36 Clever String Light Ideas
Indoor Ideas
Recycle your old cans into cute lamps or nightlight. // Casa De Colorir
Decorate your walls with your favorite constellations. These teeny tiny battery operated LED string lights are great for this project!// Offbeat Home and Life
For an easy way to highlight favorite pictures, hang lights in rows down a wall and use clothespins to attach photos to the strings. // Sweet and Sour Kids
This glowing artwork is totally doable with a blank canvas and some lights. //Apartment Therapy
Drape string lights between layers of fabric – in front of a window, glass door, indoor doorway or wall – for a soft and ethereal decoration. You could use regular sheer curtains like these from Pier 1 or simple tulle layers you can get at the craft store.// bugaboo blog
Spell a meaningful word in lights across your walls. // Architecture and Design
Have a nook, hallway, small entry or other little space? Cover the ceiling completely with string lights for a magical look. // Nest of Posies
Create a little mood lighting in your bedroom with a light up headboard. // Shelterness
Ways to Dress Your Lights Up
Make an origami garland. // Guusje’s Appeltaart
Cut out flowers from tissue paper of different colors, cut a slit and slip them over the lights and fluff them up. Voila! Instant party! // Grow Creative
Wrap ribbons around each light to create rose buds. // Brit+Co
Use scrap fabric to make a lighted rag garland. Use neutral colors and patterns for a year round look, or match it to any holiday you want. // Remodelaholic
Turn plain white ping pong balls and colored lights into a string of colored glowing globes. // say yes
These “firecracker lights” are made from tissue paper strips cut into fringes and crinkled. // Brit+Co
Painted egg cartons make convincing orchids. Make a “vine” of pretty, light-up purple flowers. // a Todo Confetti
This sweet star garland is easy to create and would make a lovely addition to a nursery or child’s bedroom. // Mon Makes Things
Up your pennant bunting with this lighted version! Create cones out of paper using the free template and punch letters of your choice. Spell out holidays, names, initials or other meaningful words. // Once Wed
Create some mini polka dot colored lanterns with your trash! Just punch holes in toilet paper tubes and line with tissue paper, then attach to string lights with wire. // Just Crafty Enough
