There’s something really charming and heart-warming about vintage Christmas lights, you know, those colorful bulbs that shine filling the room with different colors and cozy light. Besides using them as lights, there are many more ways to include them into your decor and not only decor, which is especially cool if the lights are already non-working ones. Here are some cool ways to upcycle your vintage Christmas bulbs and add charm everywhere.
How To Make Vintage Christmas Bulb Trees?
If you need a tabletop or just alternative Christmas tree, you can make one from Christmas lights. Get some bulbs and a plaque and form a tree – Christmas tree wall art is incredibly popular. Another idea is to make a cone Christmas tree covering a piece of cardboard with bulbs. Both crafts are quite easy and don’t require much skill or time.
This colorful vintage light cone tree with gold tinself and a gold topper is a lovely idea for Christmas, this is a colorful tabletop piece.
Make a Сhristmas tree wall art using a plaque and bold vintage bulbs, if you are able to turn them on, it will look unforgettable.
The pink cactus decorated with small vintage bulbs is a fun and cool decoration, and it's a desert-inspired alternative to a tabletop Christmas tree.
How To Make Vintage Christmas Bulb Ornaments?
If you take a single vintage bulb, you’ll instantly see that it’s almost a ready Christmas ornaments, and all you need to add is just some twine. If you want, you can style it with pinecones, ornaments, evergreens and berries or just a bow on top. Don’t like the color? Repaint the bulbs and you will get unique Christmas tree decor.
Wrap a bulb with yarn and you will instantly get a simple and bright ornament for your tree.
Make a lovely ornament using a bulb, evergreens, berries and pinecones you like. (via thehappyhousie).
These traditionally colored bulbs are accented with bows, which make them unique and classyc holiday decorations. (via smallstuffcounts).
How To Make Vintage Christmas Bulb Wreaths?
A light Christmas wreath is a very bold idea, and if you use vintage lights, it will look even bolder. All you need to do is to cover a wreath form with bulbs and voila. You can also place a sign or art in the center or use any Christmas pieces and items that you consider matching here. Even if the lights aren’t on, such a decoration will look wow.
This colorful matte and glitter vintage bulb wreath is a fantastic and out of the box decoration for your front door, it wows.
Upcycling old items is always a good idea, and here you can reuse lots of vintage bulbs making a new and bright front door wreath.
This elegant vintage light wreath is colorful yet minimal, and a ribbon bow is a classic accent to the wreath.
Go all-vintage with a super cute pink and green ombre wreath that includes tinsel and a vintage figurine for a stronger impression.
This bold red bulb wreath is a cool idea for Christmas, it features two traditional colors but a non-traditional material.
Go creative with your holiday wreath using not only traditional pinecones and snowy branches but also colorful vintage bulbs instead of ornaments.
Silver tinsel and a silver glitter bow plus a row of colorful lights make up a bold vintage decoration for the holidays.
This extra colorful vintage bulb wreath is made with a tinsel form, which gives even more shine and bling to it.
Vintage bulbs in different colors and sizes attached in rows will make your Christmas wreath more eye-catching.
Even when off, a vintage light wreath looks very eye-catching due to the colors of the bulbs.
Light wreaths look really adorable and stand out a lot, if you want that for your porch, make a wreath using vintage lights.
If you have working vintage lights, turn them into an adorable Christmas wreath adding a sign or artwork in the center.
Upcycle the old vintage bulbs making a holiday wreath of them and adding a bow to accent it.
This vintage light wreath can be easily repeated and it's a great sustainable craft. (via countryliving).
This wreath is made of a metal form completely covered with colorful vintage lights, and it's a great decoration for both indoors and outdoors.
How To Make Vintage Christmas Bulb Garlands?
Vintage lights are already a garland themselves, whether they are working or not. You can also add tinsel, pompoms, ornaments and other stuff to make this garland cooler. If you don’t have real lights, you can imitate them using paper and cardboard or making them of felt. A paper Christmas light garland is a great countdown idea, too.
Create an unusual garland of colorful bulbs and ornaments on tinsel, it will infuse your space with color and give it a slight vintage vibe.
This colorful vintage light garland is a fantastic solution for vintage, mid-century modern and shabby chic spaces, and if it works, it's even better.
The gold tinsel garland with colorful vintage bulbs is a lovely decoration for Christmas, it gives color to the space.
Don't have real vintage bulbs? Make some of felt! This colorful felt garland looks no worse than one of real lights.
Felt beads and felt bulbs are an adorable solution for Christmas decorating, they are soft and textural and look great in many styles.
These vintage lights are made of wood and are painted bold colors, so they look fun and give that charming vintage vibe to the tree.
These colorful bulbs are made of paper, and they are a Christmas countdown piece at the same time. (via thecrazycraftlady).
Fake it till you make it! These vintage bulbs attached to the gift wrap are made of fabric and look super cute.
Accenting a space for Christmas is easy: just hang some vintage Christmas lights somewhere and voila.
Wrap your gifts with twine and some colorful bulbs attached, they will make your gifts more special and personalized.
Reuse old little vintage bulbs attaching them to gift wraps and making your gifts look adorable with them.
I love the idea of upcycling vintage bulbs attaching them to gift wrapping - it's very eco-friendly and looks cool.
Other Vintage Christmas Bulb Ideas
Vintage Christmas bulbs can be added to your home decor in various ways, even if you don’t have real ones, you can make them of paper or fabric and use them for gift wrapping, creating simple last-minute arrangements, and even making oversized light pillows to infuse your space with those enchanting vintage vibes. Get inspired!
Vintage lights can be used in holiday arrangements with blooms, leaves and greenery, both faux and natural ones.
These oversized vintage bulb colorful pillows will instantly give a festive feel to your space.
There's nothing easier than turning vintage bulbs into glitter ornaments, all you have to do is to cover them with a desired color.
Red and silver glitter bulbs in a vase make up an easy Christmas centerpiece or just an arrangement for a mantel or console.
This is a great last-minute craft: take your colorful bulbs and put them in a jaw, bowl or vase and voila, the decoration is ready!.
Grab a cupcake stand and place some vintage lights on it getting a simple last-minute arrangement for your home.