Fairy Light

This light idea came up right before Helloween but it's also suitable for an ambient outside lighting at some summer party or you could use it as a night light (if you use a led candle with a timer).

I call them fairy light, because they illuminate a tree very nice, like small fairies in a tree might do.

It is easy to create and looks great in a tree, bush, pergola or attached to your roof. Especially if you build more of them.

You only need a few materials:

• Thin Fabric/Cloth
• You could use whatever you like, as long as some light is getting through, e.g. Old T-Shirts, Bed sheets, whatever
• I used some nettle fabric in natural color
• A bit of thin yarn or string
• best would be a thin and transparent yarn or string
• I used fishing line
• Acrylic Baubles (reusable)
• one or more christmas baubles (from craft store or some internet shop) with a diameter bigger than your LED lights dimensions
• you could reuse them to create some christmas decorations
• I used 8cm
• Small LED lights (reusable)
• one or more LED candle lights or something similar
• if you want to install this for more than one night, it's usefull to select those with timer

Tools you need:

• a pair of scissors
• a bigger needle
• optional a cutting knife
• optional a ruler

First you need to prepare your fabric cuts. You should cut a square or rectangle with at least the doubled size of the diameter your bauble has.

Just measure your size and make a small cut in your fabric. Depending on your type of fabric you could tear down the rest of the cut. Most fabrics are able to be "cut" like this. You get a straight and direct cut automatically.

If your fabric is not able to be torn, then use a ruler and a cutter knife to get best results.

You could cut off any threads afterwards or just leave them for a more rubbish look.

Now fill the bauble with one or more LED lights and attach the hanger. Tie your string to the bauble and tie a loop on the other side (to be able to hang it somewhere later).

You need to thread the string through your fabric cut now. You could cut a small hole in your fabric before, but it looks best if you don't (depending on the thickness of your string).

In the second case take a needle, insert the loop end and thread it through the middle of your fabric.

Now you are done.

Ideally build some more and find a nice place to attach them to.

Alternatives: Feel free to experiment with everything

You could use coloured fabrics, (two or more) colour changing lights, bigger baubles with a string of lights within or bigger pieces of fabric cuts. Just try and find out what you like best.