SOLAR LIGHT HACKS | Amazing things you can do with Dollar Store solar lights
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- Опубліковано 21 кві 2020
- Sharing these $1 Dollar Tree DIY solar light life hacks for the yard, deck, patio, front porch - wherever! Add some affordable outdoor lighting with only a few steps. Thanks for watching!
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You can double the brightness of the light with a makeup compact mirror. Place the mirror in the bottom of the container. The light from above shines down onto the mirror and the glow becomes multiplied.
Retired at last- GREAT IDEA!!!👍
Aluminum foil
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Your welcome unappreciative BIT
@@londonuntergunther252 ❤I like that idea 💕🤗
Thats awesome
I bought a really pretty jar and put the light inside. I put it at my brothers graveside and my mom was really happy
I love that idea, I am going to do that for my best friend’ gravesite. Thanks for sharing, God bless.
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What a beautiful idea!
Can I ask did you put anything inside? My friends husband died in 2020. The anniversary is comung up I woukd really like to do something special for her to put in the grave
Brilliant!
After placing them in flower pots I spread them strategically around my yard to help my elderly dog navigate better at night. We thank you!
Awww! What a gr8t idea‼️❤️🐾
How sweet of you to love your dog like that. Please give your pup a scratch behind the ears for me and God bless you!
@@moescuervo Great idea! A pot full of soil or gravel will give better height for a 'dog's eye view'. Thanks!
Glynnis Thomas Thank you. I will.
So sweet, thoughtful.
I have been sooo impressed with these lights. Bought five last year. Figured I’d be lucky if they lasted a month. One year later, they are still going strong. Lasted through rain and sleet and -30 degree weather. Still going... WOW.
Mine too! I was shocked because of our long MN winter! Amazing!
Same!
I did the one w/the broomstick...I put a few in some large pot plants and dropped morning glory seeds in....(did this last spring!) If I only could show the pics..I had purple morning glory s climbing all the way up to the top..IT WAS GORGEOUS!!
Great idea! Thanks
@@jessicaparks7604 me too, love flowers
I want to see..have snapchat?
Oh! I have purple morning glories seeds from my friends house to plant this spring, guess I have a new idea to light them 😊 thank you.
Thanks so much for this add-on hack! I need to repot a climbing vine, & this is perfect! 🌻🥀🌻
If you place the jars on round mirrors ( $1.00 or less depending on the size at most craft stores) they will illuminate even more,
Awesome idea Sis 💡 👏 👌 👍
They have those little mirror squares. Would that work?
Awesome idea thank you
👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾 hey thanks!
Great IDEAL!!! 😊 Thx
THANK YOU!!!! I've made several cute lights to use as night lights for my bathrooms. I use several across each room & hang one from a closed door in the hall near my kids' room. I have a big flower pot on the front porch (in full sun), and each morning I walk around with a DT basket and collect the light portion. then I take them outside and put them back on the "stems" that have been planted in the pot. In the evening I go out and harvest my light crop, haha! The small crackled glass jars are also super cute with the light top in them. Thanks again!!!
This is awesome! I am so glad Angela!
Necessity is the mother of invention, Very very cool, I am 70 years old I was a pipewelder for 30 years I love to tinker with things. This is too cool Love it⚘⚘⚘✌✌✌
Pipe holder for electrical conduit fit the base perfectly. I have them on my wheelchair ramp
Great idea!
I literally walked around DT trying out the solar lights in various glass jars & re-listening to this video. I settled on the hanging light in silver & also plan to give those as gifts. Thank you putting this together.
So you pulled out all the little plastic things that keep the battery from dying ...
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That's my plan exactly
I'm going to use the shower curtain hook to place several around the umbrella pole on the patio table...lights without taking up table space.
Another great idea x
Make sure they get enough light during the day. You will have to take them out of the rings and put them in the sunlight to charge.
