Assembled top view
How can I upcycle these pretty lanterns?
by
Bren
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I had a yard full of these solar lights but they have all pretty much died. The light portion no longer works (tiny creatures had invaded and destroyed the works) but I don’t want to just throw them away. I’m looking for suggestions on how to re-purposed these because they are too pretty to just throw away.
Assembled bottom view (without the ground stake)
Dismantled. Note there is a hole in the bottom of the glass portion.
You can put a battery operated tea light inside of them and spread them throughout the house.
If you still want to use them as lanterns, you can add candle votives or battery powered candles inside.
Get a new solar light at the $1 Store and play around with it to see if you can finagle it to fit. If not, stick it in the ground and use battery operated candles. You can find these in sets that will all work off the same remote control.
fill with battery operated or solar fairy lights ot tea lights;take off the bottoms and place candles(real or battery operated) inside ; just use the cage part with glass/acrylic piece make them into hanging planters/baskets might need to add adhesive to secure them together to hold weight of soil,plant; install pendant light kits to make hanging lights or even group together for chandelier; use cage part with glass/acrylic cover stack 8 together securely with adhesive then run rope lights or LED strips thru them creating column lights
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