I love thrift stores & garage sales, and I love solar lights and things that light up (you’ll probably hear me say this a lot)! Â On one of my trips, I bought 2 candle holders – both are fall pumpkin shaped. I turned one into a solar holder and the other incorporates a recycled bottle and lights…
Who doesn’t love a good deal??? I found both of these pumpkin candle holders at a thrift stores.
I’ll start with the solar pumpkin… I bought a solar light from Big Lots that matched the brass decor of the pumpkin.
I pulled the light off the stem.
I had a glass vase that fit into the pumpkin, but you could find one of these at Dollar Tree.
I set the solar light on top of the vase.
I put the vase and solar light inside the pumpkin and I was done!
You could definitely leave this up all fall. I will probably leave mine up all year.
Onto the second candle holder re-purposed a different way…
I took an empty bottle and cleaned off the label.
I stuffed a strand of 20 lights I got from Dollar Tree into the bottle.
I set the bottle into the pumpkin candle holder where the candle would go and created a stem.
Plugged in the lights and that was it.
Again, a great decoration for out on your porch all fall, and I’ll leave mine up all year!
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WOW I love that solar light! I will have to do that. I always envy my neighbors solar lights that she has in her gardens. Thank you so much for the idea. Saw it through the brag about it link party. pinned:)
Thank you Kathleen, I am addicted to solar lights! So glad you want to give it a try 🙂
Love these ideas!
Thank you Suzy 🙂
Such simple but clever ideas. Brilliant.
Thank you Julie
I love the solar light and I will definitely give it a try sometime.Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Miriam, so pleased you want to give it a try 🙂
It was like that candle holder was actually meant to be a solar light 😉 Love it! Pinned
Thank you Angie, thank you for the Pin 🙂
this is a great piece that you created love the pumpkin shaped candle holders. Thanks for sharing
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Thank you Angie, I’ll be sure to stop by
Those are two very creative way to create outdoor lights. Both turned out beautifully.
Thank you Rebecca 🙂
Very cute! Thanks so much for sharing at the #happynowlinkup!
Thank you Leslie 🙂
Those were really cute thrift finds! Solar lights make all the difference in landscaping, your idea is easy and functional. I need to go thrifting and see what I can find! Thank you for sharing with us at Designing You!
Thank you Trudy, I have to say I’m kind of a solar light junkie 🙂
Hi. We featured your unique solar light at Party in Your PJs 175! Hope you will join us again.
http://twochicksandamom.blogspot.com/2017/09/party-in-your-pjs-176-and-discounted.html
Thank you so much and thank you for having a place for all of us to share ideas! 🙂
I’ve never seen those lights at my dollar tree….hmmm……start the car I’m going back!
Thanks for the idea! mybrightideasblog.com
Thanks and I hope you find them. They are come in purple or orange. The also have some fabulous LED lights as well.
These are both great ideas, but I am in love with the solar one. It worked so perfectly. Now I want to make a ton of my own! Thanks for the inspiration!!
Thank you so much and I hope you can find or have some fun candle holders to do this too as well 🙂
You are so clever and creative, my friend. I just love these pumpkins.
I hope you’re enjoying your weekend. Hugs! Stephanie-The Enchanting Rose
Thank you so much Stephanie, I’m so glad you like them. I hope you are having a wonderful weekend as well and staying warm. Hugs back!
Hooray for upcycling. I love seeing things reused.
Thank you so much Elise 🙂
These all look great. Love the lighting ideas. THANKS for sharing at last week’s RTT Party. See you at this week’s party: http://www.jodiefitz.com/2018/10/09/reader-tip-tuesday-weeks-craft-recipe-party-14-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/
Thanks so much and I’ll see you again this week at the party.