Any useful ideas on reusing those glass plant watering globes?
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U use them as decorations outside
I Found this idea on Pinterest and it's linked from here at Hometalk so do a search for those globes in the search box above
Sue, this is the name to search!!!
DIY Waterdrop Solar Lights
Good morning Sue Kidder :) One way of reusing glass watering globes would be to make watering globe bushes from them:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/AbzWWh-0BRVANvxz27jOwxWFyHbD4gTax2dwhXKd3-nOW9-VDOqx_MHe7yxcllZ_Y3KR3nI2sYeo_VVFAsbmxVw/
OR solar water drop lights:
https://www.thenavagepatch.com/diy-waterdrop-solar-lights/
HERE is an idea that could be used outdoors or indoors (perhaps around the perimeter of a porch, on a fence, in a tree --ON A CHRISTAMS TREE! -- or in windows, instead of candles, etc.) using clear fairy lights held into the necks of the globes:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/617696905111147750/
I hope these ideas get your creative juices flowing and thanks for using HOMETALK for ideas :)
I'm not sure if you are looking for a craft, but, I always thought they would be pretty in a fairy garden.
Here's the photo I tried to post earlier. Having a heckuva time on my first day at hometalk!!
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I made an outdoor light using those and solar powered fairy lights. They look really cute, but they are pretty labor intensive and a little costly to make
MissKKay, that is it!! I love it, but its really not as simple as the tutorial says. Its a total pain in the rear to get the entire strand of fairy light into the globe. Once its done it is really cute though.. If you can get them to stand upright. I ended up gluing it to a ceramic tile and covering it with mulch so the tile didn't show.
I'm just giving mine away....