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DIY Fall Solar Light Decor

Hello! And welcome to our Dollar Tree post. These are my new favorite posts to write and create. Today I am showing you how I made DIY fall solar light decor to add to my back step by my back door.

It is super cute and really cheap plus easy to make. Although for the honest truth parts of it look a little bit cheesy but I still like it a lot and I hope you do too!

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Fall Solar Light Decor

This was a fun project and it didn’t take me very long. So, if you are looking for something easy and quick but will really pack a punch at your back door or front porch you may want to give this one a try.

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Materials Needed

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Fall Solar Light Decor

Finsihed fall Solar Light Decor for the back door

This the perfect way to create an ambient fall solar light display for your porch or back door. It was easy and fast to make and it won't break your bank either!

Prep Time 2 hours 1 second
Active Time 2 hours 1 second
Additional Time 1 hour
Total Time 5 hours 2 seconds
Difficulty Easy
Estimated Cost Less than $10

Materials

Tools

  • Hot Glue Gun and Glue Sticks
  • Paint Brush

Instructions

1. Cut the pool noodles to three sizes, small, medium and large. I didn't measure anything. I just wanted staggered sizes.

2. Use the brown spray paint to paint the noodles. I wanted mine to look like wood.

3. When they are completely covered and dry (it took a couple of coats) use a dry brush to add some of the light tan acrylic paint to create depth and make them look more like wood.

4. Use the hot glue gun and glue sticks to glue them together. Be sure to line up the bottoms of the pool noodles. Create a "triangle" if you will. I put the taller one in the back, the middle height in the middle and the shorter one in front.

5. Add the rope. Start in the back and use the hot glue to start the rope. Then wind the rope around the three pool noodles until you have the amount you want. Mine ended up being about 4 inches or so. Cut the rope and glue the end down.

6. Add the solar lights to the top. They go right into the hole in the pool noodle.

7. Then add some sort of way to drive them into the dirt of a pot or the ground. I used some old solar lights. I took the light part off and just used the stake and the plastic part that goes into the ground. These worked perfectly.

8. Add your Dollar Tree Happy Fall sign in front of the pool noodles then decorate around them with fall pumpkins, gourds, mums or whatever you like.

If you live near a Dollar Tree store it is best to shop and purchase in the store. You can search for these items at dollartree.com but most likely you will need to purchase in bulk. Sometimes this is great if you are needing to make a lot of one thing. I try to find similar or fun items that will work or be somewhat similar from Amazon just in case you love to online shop or don’t live near a Dollar Tree store.

Step 1: Cut and paint the pool noodles

Supplies needed to make a Fall Solar light decor for your back door or porch

I needed two pool noodles to get the sizes I wanted.

Cut a small, medium and tall size to create a staggered trio of noodles.

When you have cut the sizes you like use the brown spray paint and give them a couple of coats of paint until fully covered. Be sure to paint the ends. The tops will show.

Pool noodles that have been cut and spray painted brown

After the spray paint is completely dry, use a dry brush and the lighter tan paint to add some highlights. This give the paint a more realistic look of wood.

Using tan acrylic paint and a dry brush to add some dimension to the painted pool noodles
Dry brushing light tan paint over the darker spray paint on the pool noodles

When you get all of the pool noodles dry brushed they will look a little like this.

All of the pool noodles with the dry brushing

Step 2: Glue the noodles together

Now that you have painted you are ready to glue the noodles together to form your “wood pieces”.

Lay them out the way you want them taking care to line up the bottoms of them evenly.

Add some hot glue and glue one to the other, then add the third one.

Using hot glue to glue the painted pool noodles together.
The noodles are glued together and ready for the rope.

Step 3: Add the rope

Grab your rope and keep the hot glue gun on.

Decide where you want your rope to go. Start on the back of your noodle and glue the end down.

Adding the rope to the pool noodles for a wood look.

Then wrap the rope around until you like the look.

Adding the rope to the noodles for a wood look.

Cut the rope and glue that end down as well.

Finishing up the rope with a little hot glue.

Step 4: Add the lights and the stakes

The next step is to get it ready to add into a pot or the ground and add the solar lights.

I had some extra solar lights from last year.

Using the bottom part of a used solar light.

I used the striped part and the stake that is inside of it to keep the noodles standing in the pot.

Creating a longer stake for the noodles

Place this into the hole at the bottom of the noodles.

Adding the stakes to the bottom of the noodles.

Add the new solar lights to the top of the noodles after they are in the ground or the pot.

Finished fall solar light decor with the pool noodles.

Finishing Up

After the lights are installed finish up by adding all sorts of fall stuff. As I write this post it is August and our mums are not quite open and there are no pumpkins so I used my green plants and some painted pumpkins but you get the gist right?

What do you think?

Finished Fall Solar Light Decor
Finished Fall Solar Light Decor
Finished Fall Solar Light Decor
Finished Fall Solar Light Decor

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Finished Solar Light Decor

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Michelle

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