8 DIY Solar Light Projects With Decor Additions

These DIY Solar Light Projects will be your ultimate guide to transforming outdoor spaces with sustainable, eco-friendly, and cost-effective solar-powered lights. Whether experienced or new to DIY, these projects are accessible, enjoyable, and affordable for everyone.

Solar Light Ideas For Outside

Revamp your outdoor space with DIY solar light projects that enhance your decor and provide cost-effective solutions. Utilize the power of solar energy during the day to brighten your nights.

These lights come in diverse creative designs, catering to various preferences, making them perfect for front porches, backyards, or any outdoor area you choose. With these efficient and stylish solar lights, you can elevate your surroundings while blending aesthetics with eco-friendly functionality.

Decorating Your Solar Light

Painted Solar Lights: Use weather-resistant paint to add unique designs.
Solar Light Chandelier: Combine multiple solar lights to create an outdoor chandelier.
Mason Jar Solar Lights: Attach solar panels to mason jar lids.
Solar Light Planters: Attach solar lights to ordinary planters or flower pots.
Fairy Solar Light Garden: Combine solar lights with miniature fairy garden decorations.
Solar Light Walkway Decorations: Line your walkway with creatively decorated solar lights.

Remember to use weather-resistant materials when decorating your solar lights to ensure they remain functional and long-lasting.

DIY Waterdrop Solar Lights

The DIY Waterdrop Solar Lights brighten up your outdoor space after sunset. They can be set up anywhere on a patio, terrace, or balcony, in gardens, among flowers, or lining paths. These creative lights, like mushroom lights, are simple to assemble and come in different shapes.

Feed the string lights through a pipe, elbow, and spigot. Secure the spigot to the elbow. Insert the lights into a watering globe, bundling the last two feet to fit in the stem. Use Apoxie Sculpt to secure the globe to the spigot and allow it to cure for 24 hours. Mask the glass and paint with metallic spray paint. Install by placing the creation over thin stakes in the ground. Enjoy the magical illumination at night!

Materials:

Watering globes
Watering mushrooms
1/2 inch spigot / hose bibb
1/2 inch black pipe 90-degree elbow
1/2-inch black pipe
Solar string lights
Moldable glue or apoxie sculpt
Metallic spray paint
Plastic pipe for mushrooms

thenavagepatch

How To Convert Metal Sconces Into Solar Lights

This DIY Solar Metal Sconce Light offers a unique way to light up your outdoor space. These ornamental pieces can be converted from typical metal sconces into solar lights using basic supplies from thrift stores and dollar stores. You can stylishly place these lights on fence posts, walls, or next to a garden bench, creating a cozy and inviting feeling in your outdoor space.

Paint metal sconces with a desired color. Optionally, apply a whitewash glaze over the paint and wipe off the excess with a lint-free rag. Protect the paint with an exterior clear coat sealer. Paint the solar light tops to match the sconces. Attach the plastic cover of the solar light to the candle sconce using glue and allow it to cure. Twist on the painted solar caps, and hang the solar fence lights outdoors. Enjoy your unique solar fence lights!

Materials:

Metal candle scones (thrift store)
Sage green spray paint
Whitewash glaze
Exterior clear coat sealer
Pathway solar lights (dollar store)
E6000 glueal)

interiorfrugalista

DIY Solar Light Chandelier

This project involves repurposing an old chandelier into a beautiful solar light creation. The detailed instructions make the assembly process easy to follow. The result is visually appealing and functional, as it adds a touch of elegance and warmth to your outdoor living space.

First, remove all the electrical wiring and metal tubing from the old chandelier to make a DIY solar light chandelier. Spray paint the chandelier and dry brush chalk paint onto the decorative balls. Add hex nuts to the metal rods for stability. Disassemble solar lights to obtain the head of the lights and glue them onto the metal rods using non-foaming Gorilla Glue. Clamp the solar lights onto the chandelier and let the glue dry. Hang the completed solar light chandelier using a chain and keeper quick link for easy removal during bad weather.