Ohhhhh good idea!!!! I had some of those little twinkle solar lights and wanted to put them on my outdoor umbrella but couldn't figure out how to place the solar panel so that it could charge it regardless if the umbrella was open or closed....solved!!!! Thank you for this idea, can't wait to try it out!!!!!
I never would have thought to do such cool, artistic things with jars and solar lights from Dollar tree.
*VIDEO UPDATE:* Please don't throw away your old Dollar Tree solar lights, the battery inside them is replaceable. There is a single AAA NiCd 1.2V rechargeable battery inside each one and it can easily be accessed and replaced using a small screwdriver. (They sell a small screwdriver set at the Dollar Tree in the auto aisle.) Also, in the video, I mentioned using E6000 to glue the lights in place, but instead, I would recommend using hot glue or a semi-permanent glue, so you can access the battery when it dies. Thank you so much for watching!
ChicOnTheCheap thanks for the tip!
But where do you find replacement AAA solar batteries? I can only find AA.
Bulbs and Batteries Plus sells the AA and AAA solar batteries in 4 packs for $10.00
How did you attach the ring to the board?
@@lelindafaulk5335 You can use E6000 or another permanent glue, or you can use wire to attach the ring to a wire fence if you have one. Thanks so much for watching!
Love these ideas. I've been considering buying a bunch of these lights in case of power outages, but didn't like the way they would look sitting in my windows. With some of the bottle and jar ideas, you've solved this for me. Thank you!
Yes forward this viddie to texas who are expecting more power outages this year.
It is crazy how well these fit on every glass/vase/jar at DT.... its like they knew😳🤣
I hot glued the shower hooks to trees at our cabin going down the very long driveway to show the curve and have the lights welcoming us. Love it!!
Love this
Your definitely gonna get me some brownie points with the wife! Thank you for this video. New subscriber here 🙋♂️
Omg what I great video, I could not believe all those ideas wow. I don't see how people give thumbs down, it is genius. I guess no matter what you cannot make some people happy. I love the video.
Thank you!
Because it’s literally one “hack” just different jars
@@mmkay3296 are you one of the thumbs down, since you had the reason for them? She did more than put them in different jars. She had several different ideas of what to do with them, instead of just placing them on a table.
Some people give videos a thumbs down without watching or knowing what the videos about. They have nothing better to do.
Because they're dumb girlfriend. This vid took my backroom porch to whole different level Boop!
You just took a 1.00 item and turned it into a 7.00 item. Love these
The cutting board gave me an idea - what about using the Dollar Tree patterned metal serving trays instead of bamboo? It will magnify the light.
Oooo! The dollar tree silver party platter - great ideas here lol
Add glow-in-the-dark pebbles (available at most craft stores) and they still glow after the solar light battery is dead for the night.
great idea :)
How long does the light part last at night?
wow didn't even realise you could purchase glow in the dark pebbles! such a great idea :)
Glow in the dark pebbles are available at Grocery Outlet.
@@notforthefaintcrafted9725 beware of the ‘shiny’ effect on small kids with the pebbles , mine gradually disappeared over time... I also then realised the lovely collection I now had of ‘diamonds’ my son had given to me when he came home from school had actually been decorating a neighbours pebbled area in front garden & he passed by twice a day when he walked to school! 🙈🙈🤣
I’ve been trying to come up with an idea for table lighting for and evening outdoor event and this is exactly the inspiration I needed! Thank you!!
Wow, these are great ideas. I use these solar lights in our garden. I can not wait to try these crafts. Thanks.
I love how there are so many different ways to decorate with solar lights. I've recently made stained glass solar lights. I just buy the solar stake lights and I take off the clear plastic parts and paint them with acrylic inks. Once they're completely dry, I put the lights back together and stick them in ground. I did green lights for the front yard but I'm thinking about doing blue for the back yard. It's a really fun project and it's worth it because I have pretty colors lighting up at night.
