{"id":18286,"date":"2014-12-19T14:47:06","date_gmt":"2014-12-19T19:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=18286"},"modified":"2014-12-19T14:47:06","modified_gmt":"2014-12-19T19:47:06","slug":"easy-upcycling-light-bulbs-holiday-ornaments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/easy-upcycling-light-bulbs-holiday-ornaments\/","title":{"rendered":"Easy Upcycling: Light Bulbs As Holiday Ornaments"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n Since moving into my new (but quite old) home, I’ve been on a quest to replace all the light bulbs with energy-efficient LED versions<\/a>. However, in the interests of sustainability, I’ve been trying to wait until the old ones burn out before replacing them.<\/p>\n When my much-anticipated shipment of\u00a0GE Link bulbs<\/a>\u00a0arrived, however, I couldn’t contain myself any longer. I decided to upcycle my old light bulbs into Christmas ornaments, making way for the new Wi-Fi enabled LED bulbs<\/a>. I figure, the energy I save from my smart bulbs\u2014which I can schedule to turn off when I leave the house and other energy-saving scenarios\u2014more than offsets whatever small amount of life may have been left in the old bulbs.<\/p>\n I turned to Pinterest for some light bulb-into-holiday ornaments inspiration and came across\u00a0this<\/a>\u00a0fun snowman light bulb. While there are a lot of ideas for turning light bulbs into decorations out there, what I like about this one was how easy it is. Plus, it uses very few extraneous materials.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n I found almost all of what I would need to make the “snowbulbs” (as I dubbed them) lying around the house: a cardboard toilet roll, some spray adhesive, twigs and cord. I did have to buy some glitter though, and I also splurged on some black fabric paint and tiny orange pompoms for my snowman’s face and nose.<\/p>\n On the plus side, this was probably the easiest, least messy ornament I made during my family’s annual ornament-making afternoon. On the downside, it is easily the most breakable, and it’s a pretty nasty experience when they do smash on the floor\u2014put these at the top of the tree where no little hands can grab.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Directions:<\/p>\n These are so easy to make that even my three-year-old was able to do it (hers is the one on the left).<\/p>\n Happy holidays!<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n As a mother of two,\u00a0Jennifer Tuohy<\/a>\u00a0is always looking for fun upcycling projects she can do with the kids, and then share as\u00a0how-tos for The Home Depot. You can find light bulbs to create your own snowman ornaments on\u00a0homedepot.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Want new holiday ornaments for the Christmas tree? If you’v got burned-out incandescent bulbs laying around, try this easy upcycling project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":18287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[7400,7585,184,4,2110,4314,6230],"yoast_head":"\n\n