When your light bulb stops working, don't hurry to throw it out - with just a little bit of work, you can give it a new life. There are plenty of creative and fun ways to upcycle this object into many useful things.

From vases and candy containers to terrariums and ornaments, the lightbulb's form lends itself to plenty of functional and aesthetic projects.

If you need more ideas for how to recycle useless old stuff, be sure to visit our list of 21+ Brilliant DIY Ideas For How To Recycle Your Old CDs.

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Air Plant Terrarium

Air Plant Terrarium

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Sara Yaker
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6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

how do you open the light bulb and take out the inside?

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Hanging Flowerpots

Hanging Flowerpots

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Lsc3112
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8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Omg I'm so doing that with dads old light bulbs

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Oil Lamp

Oil Lamp

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Little Ecosystem

Little Ecosystem

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Sara Yaker
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6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

how do you unscrew the bulbs and take out the inside?

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Spice Containers

Spice Containers

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Snowman Ornaments

Snowman Ornaments

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Steampunk Light Bulb Jewelry

Steampunk Light Bulb Jewelry

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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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Mini Snow Globe

Mini Snow Globe

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Easy Gift Idea

Easy Gift Idea

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Penguin Ornaments

Penguin Ornaments

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Lightbulb Vase

Lightbulb Vase

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Bumblebees

Bumblebees

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Christmas Wreath

Christmas Wreath

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Valentine's Day Gift

Valentine's Day Gift

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Beaded Showpiece

Beaded Showpiece

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Patricia Piggott
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love this idea. Simple and elegant. Plus I already have lots of differently coloured glass seed beads.

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Christmas Decoration

Christmas Decoration

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ArianRad
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8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's Amazing but i don't know how to put hole on glass bulb? how to melt glass like that? radarian92@gmail.com