By now, many of us have switched to CFL light bulbs, but if you still have an incandescent bulb or two, you're just steps away from a cool little terrarium, aquarium, bud vase, or other creative reuse project. You might also collect bulbs from family members and friends (buy them a CFL in exchange and you'll be doing even more good!). Or hop over to Etsy, where a number of sellers offer readymade versions.
FIRST ROW
• 1 Mixed Moss Terrarium – $16 from Etsy seller MossTerrariums
• 2 Bud Vase – DIY instructions at ReadyMade
• 3 Tiny Terrarium – DIY instructions at The Hipster Home
• 4 Hanging Vases – DIY instructions at Care2
• 5 Valentine – DIY instructions at Design*Sponge
SECOND ROW
• 6 Greenhouse – DIY instructions at Instructables
• 7 Aquarium – $20 from Etsy seller SagesLeaf
• 8 Bud Vase – Spotted by AT:SF in Mexico
• 9 Edison Air Planter – $7.95 from Etsy seller chicweed
• 10 Ship In a Bottle – DIY instructions at Instructables
TeamDroid also has good instructions for how to Hollow Out A Light Bulb.
(Images: MossTerrariums, Marty Baldwin/ReadyMade, Julie/The Hipster Home, Veronica Peterson/Care2, Kate Pruitt/Design*Sponge, Instructables, SagesLeaf, Danielle Henderson, chicweed, Instructables)
Originally published 2010-07-01
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Really love all of these ideas!
I always love these but I think I'd have to go out an buy light bulbs if I wanted to make one!
that shadow in the aquarium better not be a fish or I will cry as that fish is probably long dead.