Are you still throwing out old bulbs? In vain. From them you can make wonderful crafts. And what can be done from light bulbs? Look for answers in our article.
Christmas tree toy
What can be done from a bulb that has burned out? Christmas penguin toy. To do this, degrease the light bulb. With white paint on one side you need to draw a contour, and then paint over it. Black color needs to fill in all the remaining space. While the paint has not dried, you can pour black sparkles on it. This will give the toy volume and make it original.
The top of the bulb should be tinted with red paint, and the rest with white. The cap can also be given shine, but this action is optional. The next step is the image of the muzzle of a bird. From red paper you need to cut a strip and decorate it with two notches. Paws should be made from thick yellow cardboard. You may not do this, but then the toy will be unstable. The final action is sticking the rope to the hat.
Decorative balloons
Such crafts can decorate the ceiling for any holiday. If you do not know what can be made of light bulbs, make balloons from them. To do this, degrease the light bulbs and draw any pattern with a wax pencil. Why waxed? Because the stylus draws very poorly on glass.
After the ornament is thought up, it needs to be outlined. What it is? The glass contour is a special paint that looks like a tube with a very thin nose. Circle the sketch of the line. Until the paint has dried, various decorative elements can be drowned in it. What could it be? Rhinestones, beads or beads. Of course, if the idea is to have large decorative elements, then they should be attached to the glue. It remains to paint the base. You can stick chains to it as additional elements.
Candles
What can be done from light bulbs? They make very beautiful miniature candles. How to make them? It is necessary to disassemble the bulb by unscrewing the base from it. Now you need to clean all the insides.
Next, pour kerosene into the light bulb. In the base, you need to drill a hole and insert a wick through it, the second part of which is immersed in kerosene. Now we collect the light bulb and glue it on any stand. It remains to wait until the wick is saturated, and you can set it on fire.
Spiders
To assemble such an installation is very simple. This composition can decorate your garden or find a place on a flower bed. And it consists of light bulbs. You can do anything with your own hands, it would be a desire. Consider how to make one of the spiders. To do this, you need to disassemble the bulb and take out the insides from it. You can skip this step if you plan to use paint not for glass, but acrylic. Now give the light bulb a color.
You can repeat our option or make the spiders yellow, blue or green. After the bulbs have dried, they need to be supplemented with wire. We twist from it 8 legs and two mustaches. If you use copper wire, it should be painted black, as well as the base of the bulb. Now you need to collect the spiders. Glue 4 legs on each side, glue the mustache to the cap. We make several of these spiders. In one installation, insects of different colors can participate.
Mini terrarium
Today it is fashionable to plant plants in all sorts of unusual containers. Therefore, when answering the question of what can be made from old light bulbs, it should be said: terrarium. It can both decorate the desktop and become an original room decor. We begin to manufacture.
We open the lamp and take out the insides from it. Now we fill the ground and plant the plants with tweezers. It can be miniature cacti, succulents, moss, etc. You can complement this decorative product with small plastic or ceramic figures. When the composition is ready, you should return the cap to its place. In order for the bulb to be stable, you need to make it a stand. For this purpose, halves of beads are suitable. Glue 4 of these halves with the flat side to the bottom of a makeshift terrarium.
Decorative pear
What can be done from an LED bulb? Decorative pear. Why is it needed? For the preparation of various compositions, for the decor of the room, and simply to please the eye. How to make such a craft?
With a hot gun, it is necessary to lubricate the entire surface of the light bulb and quickly drown the thread in liquid silicone. It should be something like a mummy pear. For this purpose, you can use cotton, wool and even synthetic threads. It remains to decorate the top of the product with a stick, and the pear will be ready.
Hanging vases
This decor is often used at weddings and photo shoots. For the manufacture of miniature vases need light bulbs. It is necessary to clean them from the insides and cut off the top of the cap.
After that, a chain or thread should be glued to the top of the bulb. The hanging vase is ready, it remains to pour water into it, put the flowers and put it in place.