Some new solar light fixtures I made, water fountain Cinderella and jasmine

This is made from a piece off a lamp which has Jasmine on it, I attached a plastic case on top and added Cinderella in it, small castles from a game.  I also added some fake flowers and a solar light on top.

Here is another view of this item.

I also made this water fountain looking item.  It's made from a two tier serving platter.  I added some glass marbles to help decorate the levels.  I also added some trim which has crystals hanging from it. I also added a globe to the top with more trim and a solar light.  Next to it on both sides are other solar light fixtures I made.  Keep watching my blog I will be making more I also have another dollhouse I will be redoing.

Solar light made from the top of a soda bottle

This is the soda bottle, I need the top portion.  The bottom you can use for starting seeds. In the next picture you will see what it looks likes.  It's made like the Gatorade bottle but using the top portion instead.

This is what it's looks like, it lights up nice at night.  In the next picture you will see what a Gatorade solar light fixture looks like in a plant.

This light lights up at night to show off the geranium. I hope this gives you some ideas!

A solar light fixture made from a Gatorade bottle.

You will be using the bottom portion of this Gatorade bottle.  You need to cut this bottle around the middle, I keep the top portions for other Solar light projects.

These are the pieces you will need for this project.  From left to right the bottom of the Gatorade bottle as you can see I drilled a hole in the bottom big enough to fit the stem of the solar light. A milk cap is next which I also drilled a hole in, after I drilled the hole I made a couple little slits so I could slide this over the stem piece.  Don't make the slits to big or it won't have a tight fit, it needs to hold up the Gatorade bottom as you will see in the next photo. On the right is a cheap solar light.

I slid the solar light through the hole in the Gatorade bottle, I then slid on the milk cap from the bottom all the way to the bottom of the Gatorade bottle. In the next photo you will see it lit up.

This makes a great light for your garden, the solar light has a spike that you turn around for putting it into the ground.  If you wanted you could decorate it also.  This light looks beautiful in the garden.  Enjoy making them!

Plastic color cups turned into solar lights

These are the cups I'm starting with.  I only paid 25 cents a piece at a garage sale.

The first thing I did was cup off the stems, I'm not throwing them out I will use them for a future project for making tables for dollhouses.

In this picture you can see one of the 97 cent solar lights that I purchased from Walmart.

You then take the solar lights and take the top lights off and put them through a hole that you drilled in the cup.  Make sure the light will be on the inside of the top when you put in the stems of the lights.

In this picture you will see I installed the light on the inside of the cup.  You will also notice a green circle with a hole drilled in the middle, this use to be a cap off a milk gallon.  You will see where this piece gets installed.

The milk cap gets installed up the stem to the bottom of the cup, it keeps the light in place.

This is what the lights all look like lit up.  In the stem on the bottom of your light there are pointy pieces that you take out of the bottom and turn around to put them in the ground in your garden.  You can do this with any type of plastic item, this is unique and would look great in your garden.  Get creative and go for it!

Gas pump fish tank turned into a solar light fixture with a matchbook car

In this picture you can see the gas pump fish tank which I purchased at a garage sale.  On the inside I installed some fake grass rug and a piece of slate which I painted to look like a road. I also made some oil cans out of the tops of glue sticks.  I put red tape over them and wrote oil on them, I then stacked them on top of each other.  I also made a traffic light which you can see to the right, this is made from a block of wood cut down to size and painted.  I then added a piece of plastic that was shaped like half a circle, this goes over top of the lights.  I then hot glued a golfing tee to the bottom of the traffic light so I could install it in a piece of foam.  I then glued it down to the fake grass.  I also took a flag patch and glued it on the back wall.  I glued some small rocks to the bottom.  You can see the matchbook car I included inside next to the road.  On the very top you will see the 97 cent solar light that I purchased from Walmart, I just drilled a hole on the top and installed the top piece off the solar light.  I also put some material that had stripes and stars on it to the inside rim area.  This lights up on the inside nice.  This would be a great addition to a matchbook car collection if you want a light by your cars at night.  There's one more picture of the inside.  I wish you could see how nice it's looks in person.  You can add any car that is your favorite, customize it!

This is another picture of the inside.

A solar powered Disney Cinderella night light

In this photo you can see the solar powered night light.  The base was a lamp.  The electrical parts of the lamp was removed.  The top part use to be a Disney bank.  I drilled a hole through the bank and attached it to the top of the lamp with its threaded bar.  On the inside the coach is Cinderella which I added and some jewels.  I also added some trim and flowers.  This makes a great night light and most of all no electric!  You don't have to worry about electric!  This can be done with any plastic child's bank, be creative.

This is another view of the night light, if you look on top you will see the solar light I painted it gold to match the coach.  

A solar powered fairy house made from a Gatorade bottle

This is what the finished project will look like when it's finished.  This is a great project to do with the kids.  The solar lights get put through the top, make sure you take the stake that you use for putting in the ground off the light.

This is a Gatorade bottle, it doesn't matter which flavor.  But make sure it's the personal size.

This is what the bottle looks like with the plastic wrapper removed.

This is how the two pieces will go together.  However don't do it yet you will see how the bottom of the house needs a door cut out and spray painted. The bottom piece gets flipped upside down, so the bottom of the bottle faces upward.  The top of the bottle is the top of the house.

Don't spray paint the piece until you've read through this blog, some of the wet paint areas need to be wiped off on the window areas while its still wet.

In this picture you will see I spray painted this house red, then cut out a door, pay close attention to the photo it shows you where to cut it for the door.  Don't discard the piece you cut out, you can get an extra window out of the raised square which gets glued to the top piece.

You need to take one of the antibacterial sheets and using your pointer finger wipe the wet spray paint off the squares which are going to be your windows.  

Now glue the top down to the bottom piece, as you can see in the picture I also glued the extra window piece on the top piece which I kept from the door area that I cut out.

Now for the fun part paint it any way you want, don't paint over the square windows!

When the house is painted, add a plastic top from any bread crumb container or any other top to the bottom for a base under the house.  I spray painted mine blue to match the house on this one.  Then make sure the house is glued down to it.  If you want you can glue in a little fairy statue on the inside before you glue the base down, or decorate.  Use your imagination!  You might want to spray a clear coat on this if you will be keeping it outside to protect the paint.  A child can use this for a centerpiece and build a fairy flower garden around it.  Remember you can use different things from recyclable plastic items to create other items for your fairy garden.