DIY Eyeball String Lights

Last week my husband and I were checking out some of the pop-up Halloween stores and I saw these eyeball lights that I thought were pretty cool, but not for $10. They looked easy enough to make and I already had a ton of string lights, so I though I'd give it a shot.

This was actually a super easy and fast craft, I think I finished the first set of lights in under hour.

Ping pong balls (white, any size is fine, I used these).

Epoxy/some kind of adhesive

Micro string lights (and batteries)

Sharpies (ultra fine point in black, blue, red, orange, yellow, etc.)

Craft knife

The ping pong balls came with little holes on the sides so I used a small pair of scissors to make the holes large enough for the lights to get through. If you make the holes too big, you can add a little glue to secure them.

You can string the eyeballs onto the lights before or after you decorate them. I put some on blank and then colored on the eyes, and others I had already colored and added later.

First I make a circle in whatever color you want for the iris. Then put in a black dot, smaller black circle, or pointed oval (for cats eyes). Next I put a black circle around the iris and then used a thin red marker to draw the veins. I didn't put veins on the cats eyes, they didn't seem to need it.

After all of the eyes are decorated and strung, test your lights and hang your masterpiece up! I haven't decided where these lights will go, but they will go somewhere in my classroom---probably near the windows so they can freak out people at night :)

Another way to use these eyeballs is to stick them in a large plastic holiday ornament or in a clear bottle.