My Zero Dollar DIY

 While our weather has been amazing for September and October our air quality over the last few weeks has not.  So when I would normally be spending time outside enjoying this beautiful weather, instead I'm stuck inside (and I'm sure I'm not the only one) wishing I was was outside.  All our windows are closed and the air purifiers in our house are running day and night.

Since I'm admittedly terrible at sitting still, especially when I have extra time it's no surprise that another diy was inevitable. Especially since I had been thinking of how to hide a dollars store battery light so it wont actually look like....well a dollar store light. I wanted to use the supplies I already had and not spend any extra money.

What I eventually decided to do was work with some wood rings, string or rope, cardboard, and one white plastic ring that I had kept from a roll of double sided tape. It just happened to fit perfectly around the light.

I began by cutting out a circle from a piece of white cardboard.  Using a hot glue gun I glued the wood rings around the edge of the cardboard circle. I wrapped and tied string around the rings and gluing the string all around the base to hide the glue and add some texture. I glued down the remaining excess pieces underneath so they would be hidden.  (Although it did take me a few try's to get the rings and string just the way I liked them.)

I placed the plastic ring in the centre and then the light in the middle. The plastic ring helps hide the light and the light can be used with a remote or you can push the top of the light to turn it on and off.

Over all it works pretty well with my style and it didn't cost me a thing to make.  

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