Oooooooo thank you I love this idea I love different color lights 😁
@@elizabethatherton5526 You're welcome.
If you add aluminum foil, the shiny side out, on The cutting board you can increase the light amount given off by the solar light.
LOL, I Just did that to some that are on my steps. Traced the back, did a little triming, glue, and bam!
@Beumadine Sweevy 🤣 Led lights are not Ultra Hot. Especially not these ones. You can use the Aluminum foil for a hat though!
@@davideinwechter5985 David, she wasnt doing that for temperature control it was for reflectivity. Derp.
@@TheWestlandgirl Derpp duh derp. My reply was to someone talking about heat. see my @. They must've deleted their comment. Derp.
@@davideinwechter5985 The phrases “”Conspiracy Theory!”, “Tin Foil Hat”, “Satanic Panic”, “False Memory Syndrome”, “You Must Live In Your Mother’s Basement”, “Don’t Breed”, “Seek Help”, “Take Your Meds”, “Put Down The Crack Pipe”, “Nutter”, blah, blah, blah are just very childish attempts at damage control by using tired, old, worn out Cointelpro and Tavistock phrases and tactics that are so last-century, (seriously, they’ve been around since Kennedy, and the tactics are as old as the hills), and no one is falling for it anymore. Anyone still using those phrases or childish mockery tactics either didn’t get the memo, or is one of them...same goes for all derogatory words. It shows either a lack of intellect, a lack of any real argument, or collusion and conspiracy with the perpetrators.
I use the mason jars, and hang them at different levels all over the back yard.
This would look sweet if you attach a rope/string to the jars and hang them in a tree at different levels
What size mason jars? Thanks!
Loved this video so much that I took several photos so I can remember your clever combinations. My favorite was the shepherd hook with the glass with the wire hanger.
The 3 foot tall light would be a great way to mark the mailbox in all this snow.
So doing this shower curtain hooks, I have been wanting to put solar lights on my front porch and now you’ve just gave me the how. Thank you!
How do you attach the shower rings to wood like a fence or something?
How did the shower curtain rings attached to the board? Glue?
I have huge back yard and very dark so I put a light at each post around my chain link fence. Stuck it in with the stake in-between the fence to hold. Its even with the post. They look like little lanterns all around the entire fence at night.
Great idea!
I just revisited this video for new inspiration. You totally turned me on to the Dollar Tree solar lights last year! I made the lights with dollar tree containers and the glass beads for our deck. My bed bound mother's bed looks out onto the deck, and she loved looking out at those at night :). Thank you for helping me add a little joy to my mom's life :)!
It's nice to see people sharing their successes, nice job.
This comment section is bomb! I love crafty people. 😊 So resourceful!
Not sure why this showed up in my feed.... But SSSSSOOOOO glad it did! Great Video!
Same!
Lol, me too!
OMG!! Never thought of doing this with the Dollar Tree Solar Lights. I use them often and they last for a long time. Now I can make them pretty and usable on any tabletop surface while out camping. Thank you for sharing those ideas.
I'm so glad you found these solar hacks useful! I think they could be so helpful for campers. Thank you for watching!
I'm looking for lighting ideas for my outdoor wedding reception and really like this! How long do the DT lights stay lit up?
Mval1219 Love the idea of using them for camping even if it’s just to set lights so you know where things are in the dark LOL
@@creationsfromthetable5291 oh and if you have a tent they -and the battery operated strings with leaves or flowers fit perfectly at the part at the top of the tent!
Omg I’ve watched this over and over I am obsessed with solar lights! I love all your ideas!! Thanks for sharing ❤️
One year later...this is STILL one of the best Dollar Store "hack" videos EVER!
I remember my mom used to brush on clear nail polish on the solar part so when it rained they didn’t damage. It worked, kuz she had those lights for I think 2 years or so
I wonder could you resin the top
La Cristal...great idea. Your mom was thinking like a boss.