Materials:

Chandelier
Rust-oleum spray paint
Solar lights
Non-foaming gorilla glue
Wood clamps
Cardboard pieces
16 ft. Of chain
Woodblock 1 inch
Keeper quick link
Nuts
Decoart chalky finish

mixedkreations

DIY Solar Light Planters

Are you looking for a creative way to add flair and light to your yard, patio, or balcony? These DIY solar planters will create plenty of lighting and greenery while alleviating the need to use potentially dangerous electricity. Plus, They’re also easy to make with just some simple tools and materials!

Start by painting the terracotta pots in your preferred style and allow them to dry. Next, wrap some tape around the rim and paint the upper part of the pot a different color. Once dry, fill the larger pot with soil. Insert the solar light through the hole in the smaller pot, then place both into the large pot. Fill the top, smaller pot with soil and add your flowers. The solar light planters should capture sunlight during the day, providing a pleasant ambiance once darkness falls.

Materials:

8″ or larger terracotta flower pot with a hole in the bottom
6″ or smaller terracotta flower pot with a hole in the bottom
Multi-surface acrylic paint
Chip brush
Foam brush
Artist’s brush
Painter’s tape
Solar light with a long stake at the bottom
Potting soil and flowers

averageinspired

How To Make Solar Power Outdoor Lights

You can illuminate your outdoor spaces elegantly by combining environmentally friendly solar power with stylish globe lamp fixtures. By harnessing clean solar energy, this DIY project offers a sustainable solution for your outdoor lighting needs while enhancing the ambiance of your backyard.

Prepare your posts and put up the shade sail if it’s not yet. Make a box that keeps the battery and charge controller safe from the weather, and make sure it can breathe. Put a roof on this box with roofing materials for extra protection against weather. Get your solar panel holder ready, and make sure you can adjust it. Then, attach it to the post. Also, prepare your light fixture and attach it to the top of the post. Connect the solar panel, battery, and LED light using a charge controller inside the box.

Materials: The materials, suggestions, and step-by-step making are given in the link below:

justmeasuringup

Hanging Solar Light Using Glass Chandelier Bowls

This DIY project turns glass chandelier bowls and cheap dollar-store items into beautiful outdoor lights. Attached to hooks and glued with strong adhesive, these solar lights give a charming glow at night and act as stylish decorations during the day. It’s an ideal project for those wanting to add a touch of elegance to their outdoor areas.

Create a hanging solar light; begin by removing the bottom part of the solar light. Then, buy a washer bigger than the hole in the glass bowl but whose center hole is large enough for the solar light to fit inside. Join the washer and solar light using a strong adhesive, but remember not to cover the entire washer bottom to allow for drainage. Combine the glass bowl and the hanger. Hang your new solar light outdoors and enjoy it as it emits intriguing lighting patterns at night.

Materials:

Glass bowl light shades from a chandelier
Solar lights
Metal hangers
Washers
Gorilla Glue

grandmashousediy

Mason Jar Solar Light Sidewalk

With this DIY project, add a magical glow to the walkway of your yard. This DIY endeavor utilizes thrift store candle holders and mason jars, making it completely budget-friendly for everyone. So, get inspired by this project and save money while repurposing/upcycling materials into something amazing.

First, remove the base from the solar lights and activate them. Then, adhere the solar light to the candle holder using silicone, securing them with painter’s tape until dry. After drying, remove the tape and place an upside-down mason jar onto the candle holder. Avoid permanently affixing the jars for the sake of easy replacement of the solar light tops. Lastly, position them along the desired area.

Materials:

Candle holders
Blue mason jars
Solar Lights
Silicone
Painters Tape

chascrazycreations

DIY Wood Lanterns

An incredible fusion of rustic charm and modern solar technology, these DIY wooden lanterns will be the highlight of your garden. They’re designed to add depth and beauty to your outdoor space, hanging elegantly on garden trellises. Perfect for backyard makeovers or to add a unique touch to your outdoor decor.

Start by gathering your supplies. Use a drill to assemble the wood pieces. You need two square pieces for the base and ceiling and four long pieces for the sides. Fix these together using screws. Additionally, you need to create an opening on top where the light will be. Install an eye-hook there to hang the lantern later. After assembly, place the solar light inside the lantern. Now, your handmade wooden lantern is ready to glow your ambiance with a beautiful shadow cast.

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