When I originally made these about 20 years ago, I used clear plastic food containers which I can no longer can find, it also works over small clear plastic bowls stapling 2 together, you will need small water bottles, colored cellophane, twist ties and a string of white Mini lights or rope light.
Carefully cut the cap end off of the water bottle a little tiny bit larger then the plug on the lights and do the same in center of the bottom, stretch your lights out, now thread the bottles on the lights to the middle from either end. Cut your cellophane just a little bit larger than the bottle is round and 3or 4 inches longer on either end, with a very small piece of tape, tape cellophane to bottle and use twist ties to secure it to the lights. Leaving 1 light expose between candy pieces or leave approximately 3 in. between cellophane tips, repeat alternating colors of cellophane.
Because the bottles are of various sizes I cannot give you exact measurements for the cellophane or the amount of bottles you'll need to cover a strand of lights. I always try to put the connection an extra cord inside of a bottle when connecting strands together. These can be stretched between candy canes or bushes; these are cute indoors or out
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