My DIY Light Up Coffee Filter Flower Centerpieces

Oh my goodness! I need to do this! What are the steps?

I LOVE THEM!! You guys did a great job!

Amazing!!! Your hard work really paid off!

@Sarah

I used RIT dye to colour the coffee filters. (The flat cone No. 4 size)

Then you have to dry the filters. The easiest way is to put them in the washing machine on Spin cycle and in the dryer for 5 minutes on low. Then the filters have to be ironed flat. (I know. Weird, but works GREAT.)

Each ball uses a different scrapbook punch shape. I used an EK Tools punch because they work the best. One is a scalloped circle, one is a 5 point petal shape and the other is a shell shape.

Once I had the shapes punched out, I glued them to a clear glass christmas ornament. (The kind that have the silver part with a wire loop on the top. So when you pull off the silver hanger top, there a hole to access the inside of the ball.

I glued them Kindergarten style, by wrapping the punched shape over the end of a pencil, adding hot glue, and pressing on to the glass, until the whole shape is covered.

The one that looks like a cabbage is a bit different, starting a the top and overlapping the petals as it goes down around the ball.

Then I bought strings of battery pack LED lights on eBay. Most of the string of lights goes in the ball through the hole. a few lights stick out the bottom to light the candle holder. I have tulle inside the holder to hide the battery pack.

The LED lights aren't hot, and they stay lit for a really long time. My test was over 14 hours without fading. The battery packs use either 2 AA or 3 AA batteries. The big balls have 20 string 3 AA lights, the small ball has 10 light string 2AA lights.

Hope this gives you an idea of the process...

These are fabulous!!

I love these! Great job!

Those are beautiful! I love all the different shades of blue you were able to get.

Those look great!

That is so cool!!! How many filters did each glass ball need? And where did you find clear glass ornaments this time of year?

Those are awesome! Probably the coolest DIY I've seen so far..I love the color as well

Omg those are amazing!!! What a cool idea, I don't think I've seen anything like it! Definitely one of the most interesting projects I've seen, you did a spectacular job!!!

I love these!! So creative and the colors look wonderful together! I love them!

I love these!! So creative and the colors look wonderful together! I love them!

Those are so cool. I love them.

They are awesome! I bet you could make lighted hanging flower balls the same way too? Your hard work paid off! Great Job!

@KimS it probably takes 100 filters (totally guessing) to do the set of three. Each filter yeilds 6 punched shapes so depending on the size of the ball it can use more or less. The big fluffy ball uses the most, and I bet there's 50 filters in that one alone. I never really counted because we did them at different times.

The glass balls I got from Michaels and Hobby Lobby, on clearance at the end of last year. I noticed today that Michaels has all their Christmas stock of clear ornaments in the store ready for Christmas.

Wow! Great job. Those are awesome.

So awesome!!! Love it all lit up.

These are super nice!! Great job!

Ah! These are SO cool!