It’s no secret that Americans love drinking wine. In fact, the United States is the world’s largest consumer of wine. However, when you finish your bottle of wine, don’t rush to the recycling bin. Instead, you can be putting that wine bottle to good use! This article will give you some creative ways to use your empty wine bottles!
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Floating Candles
Turn an empty wine bottle into a floating candle by following these steps. First, clean out your empty wine bottle and remove any labels or glue residue using hot soapy water, rubbing alcohol, or another commercial adhesive remover product. Then, find a thick candle such as a pillar candle that will closely fit inside your wine bottle. Place the candle into the wine bottle and light the candle. Your floating candle is complete! You can also decorate your wine bottle to match the season or holiday, but be sure to keep an eye on your candle so it doesn’t burn down too far!
Drip Irrigator
Turn an empty wine bottle into a drip irrigation system by following these steps. Remove the cork from your empty wine bottle, and remove the label. Make small holes in the top of your cork that go all the way through. Fill your wine bottle with water and place the cork back into the mouth of the wine bottle. Then place the bottle cork down into your flower pot. This will create a drip irrigation system where you can water all of your plant’s roots from the bottom up!
Wind Chimes
Use empty wine bottles as wind chimes! Find an old-fashioned hook that can be easily attached to the neck of your wine bottle, and hang it wherever you want. Then remove the cork from the top of the wine bottle, and fill it with something light so that the wind can easily make it shake. Bottle caps or coins are good things to put inside your wine bottle.
Wine Bottle Lights
Remove the cork from an empty wine bottle, but leave the metal cage. Layout LED lights in a pattern of your choice on a flat surface, and insert the LED light cord into the bottle through the cage. Then hang up your wine bottle lamp wherever you want! This is a nice way to have a unique design for Christmas lights or party lights.
Storage Container
Use an empty wine bottle to hold pencils, pens, and paintbrushes. Fill the wine bottle with whatever you want; if you are using it for paintbrushes or pens, it’s best to fill your wine bottle about halfway with sand so that the brushes or pens have room to stand up in the wine bottle. Then decorate your wine bottle to match the contents inside.
Flower Vase
Clean your empty wine bottle and fill it with water, and place a few flowers into the mouth of the bottle. You can also decorate your wine bottle if you want! However, be careful not to leave your flowers for long periods in direct sunlight because this will cause water evaporation.
Message In A Bottle Art
Turn an empty wine bottle into a message in a bottle by following these steps. First, remove the label from your wine bottle and clean out the inside of the bottle using hot soapy water. Then fill the bottle with whatever you want, like sand and unique rocks. Write a message on your favorite writing paper and roll it up tightly. Feed one end of your rolled-up message through the hole in the neck of the wine bottle. Put the cork back into the mouth of the bottle, and now you have a cool message in a bottle!
Terrarium
Boil a pot of water and hold your empty wine bottles over the steam for 5-10 seconds to sanitize them. Then, use a funnel to fill up the wine bottle with dirt, sand, soil, or pebbles until about 1/3 of the wine bottle is full. Plant seeds in your terrarium using tweezers or your hands, and then water them frequently until the seeds begin to germinate. Finally, put your wine bottle terrarium somewhere where it will get direct sunlight!
Twinkle Lights
Use string lights in another way by putting them inside your empty wine bottles! First, remove the labels from your wine bottle and clean it out. Place the string lights inside the wine bottle and push it as far down as you can while still keeping some space between each light. Decorate your bottle however you want to match the season or time of year, and then turn it on when you want to add some light!
Lamp
Remove the metal cage from the top of your cork. Next, drill a hole through the sidewall of the bottle at a slight angle. Take apart an old lamp into its individual pieces, and reassemble them with electrical tape or another kind of strong adhesive. Then, insert your light bulb through the hole in your wine bottle, and reassemble the final product! This is a great way to turn an empty wine bottle into a unique lamp.
Conclusion
There are so many different things that you can do with an empty wine bottle, as long as there is no limit to your imagination! Go ahead and try these creative ways to use your empty wine bottles. With a little bit of work and time, you can easily turn an old, useless wine bottle into something fabulous! Be careful when attempting any of these ideas involving cutting the glass, and make sure you are using the proper tools for the job!
