When I originally made these about 20 years ago, I used clear plastic food containers which I can no longer can find. It also works over small clear plastic bowls stapling 2 together. You will need small water bottles, colored cellophane, twist ties, and a string of white mini lights or rope light.
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What a neat idea - I love it! Thank you!
I love this idea! I hope I'll have time to make one myself this year. Check the supermarkets for clear containers. I've saved some that are the same or similar plastic to the water bottles, for sharing food with other people. Now I have another use for them! The bakery sections use small round containers for cupcakes, etc., and oblong containers for cookies, donuts, pound cakes, etc. Then there are salad containers; they have clear lids and sometimes solid bottoms. You could save two lids and connect them together.
Keep your eyes peeled as you walk the store, for sometimes you'll spot other interesting containers that can be turned into craft projects with some imagination. I saw a small Christmas tree once that was made from a stack of baby food jars turned on their sides and glued together in a tree shape (a pyramid); the lid ends were the back, and a bulb from a light string was threaded into each jar through a hole in the lid. It was really cute, so I saved baby food jars (no kids, I fed the food to sickly cats), but I have yet to make my own jar tree!
Thanks for the photo! I was having a hard time visualizing!
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