What to do with glass bottlle stoppers

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I found these at the local antique mall.  I would like to make a craft project with them but I can't come up with an idea.  I am capable of doing something very difficult so don't hold back on your ideas.

Katrina Warren · Answer

@Korpics Upholstery and Antiques Hhhmmmmm..... I'll have to give that some thought, in the meantime I wish I had them, I have several decanters that are missing their stopper!

Lynne Shouey · Answer

Take any clear bottle and fill with sand and place a small mermaid in the bottle and fill with small colored pieces of glass then fill with mineral oil and top with stopper and seal with wax. Or use in old wine bottles. Fill with your olive oil & vinegar's. Then label the bottles.

Jane Nelson · Answer

I saw a thing on y tube and she made a dome with a plastic coke bottle turned upside down and used the stopper in the top and did a Christmas show inside xx

Dorene · Answer

I would mount them into something...making a space to hold necklaces and scarves.

Gigi · Answer

I am on an altered bottle kick...these are great. I found several old bottles that would love these stoppers. I saw someone make curtain rods using stoppers on the ends.

Paige · Answer

I see some of them are like cut glass. You could use them for ceiling fan light pulls with clear fishing line. Hang them from a Christmas tree. Hang them from a tall ceiling in different heights in the sunlight to create prisms in your room. Put a small oil rubbed bronze decorative curtain rod on the wall and hang them in various heights and sizes from the rod. Wrap the rod with silk greens or pine boughs in the winter. Do the same in your Kitchen but in between each stopper hang a small bundle of dried lavender, rosemary, bay leaves etc... They are really pretty and what a great idea to collect these!

Trudy · Answer

Attach corks and make wine bottle stoppers for leftover wine. LEFTOVER wine? :)

Merrie · Answer

You could use the faceted stoppers to create sun catchers which will give you lovely rainbows when the sunlight hits them. These could be done individually or as a mobile

Donna · Answer

I like the sun catcher idea. You could also use them to make a fancy mobile, almost like a chandelier.

Snapoutofit · Answer

My favorite idea is the wine stoppers that many here have suggested...then again...a hanger for necklaces?. put them in a container for display?

Mabeline · Answer

Make apothecary jars and use these stoppers as the lid handles.

Pamela · Answer

You could use them for stoppers in old glass bottles which could hold a picture, or using the wire wrapping make a beautiful wire wrapped necklace.

Delores · Answer

If you don't come up with anything, I'll be glad to take them off your hands... I collect bottles and am always looking for glass stoppers! 😊

Connie · Answer

Hi. You could use them as flowers in a bouquet. Attached them to wooden dowels the size of each stopper. They could be of various lengths. Paint the dowels in different shades of green to give the appearance of different stems. You then could attach different leaf types and add some ferns strands or ivy strands along with baby's breath. Place in a favorite vase or flower pot. Whatever you decide to do with them, please post an update. Thanks and have fun with your project.

Martin Kerkstra · Answer

Paint them, super glue hooks on them, wrap with a colored foil and use as an ornament for your Christmas tree.

Linda · Answer

Fashion a mobile out of wire or sticks/branches ( check out pinterest for mobile ideas) and hang them from it at varying lengths. Put it in a sunny window and watch all the wonderful rainbows from the prism shaped stoppers

Beth H. Makemeprettyagain.blogspot · Answer

wind chimes? Add some colorful beads or hang them from a large piece of driftwood?

Rebekka · Answer

They would make beautiful finials for curtain rods.

Gill Moreton · Answer

Wrap wire around them and suspend them where the light will show them off. Maybe across a window, at varying heights, or in a vase mixed with tiny wire lights through them, like a bunch of flowers.

Deborah · Answer

Would make gorgeous ornaments.  Could also hang in a high light window.  The prismatic affect is awesome.

Liz Straughn · Answer

I would wrap Christmas ribbon, add a little greenery and hang them in a doorway.  I would say on a tree, but the might be too heavy.

Cathy Bailey · Answer

Maybe a Styrofoam large ball cut in half, insert the stoppers with small lights wrapped around and fill with pearls or baby breath to make a centerpiece.

Laetitia · Answer

Sell them, it will bring you a small fortune

Tim D. (The Retro Den) · Answer

Sell them to me... They make great lamp finials... LOL

Valerie · Answer

I would use them as decoration on hose guards. Get a piece of rebar, push it into the ground, cut some PVC pipe a little longer than the rebar, then 'plug' the bottle stoppers into the PVC pipe. You could spray paint the PVC pipe for some added glamour. I have done that in my garden, and am thrilled with the results. You could also use them as hooks - drill a hole size the same as the end, and secure using glue or silicon.
You could also use them as curtain finials. They are gorgeous and to say I am envious would be an understatement!

Lyn · Answer

Send them to me!!

Elizabeth McLeod · Answer

I would buy them in a heartbeat!

Lee Govan · Answer

Try using just one board from a pallet as your base, drill out the right size holes on another pallet board. Attach the two one on top of the other, then using a clear dry glue, fix them into the holes and attach to your wall near the front entrance, what a great coat holder.

Lau2114177 · Answer

That's what my daughter said.  They are pretty cool.  I'm wavering between windchimes, light catchers, Xmas gift for my daughter.

Taffetal · Answer

Firstly, bathe them in hot water with a bit of ammonia to bring out their shine. Then find a pretty crystal bowl to place them in with their best sides facing passing viewers. Place bowl in a sunny place and admire!

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