Great idea! I bought one post cap light, and rain damaged the battery and inner parts.
Those lights are good forever and ever. Just change out the batteries.
Paragon wax cheap will water proof as well..
FYI: if you can’t find the lights at Dollar Tree, Walmart has them for .97
For 3 cents less...the wasted gas makes the trip not worth it! 😆
I think she meant last resort Wal-Mart 😉 bc let's be honest who likes going in Wal-Mart? I have had some of my Dollar Tree solar lights for five years and thru 2 hurricanes.
You know, It also depends where you live and which ever is closer to you. Some of these comments are a bit snarky. I guess kindness must be alittle painful for some to do. How sad !!
@ Tammy Tallant Thank you!
@@godisawesomeasalways6004 Thanks for sharing that. I always had doubts and never bothered. You've convinced me to give them a try.
Can I just say that when I hear you giggle I smile every time! It’s contagious 😍😍
I forgot my passion for lighting, thank you for reminding me.
I have an old style chandelier that I have hung in a magnolia tree and I use these lights in it. It is beautiful.
What happens when it rains?
OMG, I have a chandelier hanging outside that we use the DollarTree tea lights, time for an upgrade!
I tried something similar, but the solar lights don't get enough sun, especially once the tree leaves grow in.
Or you can hang it lower to the ground but you'd bump your head on it.
I may move the chandelier to a sunnier location this year...
Oooh. LiCeky. I love Mag- nolias!
I did that as well 👍🏼
Wowieeee, those ideas are stinkin’ cute! Everyone you showed us was better and better!! Can’t wait to get out and get to DT!! Thank you for your brilliant ideas!
Blessings from a cold n windy NYC! 😘😷
Thank you so much Phyl!
Did u find these kites in nyc
Phyl T right? It is starting to warm up here in Michigan and I’m hoping to get to dollar tree sooner rather than later.
The outdoor jar on a hook is an excellent idea!!!
Genius ideas!! I buy those lights at Walmart for 97 cents each, I use them on the top of my deck posts, but I love the colored glass vases with the light!
I've seen the solar lights in the Dollar Tree and thought they were useless...you proved me wrong, way wrong. 💵🌳💡 👌
The lights that Ive bought in the past have lasted for years. I love them.
A good emergency light for kids instead of a candle
@Beumadine Sweevy so does the sun but you don't look into it. YOUR RETINAS WILL BE OK
Great as a kid’s trick or treat safety light in the evening!
@Beumadine Sweevy use a translucent bottle like milk jug to encase the light. It softens the light
Yes, here in South Florida, I consider them an essential Hurricane supply!
I love this hack video. I went with one of the first ones. The simple clear vase with the blue stones to accent our front door steps. Very cool! Thanks Sarah!
These are perfect for gravesides. I like to have light beside the flowers on my mother's grave. Makes it so pretty. 🙂
I got my solar lights at the Tree and I’m starting to solar light up my life
It worked!! The lights in the jar look beautiful in my yard. Thanks for the amazing hack. Keep'em coming.
I replaced the stock led with a super bright high output white, red, blue, green, yellow or multi auto changing color led on some of the lights.
Really cool to experiment with.
Also good to light up no trespass or beware of dog signs.
You can disassemble them and put in a rechargeable d cell in external holder and they last forever.
I'm gonna try this idea with a wine bottle because I've made hobby lights in wine bottles as lamps and given them to friends and family. Thanks for the inspiration.
Awesome ideas! I just bought a bunch of these for disaster prepping. When the power goes out, go pluck them out of the ground, bring inside and arrange in a vase like flowers for instant light. Your ideas of putting them in jars or skinny vases has my brain thinking of yet better ways to use them inside for power outages. Love these ideas! Thanks for sharing!!!
Emila Smith ooh, Great idea! Even for decor that would be cute!
