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make your own sinking LED candles tealights
tim_n
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I know that some of you look for LED lights for the table. These are _not_ difficult to make yourself.
I used a similar idea on http://www.instructables.com/id/Beating-soapy-love-heart/ making my illuminating soap.
Just take 1 LED bulb, some sticky tape and a cr2032 battery. Sticky tape the contacts onto the bulb (they only work one way, so just test it quickly one way then the other if it doesn't light up!).
LEDs are about 70p or so (35p in some places). If you want to make them waterproof use a glue gun to cover all the contacts and the wires. The battery will last about two weeks, so it's a project for a few days beforehand.
You could try and source some cheap ping pong balls and with a bit of surgery get them in. Or pop them into balloons etc to make them prettier!
I used a similar idea on http://www.instructables.com/id/Beating-soapy-love-heart/ making my illuminating soap.
Just take 1 LED bulb, some sticky tape and a cr2032 battery. Sticky tape the contacts onto the bulb (they only work one way, so just test it quickly one way then the other if it doesn't light up!).
LEDs are about 70p or so (35p in some places). If you want to make them waterproof use a glue gun to cover all the contacts and the wires. The battery will last about two weeks, so it's a project for a few days beforehand.
You could try and source some cheap ping pong balls and with a bit of surgery get them in. Or pop them into balloons etc to make them prettier!
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