Twinkly lights for you to make

This post is for Little Blue Mouse, and anyone else who wants to have a go at making a tee light holder. It's dead easy. First take a drinks can, tall ones are the best, or you can use those super slim ones, energy drinks I think.

With a pair of nail scissors, cut the bottom off. As neat as you can but it doesn't have to be perfect. Now be carefull how you handle it and don't cut your fingers.

Next get a big pair of scissors and cut strips straight down, all around the can. Narrow strips are best but not too narrow because they can break off.

This is what you end up with.

Then get a small knife, or the nail scissors, and pull each strand between blade and thumb. You must use your other hand to hold the bottom of the strand or it will break off. I couldn't because I was holding the camera. The tighter you squeeze the strand the more curly it will be. You might like to vary the pressure so you get tight and loose curls. This is how florists curl their ribbon.

And this it it finished. You need to flatten the ring pull, or pull it off altogether if the bottom will not sit flat on the surface. I had the flash on for this picture.

And then took this one without the flash. A lovely warm glow reflecting in the metal.

You could make lots of these and dot them round a garden if you are having a barby, only if it's not windy though. There is another version where you leave two opposite strands intact to form a handle so you can hang it in a tree. To do that, in the first step you cut the bottom off in two pieces, and leave a piece going across the middle. Have fun making these.

Well I'm just about ready for tomorrow, they have told me what we will be filming, so I know what to expect. I think you will see a bit more of me than what's on here, ha ha. Not letting on you will have to wait and see. It might be a quick post tomorrow night, as I think we have a busy day. It's a hard life being a movie star, ha ha. OMG what have I done.