Great minds think alike
how much light do they really put out?? can you actually see if they are outside or are they just cute? I also am disaster prepping, but also need to do some lighting on one side of my house..at night its pitch black you can not see anything but i cant afford to install regular lighting.
The hanging idea...mind blown! so cute and easy, will be using that this summer for sure
I picked these up yesterday from dollar tree needed light for yard. So glad I came across your channel. Ty so much can't wait for them to open so I can get the containers and use your brilliant ideas.
Wow, what a bunch of awesome Ideas! Thanks so much!!!
Damnnnn I was just at DT yesterday wish I saw this before. I would have stocked up on the solar lights. How amazing. Never would have thought of this
You have me looking at everything in my house saying "will you work, will you work?" They all say"Yes!"
Ruth Durham hahaha that's awesome.
I've been doing the exact same thing throughout the whole video 😅
Haha you were like me before this video - and there are so many household items and bottles they fit into as well! Thanks so much for watching!
Me too Ruth 😂😅
Ruth Durham LOL! That’s hilarious! But I’m so doing the same!
Thanks for the tips cause my dog shredded my solar light into pieces so now I am going to use the broom stick method that you mentioned in the video 🙏🏾💜
These are fantastic! Thank you! These also work great if you bring them inside when the electricity goes out. Keep them outside charging all the time, and when the lights go out, you can bring them in and have wonderful lighting!
We made hanging lights with Goodwill glass lampshades, but this opens a whole world of possibilities. Thx for sharing 🌷
Thank you. I love this! I had never seen any of these options and really like them. I’m so glad you showed how they look lit up at night.
I love the shower ring hack best! But the whole video was good!!
Wow - this is amazing! I can’t even decide which one I want to make! They are all great - and the fact that those things got in so many dollar tree vases/jars/bottles…..coincidence??? I need to watch the video a couple more times and try to choice one or two ideas, then make a trip to Dollar Tree. Woohoo! Love Dollar Tree!
Totally awesome ideas!!! I love the light on top of the sweeper handle for height!!! Ours always get lost in our yard in spring when the bushes grow. This way they'll be above the bushes!! Seriously, great ideas!! Thank you so much!!!
Thank you so much Lorraine!
All pretty! I love the look of solar lights. And they don’t add to my electric bill. Great ideas for out door grad parties, birthday parties, etc. Could even be used inside for wedding receptions etc. Ty.
I am so impressed!!! I've just got done this evening spending the alot of money the last 2 days at Dollar Tree but now I can't wait to go back and try some of these solar lights!!!
You can decorate any sort of bottle, jar, or glass for your solar light with your hot glue gun.
Just dribble as thin a stream as you can get from your hot gun onto the inside of your container. The result looks like cracked glass and can help to diffuse the light. If your container, or in my case, the four sided lantern light from Walmart has plain clear plastic "windows," the dribbled glue actually makes the light seem brighter because of the way the glue picks up the light and spreads it better than the tiny pin point of the single LED.
Great idea for inside lights during an outage!
Pretty neat and being on a budget I can do this to make my yard look beautiiful! Thanks
Lady you ROCK!!!!...OMG was just standing in my (huge) backyard yesterday thinking I wish I can afford pretty solar lighting....but how and where do I put them. Above all that I just knew it was going to cost me a fortune. I'm so stoked and inspired. I had a few of the materials needed already just hanging around my house all this time...thank you so much so glad I stumbled across your channel yay! ❤
Those are so DUH, however, I had never thought of any of those ideas. That’s why I love your site, you think totally out of the box. You have such great ideas from the Dollar Tree, that never look like they are from there!!! AND I love your smile it’s very uplifting. 😊
I have a feeling those solar lights are going to start flying out of the stores. Thanks for some great ideas
Melissa Perillo I think so too! I know I will be buying some LOL
Order them from ther website
Well if u live in Brooklyn go to 1562 Fulton st they always have a lot of solar lights!!!
