The best crafts with decorative bulbs

  Light bulbs are part of our day to day by illuminating any room in our home in the dark. However, their light is not eternal and when they stop working they are useless. However, what would you say if you could reuse this object and turn it into a precious decorative element?

     It is a trend that is causing a sensation in the world of home crafts. Decorated light bulbs take many forms, depending on the elements used. The idea is to use our imagination and manual skills to decorate any corner as we want.

    In Brycus you will find everything you need to meet the needs of your home and this time we want to show you some examples of crafts with light bulbs, perfect for decorating your home and to give as a gift. Are you in the mood?

First of all, prepare them

     Our Brycus advice is that first and foremost you prepare the unusable light bulbs you have at home, or even better, old light bulbs you can recycle. In order to handle this crystal object it is necessary to have gloves and high doses of precaution to avoid cutting us.

     First of all we must empty our bulb. It is very simple. It is enough to remove the silver part situated in the centre by pressing it with pliers. Now all you have to do is insert a fondue fork and remove everything inside to empty the contents.

Infinite ideas for decorating with recycled light bulbs

     Reusing our light bulbs is a good idea to give our home a more original, cheerful and casual look. Best of all, you won't need to spend a lot of money to put them to new uses. Take note of them!

Decorative vases

     It's a pretty simple idea. All you have to do is put water and flowers inside the empty light bulb as if it were a vase. Add a few feet so that it has support and can be placed on any shelf or table and it will be done. To do this you can use anything you can think of, be it a bracelet, a coin or a cork stopper.

Original oil lamps

    Another Brycus tip we offer you is to fill the bulbs with oil or alcohol to burn and add a wick to turn them into wonderful lamps. The aim is to give a romantic touch to your home or garden and enjoy a special evening. It is very easy to do. For the fuse it is enough to use the cord of a shoe or any similar thing.

Spice jars for the kitchen

    If you want to change the decoration of your kitchen and give it a more original touch, here's another practical craft. It's about including every spice inside a light bulb. If you can get old bulbs, the result will be more eye-catching.

    Simply empty the jars of your spices and handle your bulbs carefully to place their contents inside. Since you will have previously punctured the base to do so, once you have finished place a cork as a stopper. You can use a simple spice dispenser as a support or make a wooden shelf yourself. Whatever you prefer.

Decorativeiterrarios

    Terrariums are beautiful recreations of gardens in glass containers and now you can create them yourself with the help of these recycled light bulbs. Put sand inside in the form of fine gravel with the help of a piece of paper and then put moss and lichen as decoration.

Dream aquariums

    The bulbs are essential objects that once they stop working you can use as a small aquarium. To do this you will need some easy to obtain items such as sand, plants, stones, dry branches and shells. Anything you can think of that is associated with the sea will help you.

    The first thing you'll have to do is put sand inside the bulb, including coloured sand, and then gradually put the rest.

Fantasy characters

    Our recycled light bulbs can also serve to create a magical world for the little ones. The aim is to decorate children's rooms with all kinds of characters such as witches, heroes, characters from their favorite series, and so on. The light bulb will be the face where you can look like the artist you are. However, use special paint for light bulbs. You can also use plasticine to give a little more shape to your character.

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