Outside Lighting : Soda Bottle Torch

by Nancy at Craft Your Happiness

Here's another Soda Bottle upcycle! They made great outside lighting torches! Great for home or group events or kid parties!

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SUPPLIES

1 Skinny soda bottle.

X-acto type knife.

1 36 dowel (1/2 to 7/8 in diameter)

Glue Gun

Tea Lights or Battery Operation LED Tea Lights (Most Dollar Stores have them.)

Washi Tape, or Paint for Decorating

Iron: Optional for rounding edge. (See blog post at bottom for details)

Cut your bottle with a knife about 2" to 3" high.

Hot glue the lid on top of the dowel as this gives it some added stability.

Decorate your dowel with Washi tape or paint.

Hot glue the bottle bottom to the lid on your dowel.

If your soda bottle if completely flat on the bottom you can just sit your battery operated tea light into it. Mine was raised a little so I added a tiny dob of glue to hold it in the center. It pops off easily. Make a hole in soft ground in your yard to place your dowel. You can also sharpen the bottom of the dowel if desired. LOTS MORE PICS AND DIRECTIONS ON MY POST BELOW.

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Donna on Jan 17, 2017
How do you turn the light off and on, or change the battery, if the tea light is glued to the bottom of the bottle...which the instructions say to do if the bottle isn't flat? just wondering....

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David Hutton on Jan 17, 2017
HOW MUCH DO THE TEA LIGHTS COST?? ALSO WHAT DOES THE GLUE GUNS COST?? LIMTED FUNDS.

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Beverly Parks on Jan 18, 2017
I would use the part of the plastic bottle with the lid and glue or screw the lid upside down to the dowell. Then you could screw the bottle directly in the cap.

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Darlene E Rossiter on Jun 13, 2017

Hi for ideas on where you can get tea lights, or glue sticks look at your dollar store, Dollarama, or drug store such as Shoppers Drug Mart or even look where they sell Christmas decorations or Halloween decorations, especially where it is closer to end of the holiday, then you can get them on sale, otherwise you can buy them at full price which are not that expensive either. Or even at the Bargain shop too.

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