LED lightbulb ornament

The festive lights this time of the year are my favourite, I could watch blinking lights and sip on hot chocolate by a roaring fire all evening. So when it came time to contribute to Robot Lover's 2011 Instructables Advent Calendar I knew just what to make. My own lighted ornament, of course!

Using an old burnt out incandescent bulb and a handful of blinky LED's you can make your own custom glass ornament. This project is easily be made and can be customized with almost any kind of embellishments to make it totally unique. 

Enough talk, let's make!

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Step 1 Tools + materials

tools: soldering gun glue gun hacksaw or rotary tool screwdriver or pokey tool safety goggles / face shield drill .

materials: button cell battery LED's incandescent light bulb glitter white glue chopstick paperclip

Comments

[agis68]

love it

[NightHawkInLight]

That's really nice looking ornament. Nice photo too.

[Israelilusb]

Grande ideia!, para Reciclagem de Lâmpadas. Parabéns pelo Invento.

[mikeasaurus]

Gracias!

[depotdevoid]

Nice ornament! Is there video of the finished product?

[mikeasaurus]

With no tree for me this year I think this ornament would look 'naked' without friends to hang out with. Maybe I'll hunt for a tree covered with ornaments and sneak mine in there and take a video.

[ChrysN]

Cool ornament, I like the addition of glitter.

[canucksgirl]

This looks fantastic mikeasaurus! Great close up photos too.

Very clever!

[Robot Lover]

Great re-use of light bulbs! I like it!

[fjordcarver]

I want to hollow out a light bulb!! Twinkly.