When an old fashioned lightbulb burns out, the clear or white bulb can be reused for crafts instead of being thrown away. This is a guide about uses for incandescent lightbulbs.
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How To Recycle Old Light Bulbs
In this video Gianny shows how to reuse old light bulbs into a beautiful decoration. Be sure to check out the related videos for more creative ways to reusing things in your home.
This is a fun way to use a burnt out incandescent bulb that would otherwise be thrown out.
Approximate Time: 30 minutes
Supplies:
1 hollowed out incandescent bulb
moss, dirt, pebbles, or any fun findings from outside
a pencil or other long, narrow tool
a screw
string or thread
Instructions:
Start with an incandescent light bulb that has been previously hollowed out. There are some excellent tutorials online showing how to do this.
Take the screw and start twisting it into the threads on one side of the bulb's aluminum cap to make a small hole. Twist it back out and make another hole across from the first on the opposite side.
Fill the bulb carefully with your pebbles, then your dirt, and finally your moss and treasures.
Use the pencil to move and push things so they are arranged to your liking.
Using the holes you made in the cap of the bulb, thread your string through and tie it into a knot.
A fun craft and garden decor idea is to take old light bulbs and paint them. Glass paint is the best option but you can use spray paint as well. Once painted in a design or color of your choice take a high gage wire, I use 20 gauge copper, and wrap around the base. You can wrap some around the bulb as well, if wanted. Then you can hot glue glass stones or little trinkets on the wire. Attach to your average garden stake with wire and a bit of hot glue and plant! I make mine with wire leaves to look like flowers and even bugs. Its really just what ever you want. Beware of children though or you may have one trying to smell your table lamps!
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Questions
Here are questions related to Uses for Light Bulbs (Incandescent).
I have empty light bulbs, just normal 60W bulbs with the inside pulled out. The end is open, and I was wondering what I could do with them. Any ideas? I thought about making a candle, inside the upside-down bulb, but there's not enough oxygen that gets into it. Any ideas would be appreciated! I'm sure there's something really cool I could do with them.
About the lightbulbs, I just saw them hanging upside down with flowers in them. Maybe you could also root plants in them too, hanging from limbs in the trees. Don't know about making candles, hopefully someone does for that sounds cool.
This is a fun way to use a burnt out incandescent bulb that would otherwise be thrown out. 
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