With just a couple of weeks to go until Valentine’s day, now is the time to start crafting, and if you’re looking for a quick, cheap and easy way to jazz up your decor for Valentine’s or Galentine’s, then this DIY Heart Ping Pong Lights idea might be just what you’re looking for!
I try hard not to buy craft materials too often, and so before I throw anything away, I always ask myself if it is something I can use to make something else. It’s not always possible, but when it is, it’s so satisfying to know that I’ve managed to get a little bit more use out of something that would otherwise just be adding to our waste. Recently, I was going through a bag I found from a sports-themed hen party I had helped arrange for one of my best friends, and I stumbled across a whole lot of ping pong balls. We got good use out of a few of them at the party itself; using them for ‘wine pong’, a less sensible version of ‘beer pong’, and so aside from some of them being a little grubby, they were pretty much brand new. It seemed a shame to throw them away, which was when it occurred to me that I could use them with some battery-powered LED lights, to create some decorative lights for Valentine’s. They turned out much better than I was expecting them to, and I’ve pictured them here with last years DIY Heart Piñata and DIY Paper-cut Heart Wall Art. Keep reading to find out what I used and how I made them...
Ping Pong Balls
LED Fairy Lights
Copper Paint
Craft Knife