The Infamous Sunjar Project

Hey everyone,

Today I will talk about making a sunjar. This was one of my projects I did a few months back when my roommate's birthday was coming up. I didn't want your ordinary project so I added a wonderful photo of everyone and included some plastic jewels. This is a really creative project and it is lots of fun when you get the lights working.


So lets get started!!

What You Need:
Jar (Ikea - about 3-4$)
Solar LED Landscape Lamps (They usually sell in packs of 4 and up but i think you can order them individually online. I bought a 4 pack 15-20$)

Optional:
Window Frost Paint (This is if you want an ordinary sunjar. you can tint the glass so that the wires and light assembly aren't as noticeable to the naked eye)

Plastic / Glass Jewels (You can also fill up the jar with jewels so when the light turns on, it will be scattered through different directions. Looks nice if you mix two colors.)

A photograph. (This is like how I did mine. I think this makes the project becomes more personal.)

Since I didn't take pictures of the process while making this project, I will try really hard to explain everything.

What to do:

If you want to tint your glass. This is the first thing you should do. Make sure you isolate the area and spray either the inside or outside of the jar. I have never done this before so I don't know which side you should spray.

You will need to take apart the light assembly from the Solar LED landscape Lamp. Make sure you don't break the circuit board. Luckily, I bought lamps that were easy to take apart and only needed to break a small piece of plastic.

Once you have your light assembly you are going to position the light assemble so that the solar panel is facing the top part of the jar. You may then want to use a hot glue gun to make this part stay. Then you want to make sure the light is facing the middle of the jar. Glue this part on the bottom of your solar panel. Test your light to see if it will work and how bright it is. you might want to play with the positioning until you are happy with what you have.

Lastly, you may add jewels, marbles, crystal rocks, etc to decorate your little jar.


I hope you have fun with this sunjar like I did.

Be creative.

until next time...

kudos,
jeff