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DIY Sparkling Bottles with Lights

What to do with old wine bottles? Better yet - what to do with the empty bottles you bought at the dollar store? You knew you wanted to get crafty with them....but how?


Well, I can show you a super easy project that will add style and grace to your patio. And you can tell all the bugs outside that you made them - because we're not supposed to have get-togethers, dang it. Someday...


How to make glittered bottle lights


And a daylight shot:

How to make wine bottle crafts with lights





Supplies needed for wine bottle crafts with lights


Step 1

Decide which foam shapes you want as “windows” on your bottle. Peel the back off the shapes and place them where you want the light to shine through.


Foam shapes to make windows on wine bottle crafts with lights



Make sure the foam shapes have all areas sticking to the bottle.



Step 2

Place your bottle on a tarp or somewhere you can get spraypaint on. You can choose to stand the bottle up and spray the paint all around. Or you can lie it on its side and spray down on it, for better control of where youre spraying the paint.


Step 3

Spray an even coat of the color of spray paint you choose.


I had the choice of matte dark blue or gloss of the same dark blue. I did a test on an empty jar of spaghetti sauce. I couldn't really decide, but my husband said to go for the matte color. His name is also Matt, so...


Let the side with paint dry before you do the other side. Unless you've decided to stand your bottle and paint around.




It sometimes gets breezy here in Sacramento. I didnt want it to blow over or have my kids knock it over, so I stuck it someplace safe to dry.


How to make spray painted wine bottle lights


Now get ready to sparkle!


Step 4

After your whole bottle is painted and dry, grab your can of glitter spray paint and do the same thing again with it, this time.


However...

Test the glitter spray first. For mine, it made a difference on how far away I held the spray can. I didn't want my bottle all glitter. I wanted the blue to sparkle. So do a test run so you know what you should do to get what you want.


Glittered wine bottle craft diy

A close up:

How to decorate an empty wine bottle


Step 5

Once your bottle has dried from everything, start peeling off the foam stickers


Making fairy light windows for decorated wine bottles with lights inside



Now, see how you have little windows? Cool, huh?


How to make a fairy light bottle

We're almost done now!


Step 6

Grab the made-for-wine-bottle fairy lights. You can tell they're made for bottles because the batteries and light switch is on a cork shaped piece of plastic.


Fairy light corks for wine bottle