On balmy summer evenings you can sit comfortably on the balcony and terrace. It gets even more cozy with candlelight. You can design the tea light holders yourself – as an upcycling project.
Cologne – For most people, empty tuna cans simply end up in the garbage. It shouldn’t look much different with bottle caps or broken broomsticks.
But for the DIY Academy, these are all things that can also be used to make balcony and terrace lighting, such as a tealight holder on a stick.
For this you need said washed tuna can, an empty glass that fits into the can, bottle caps, an old broomstick or alternatively a bamboo stick, a long screw (four by 40 millimeters), colored spray paint and primer. Also tools: a cordless drill, clamps and a handsaw.
Drill a hole in the can and stem
The first step is to straighten the crooked ends of the broom handle with a saw and shorten the handle to the desired length – so that the tea light holder can later be easily placed in the bed or in a flower pot. The best way to do this is to clamp the handle to a table, advises the DIY Academy.
Now drill a hole through the stem, can and crown cap and insert the screw from above into the can and through the crown cap. This must be held with the prongs pointing upwards. Then carefully twist the can and crown cap into the stick.
Tea lights go in the glass
Now the can is put into a bucket by the stick and treated with primer and paint spray. If everything is dry: off with the glass in the tuna can. With a tea light, both become a balcony or patio light.
By the way: You can also make a table light out of the empty glass with a little less effort. To do this, cut the newspaper so that it can be wrapped around the glass. Then cut a motif into the newspaper, for example a heart or a star. Now put the paper around the glass and fix it with tape. To hide the side edges, two strips of colored decorative tape can be glued on top and bottom. Now: Put the tealight in the glass – and light it. dpa
