DIY Valentine's Bottle Lights - To Brighten Your Home

I can't get enough of those cork wine bottle lights. I have one set that I use all year round. Now that it's coming to February, I've made some Valentine's bottle lights with them.

I love to light up my mantle on these dark winter nights with lights. One of the easiest ways to do this is with upcycled bottle lights. I put the Christmas bottle lights away with the rest of the Christmas decorations a couple of weeks ago.

The mantle looked a bit bare, so I thought I'd make more seasonal lights, this time for Valentine's day.

My birthday falls on Valentine's day, so I like to decorate the home for this holiday as I also feel I'm decorating for myself.

Valentine's decorations also add a bit of cheer to the home during the dark winter months, especially if they involve lights.

This is a very affordable upcycled Valentine's craft. I used empty bottles left over from the festive Christmas drinks, and cork lights are very cheap. I have been using the same cork lights for a couple of years.

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What You Need

• Old glass bottles - I used some cute small Gin cocktail bottles I had leftover from Christmas. Any clear glass bottle will do.

• Cork wine bottle lights
• Valentine's stickers - I got a packet of foam heart stickers in assorted sizes from my local pound/dollar store.
• Red and pink spray paints
• Valentine's washi tape

How To Make Valentine's Bottle Lights

Step 1: The first thing to do is to wash the bottles in hot soapy water and remove all labels.

Step 2: Then, randomly stick Valentine's foam stickers on each bottle. I liked to use hearts of assorted sizes.

Step 3: Once the bottles are covered with enough stickers, paint them. I spray-painted two bottles red and two bottles pink.

Red and pink are the two colours I associate with this holiday and would be suitable for Valentine's bottle lights. (For the Halloween holiday, I spray painted my bottles black and orange.)

Step 4: Once the paint on the bottles has completely dried, carefully peel off the foam stickers. If the stickers don't come off quickly, try soaking the bottles in hot water first.

Step 5: Next, to make Valentine's bottle lights look more festive, I covered the top of the cork wine bottle lights with tape.

Wrap the plastic cork on top of the lights with some tape printed with hearts or another Valentine's design.

Finally, all left to do is pop a cork bottle light into the top of each bottle and switch them on.

I like to make a group of these Valentine's bottle lights and display them together.

These Valentine's bottle lights aren't the only illuminated Valentine's decorations I have made. Check out these other festive light decorations.

String art neon heart sign: Another very affordable Valentine's decoration to brighten the mantle.

How about these fun heart string lights? These are made with sharpies and shrink plastic—a fun Valentine's craft for the kids.

Check out these other upcycled Valentine's crafts and DIYs for the home.

Or how about some gorgeous vintage Valentine's images to print?

These Valentine bottle lights featured under B in my A to Z of clever upcycling ideas.