making garden string lights using plastic bottles...

Step 1 cut off the top of the water bottle just above the label carefully using a sharp pair of scissors.

Cut slits all the way up to the top going all the way around. Spacing them to create petals. You can cut many slits or just four to create different types of flowers.

Bend each plastic petal backwards to create a flower. First do each one individually and then press down gently and carefully on the entire flower.

You have created your basic flower shape! Now you can choose to keep it as it is or shape your petals to resemble the flower of your choice. Think sunflowers, daisies any favorite flower!

Paint your flowers! We took this opportunity to learn about mixing two or more colors to create new colors:) of course we created a lavender flower!

This part is definitely for a grown-up! With a sharp pair of scissors poke a hole in to the top of the lid. Be careful to start with a small size and try out the size of your light which you will be poking through this little hole. don't go too big because you can't go backwards! I just double by simply moving the scissors around carefully in it to make it a little bigger if you need to.

Carefully poke your Christmas lights into the hole.

Will look like this from the front!

We used all different sorts of bottles to create beautiful shaped flowers...everything from large size water bottles to create large flowers to orange juice bottles! Get creative! We originally saw this genius idea on you tube, at https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xa1wcNOORpM We modified just a bit by using all sorts of plastic bottles to create different sizes and shapes!

We found this project here, Thanks to this you tube crafting genius who posted this project! htps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xa1wcNOORpM