Fairy Bottles (String Lights)

What We’re Making:

Elevator Pitch:

We’ll be catching fairies in a bottle to keep by our bedside! Join the Motley Kids as you decorate a bottle full of fairy lights to use as a night light!

What We Need

Consumable Items

  • Fairy String Lights
  • 8 or 16 ounce Bullet or Boston Round bottles
  • Comic Books
  • Tissue paper squares
  • Mod Podge
  • Mod Podge Pots
  • Paper Plates
  • Mod Podge Brushes

Reusable Items

  • Scissors

Motley Kids Crates

  • Shared DIY
  • Messy Crafts Crate

How to Make It:

  1. Set up your bottle on your work tray and open the cup of Mod Podge®
  2. Dip the brush straight down about halfway into the cup. It’s a sponge so it will soak it up. 
  3. Use a dabbing motion to put a thin layer on a SMALL section of your bottle, then apply bits of paper until the glue is covered. 
  4. Dab glue onto the TOP of the paper and then use a gentle brushing motion to smooth it out.
  5. Repeat until your bottle is covered
  6. UNWRAP your lights and feed the whole string into the bottle. Check the battery door for a pull tab.
  7. Turn your lights on!

What To Pack:

What’s in your Craft Kit?

  • A tiny container of Mod Podge®
  • A sponge brush for applying it
  • A fairy bottle for you to decorate
  • Some tissue paper squares
  • A comic book to destroy
  • A set of fairy lights

What else do you need?

  • You might want some glitter (but go easy)

Bling Needed

  • Extra comic books

Motley Kids Gear

  • Aprons
  • Paper plates for drying
  • Drying rack

Please Return to Us

  • Unused comics
  • Work tray
  • Throw away your cup and brush! Cleaning them is not worth the effort, unfortunately

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