Repurpose glass crackle globes

I have several old solar lights with the glass crackle globe on top. The solar part doesn't work anymore. What could I do with the glass globes?

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  • Mogie Mogie on Jun 02, 2018

    https://www.hometalk.com/diy/decorate/rooms/solar-mason-jar-crackle-globe-11418231?expand_all_questions=1

  • Deb K Deb K on Jun 02, 2018

    Depending on how big they are, you could do a fairy garden them inside them,

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  • Chas' Crazy Creations Chas' Crazy Creations on Jun 02, 2018

    Oh I love this kind of stuff! You could put it over a battery lighted led or tea light, flip it over and add a different kind of solar light into in and E6000 it together and place it outside, make it a orb with a led light in in for somewhere in your yard ... need more ideas - I'll keep going :)

    • Wendy VanDewater Wendy VanDewater on Jun 02, 2018

      Love them! Give me as many as you want! I'm not crafty at all. So stuff like this is hard for me!

  • Janet Pizaro Janet Pizaro on Jun 02, 2018

    put fairy battery operated lights inside

  • Ann Cherkas Halstead Ann Cherkas Halstead on Jun 02, 2018

    Paint the insides and seal with a clear varnish and put them in your garden.

  • Cynthia H Cynthia H on Jun 02, 2018

    I have a couple saved for a fairy garden. I think they will look like gazing balls.

  • Chas' Crazy Creations Chas' Crazy Creations on Jun 02, 2018

    okay, make it a snowman ornament, turn it into a vase/candle holder by flipping it upside down and gluing it to a taper candle holder (or planter), turn it into a wind chime, make it a juice glass, add fairy lights to it and make it an orb with those. :)

  • Jewellmartin Jewellmartin on Jun 02, 2018

    You can replace the disc batteries if you can find them. Walmart and Batteries and More almost always have them. But you can buy $1 solar lights at Dollar Tree, and just replace the tops with the globes. ☺️

  • Ayse Smith Coates Ayse Smith Coates on Sep 18, 2024

    After looking everywhere online and not finding an answer that I liked… I tried this…


    put some white or light coloured stone in a large unused plant pot.

    Arrange your crackle globes however you want. (Don’t glue them together)

    Then get a string of fairy lights and pop some inside each globe.


    i think the end result was really pretty, I don’t waste the globes by putting in the recycling and it was really easy to do :)


    I hope this helps with an idea for someone else!

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  • Betsy Betsy on Sep 19, 2024

    Hi Wendy: Oh boy, so many things! Can you send a picture of the globes so that we can get a take on exactly what to do with them? Gads, you are going to be inundated with ideas once you show us the pictures :)