How to make Ping Pong Ball Cafe Lights

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Ping pong balls and a string of LED lights may be used to produce these café lights. Were you aware of this?

You will spend around $16 on it, and you will have enough of extra ping pong left over to use for another strand. LEDs are an essential component; conventional twinkling lights are not acceptable in their place.

Because LED lights do not generate heat, you need not be concerned about adding the plastic balls.

Ping Pong Ball Cafe Lights

DIY Ping Pong Ball Cafe Lights
The café lights seem pastel during the day, but become more bright and almost primary colors at night. Image: Say Yes
I am over the moon with how they turned out. Because I wanted to generate a nice pastel hue, one of my goals was to filter colored lights via white ping pong balls.

To my delight, this goal was accomplished, and I was thrilled with the result.

The lights in the café have a softer, almost pastel appearance during the day, but after dark they take on a far more vibrant quality.

They have Edie completely captivated! Due to the fact that they are LED, you have complete control over how they dance, dazzle, and flicker.

Ping Pong Ball Cafe Lights: how to make them

Ping Pong Ball Cafe Lights: how to make them
Image: sayyes
That is almost enough to cause a seizure, therefore I like to keep them on either constant or gradual fade so that they don’t disrupt my concentration.

Your baby may favor a gradual fading. After a lengthy round of sobbing, she will eventually able to fall asleep because to the calming effect that these lights had on her.

This recipe is adapted from Say Yes.

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Directions to make Ping Pong Ball Cafe Lights

  1. Make a very fine incision along the seam of the ping pong ball using an exact-o knife. The cut should be no wider than around a quarter of an inch.
  2. Make a very small cross-shaped cut by cutting another one diagonally over the previous one.
  3. Roll the ball onto the top of the bulb.
  4. As you are wriggling the balls onto the bulbs, you need to be careful not to handle them too much. They are prone to being squashed, to be sure. Nevertheless, when we were working on this entire thread, we only squeezed two or three.