They've been selling them for years now and if you don't buy them in the early spring you'll miss out by May/ June here in my area. They sell out quick!
Dollar tree lights are garbage
I have a couple of little $Tree solar lights in our front yard which are still going strong after almost three years...
Really mine never last but maybe a year if on my covered porch but the rest of the yard maybe a month
My dollar store lights lasted so much longer than the more expensive ones.
@@bakerdestyni3757 it's probably the cheap batteries that come with them. I bought some rechargeable ones from Amazon that work well.
I love all the things you do with solar lights they are so pretty. I will try to do some for my place.
Amazing. I'm moving soon and already planing my new back yard. I can wait to try some of these 🤩 thank you! Subscribed 👍
Pure genius. Thank you and I am sharing to all my friends, ( after I have been to Dollar Tree and gotten mine!). Lol
Oooooooo! I never thought about doing these!! Sometimes they have fancy tops for the solar lights too depending on the season. I’m going to try these soon!
Rewatching again. So many ideas
20 seconds into your video...love this thank you for sharing
This is so great I’m doing my back yard and I would have never thought Of this thanks for the hack 😊
I used the bamboo stick from my scarecrow. Co cute 💕
I really love the outdoor
Light thank you
I absolutely LOVE the pumpkin face 🎃! I will be doing this for EVERY holiday!!
Wow I never thought to use them that way. Pure genius. TFS and I will definitely be using these ideas. 👍
Thank you so much Phyllis!
Running to DT now to scoop up a fee more of these bad boys for my patio. I've already put them all around my tree beds in the front. Now it's time to have some fun in the backyard.
Those ideas are going to work great for my Wizard of Oz garden! I have a lot of the green bottles that create the Emerald City. Having it lit up at night will be awesome!
I would love to hear your ideas for that !! :)
@@suejames735 I want to try and light up the green bottles I have using the solar light tips like she did in her video. If I ever get to it I will post a pic.
years ago i took the lights and put them in a jar or whatever and used them for night lights inside the house at night. works as nitelights throught the house, then when morning comes put the lights back outside to charge back up love your ideas. very beautiful.
I always look at the solar lights and pass them up. I won't next time I go to Dollar Tree, these are great ideas, they look great and are functional. I would have never thought of these. Thank you so much for sharing! 😊💟
Thank you for watching Michele!
I always try not to look at the solar lights because I CANT pass them up!🤣
This is my favorite "hack" I've ever seen! Thank you!
Great ideas! Rather than glue, tho, I'd use caulk to keep light in place and also keep out moisture. The tube of caulk can even be purchased at Dollar Tree. I do around my windows & doors in-between seasons.
You rock!!!! I just bought these about June, I need to do something else with them , I live in AZ where the ground is so hard!!!! Thank you for sharing!
Beautiful ideas, can’t wait to hit my dollar store and check out selection.
Oh my goodness...how marvelous!!! Love these. Who knew??? Amazing ideas. Thank you so much for sharing! Have a blessed day!! 🥰🥰
Love all of these ideas, my favorite is the shower curtain hook idea to place on a fence! Going to try this one on all four sides of fencing in my yard! Thank you!!!!
I ❤ the pumpkin light & hanging light mostest!!! 😀 Thanks for sharing!!!!
This is perfect now that summer is right around the corner and it looks like will be spending a lot of it in our backyards. 😉
Adriana Vazquez yes, exactly! Bring the camping trip to the backyard I guess LOL
Love this I’m going to do it. To funny I picked up 2 yesterday at dollar general lol. Thank you for the cute diy for my Patio 😀❤️
I'm so glad Carolyn! I hope you have fun decorating your yard with lighting!
Great ideas! I live and travel full time in my 25 foot 1994 class A motorhome with my little dog Tinkerbell filming now for a little over 2 years now. I really like some of these ideas like the 3 foot tall option and some of the littler table lighting options to light up my camp at night and look beautiful at the same time! Thank you!