How nice to have a house with a garden! After all, in the morning, having thrown on a robe, it is possible to leave to yourselves in a court yard and to take a breath of fresh air. It's also nice to have a cup of tea or a fragrant coffee, enjoying the view of a beautiful garden, or sitting comfortably in a chair on the terrace reading the morning newspaper. In the evening, as soon as the shadows begin to lurk in different parts of the garden, you can add light fabulous lighting with the help of lamps, which will help create a relaxed, calm and romantic atmosphere. Today Dekorin will tell you how to use original materials to make an original garden light with your own hands, and also show 49 photos with different versions of them.

Garden light with your own hands - backlight options

Do you want your garden to be beautiful not only in the daytime, but also in the evening? Then take care of its lighting. After all, it will help you to see the beauty of trees and flowers hidden in the darkness, give them unexpected fascinating forms, and also without obstacles will help you to move about your possessions.

As an option, you can buy a lamp in the store, but if you are a creative person with a good imagination, the best solution will be to make a garden lamp with your own hands. First, it will help you to save the budget, and secondly, you yourself choose the shape, color, material and lighting option. As lighting devices for a garden made with their own hands can be:

• garden lights and tin cans;
• garden lights and lanterns made of glass jars;
• garden light on a solar panel;
• wooden garden lamp;
• garden lights made of concrete;
• garden lamps of thick thread;
• other possible versions of garden lamps.

Garden light from a tin can with own hands

And so, how to make a garden lamp with your own hands from a tin can? To do this you will need banks, nails, a hammer, clamps for fastening, two rectangular fastened together wooden beams, small candles.

At the first stage, prepare the working surface: fix the beams and, using the clamps for fixing, fix them. This is necessary in order to save the tin can while drawing the pattern from deformation. The second step, select and apply a pattern on the paper, which will decorate the jar. Attach it to the tin (or you can use a felt-tip pen to apply the pattern to the jar directly) and put it on the piece of wood. Then, with a hammer and nails, transfer it to the lamp. The third step is to install the candles inside the tin can. It will help delicately diffuse the light through the holes. Experiment with different sizes of nails to create a unique pattern.

Note that making a lantern from such a garden lamp is easy. To do this, you must attach a simple metal wire to the bank.

Lamp with glass cans

If at home you have unnecessary ordinary glass or Masonic cans, then with their help you can make an original street lamp with your own hands. To do this, you will need candles that need to be installed inside these cans, bulbs or LEDs. As an ornament, you can use beads, ribbons, flowers and other decor elements. Note that with the help of glass cans you can create and street lighting with your hands in the form of a chandelier. To do this, you will need to place them in pre-made holes in a wooden board, or, making them lanterns (attaching a metal wire), hang with hooks on the slats.

Garden lamp on a solar battery with our own hands - do it yourself

To make a garden lamp on a solar battery with your own hands, you need:

• to purchase accumulation lamps on a solar battery;
• remove its upper part;
• in the lid of the can cut out the corresponding hole;
• wrap round tape around the lamp;
• place it in the hole in the lid;
• to twist.

If desired, you can make an attractive decor of the lamp. For example, in the form of a mushroom or a house in a marine style.

To make a street lamp with your own hands you will need an old chandelier and a top part of a light bulb that uses solar energy. Next you can view 10 amazing photos.

How to make a garden lantern with your own hands made of wood

There are many options for garden luminaires made of wood that you can make with your own hands. For example, from a stump and an LED tape. To do this, make 4-5 small vertical cuts along the stump circumference and clean them. Then insert the LED stripes into them.

Alternatively, you can cut a hole in the center of the stump and insert a collection lamp or a candle into it.

The garden lantern can be made with your own hands from branches or small dots, put together in the form of a standard lantern. At will, you can make a lantern with cut out funny muzzles. Inside such lights are installed candles.

Concrete garden lantern with your hands - spectacular garden lighting

Of concrete, you can do a lot of things, including spectacular lights for lighting the garden. To do this you will need an air balloon, concrete, paint and candles. Next on the photo shows the process of manufacturing this specimen.

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Garden lamp with a thick filament lamp

Lamps of a thick thread look albeit simple, but original. They can transform the exterior of the house and make a certain highlight in the design of the garden. Below in the photo shows the options for manufacturing such luminaires.

We decorate the garden and yard with lamps made with our own hands - 7 photos

In this section, we present to your attention 7 photos of other (not considered above) variants of making garden and street lamps with your own hands.