How to Make DIY Solar Lights Reusing Old Wooden Blocks

What I used to make my DIY Solar Lights

• Four lantern style solar lights (Amazon Affiliate link)
• Kids wooden blocks
• Glue (wood and muti-purpose)
• Wood stain or paint

I am using the wooden blocks from an old Jenga style game that the kids played with when they were little. As you can see in the photo, some of them still have the kid’s scribbles on them. Handily, three of these blocks fit together to make a square.

You can, of course, use anything you fancy to make the base for your solar lights; just make sure it is heavy enough to give stability.

How to make DIY solar lights with wooden block bases.

Start by glueing the wooden blocks into squares using wood glue and set aside to cure.

Then coat each base with a couple of coats of wood paint or stain and leave again to dry.

Centre a solar light onto each wooden plinth and glue it into place. I used hot glue for this step, but something like E6000 would also work well.

Finally, set in a sunny place to allow the solar panels to charge, and when the sun goes down, your DIY solar lights will come to life.

These DIY solar lights look fab lined up in the centre of an outdoor table, as shown here.

You can also use these lights to mark out paths, illuminate porches or light up pretty dark corners of your garden.

Our solar lanterns with woodblock bases also make pretty and safe night lights for use in tents and are perfect for setting next to the ends of guy ropes to stop people tripping over them.

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