Solar Powered Rope Lights Craft

Last Updated on April 23, 2021 by Ellen Christian

Check out this solar powered rope lights craft you can make using solar LED string lights. These DIY solar garden lights are a fun garden accent.

Adding unique garden decor to your yard helps make your home look more welcoming. Have you had a chance to look at any of these front yard decor ideas?

We have been wanting to add solar lighting to our front yard since we don’t really have much for outside lighting. And, after getting some Starbright solar LED string lights, I had enough left over to make this craft. Click this link to get 15% off  Brightology Today!

Solar Powered Rope Lights

One of the reasons that I love using solar string lights is that they can be used in so many different ways. They are flexible and can be wound around a tree or a banister on your front stairs. 

You could wind them around a large planter or use them to go around your doorway. They even work as solar Christmas lights if you want to place them around a fir tree or your front windows.

Are solar string lights any good?

I love the Starbright solar lights. They are very well made and easy to use. The instructions were simple to follow and I installed them in just a few minutes. 

They are the perfect size for this solar-powered rope lights craft. Anything that is too thick will not fit properly in your Mason jar.

And, they were just the right size to wind around the banister on our porch. I love the added glow it gives the area when it’s dark outside.

Can you leave string lights out in winter?

Yes, you definitely can. These solar powered rope lights will work all year long. As long as the solar collector can receive the sunlight, the rope lights will come on. 

If you do get over 6 inches to a foot of snow, just brush the snow off the top of the collector so it can collect solar energy again. 

You can replace the flowers in these DIY solar garden lights with boughs of pine or fir to give your entrance a festive look near the holidays.

Materials for this solar powered rope lights craft

• Starbright Solar LED String Lights

• 2 garden pots – one large and one small

• Potting soil

• Flowers

• Mason jar

I chose the Starbright Solar LED String Lights because they are flexible and light up our walkway quite well. They have 150 LED lights so the results are really stunning.

How to make DIY solar garden lights

This is really simple to make and quite forgiving. You can use whatever types of pots and flowers you have on hand. If you don’t have a Mason jar, you could use a clear glass ball instead to hold the solar lights.

The Starbright Solar LED String Lights are perfect because they fit well in the jar and are very flexible.

• Fill the bottom pot with potting soil and flowers leaving a spot in the back that’s empty for the top pot.

• Fill the top pot with potting soil and flowers leaving a post in the back that’s empty for the Mason jar.

• Coil the LED String Lights inside the Mason jar and set it upside down in the top pot.

• Connect the lights to the solar connector.

If you want even more of a glow in your garden, you can wind more solar powered rope lights around the pots as well. These are some of the brightest solar rope lights I’ve seen so I think the display turned out really well.

You can use whatever type of flowers you like in this. I chose pansies because it is still quite early in the season here in Vermont. I may switch them out for geranium later in the summer.

All you’ll need to do is take off the jar with the solar powered rope lights and put in new flowers. Then, place the jar back on top.

Best solar powered rope lights

I love how easy the Starbright lights were to use. You just attach them to the solar collector and put the stake in the ground. It was such an easy way to add a bit of lighting to the area. 

And, it was all done without batteries or electricity.  Plus, it’s weather-resistant and will even work in the rain. It takes just 5 minutes to set up.

If you want to transform your outdoor living space, get your Starbright lights today. Click this link to get 15% off  Brightology Today!