle would go and created a stem.


Plugged in the lights and that was it.


Again, a great decoration for out on your porch all fall, and I'll leave mine up all year!
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Suggested materials:
  • Pumpkin candle holders
  • Solar light
  • String light
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  • Pat4344727 Pat4344727 on Oct 28, 2016
    love the solar light idea..how do you recharge your solar light once the top is on your pumpkin? thanks
  • Nancy Nancy on Oct 28, 2016
    I have some old solar lights with stakes to push into the ground that I don't use anymore. Would those work?
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