With the holidays approaching, many people look for new and fun ways to decorate their homes. Maybe you are looking for some new ideas for Halloween decorations. Maybe you're just tired of the old Christmas lights that you have been using for years. What better way to light up your holidays than with solar holiday lights?
Decorating your home for the holidays can be a lot of fun, but it can also be a huge hassle. You have to replace bulbs for burned out lights, run power chords everywhere, your electric bill goes through the roof - not to mention that you are always nervous when it rains! None of those problems exist with solar holiday lights, but do they look good?
Recently, the growing development of solar lighting technology has opened the door for manufacturers to offer more styles and options than ever. Solar Halloween and Christmas lights are no exception. Some Christmas lighting examples might be:
Solar Net Lights - These are basically a "net" of LED lights that you use to wrap a shrub. They light up at night and a sensor turns them of when the sun rises. They stay lit for about 8 hours and require 1 AAA battery that is sold separately.
Solar Christmas string lights - This is a string of 50 solar powered LED lights that can be strung around lamp posts, trees, mail boxes, banisters, etc. They also have a sensor that turns them on at night and off during the day and run for about 8 hours.
Multicolor Solar Christmas Lights - These lights are the multicolored counterparts to the regular string lights. They also have a day/night sensor and usually come with about 50 LEDs.
Solar Blue Snow Flake Lights - I personally have these and I love them. They are really bright and very pretty. There were a couple of bad reviews on Amazon from people having a problem with the lights shorting out after a while, but I have had no problems with mine. They are only $8 for a string of 20, and the seller has great feedback, so for me, it was worth trying.
If you're looking for Halloween decorations, you can choose:
Solar Jack-o-lantern Halloween Decoration - This 8" solar, smiling pumpkin is perfect for your front porch or lawn area. It has a day/night sensor that lets it charge during the day and light up at night.
Halloween Sound Activated GO BACK or BOO Rocks - These look like plain old 9.5" by 6" by 4" rocks during the day, but at night they light up with a glowing message that says "Boo" or "Go Back". These solar powered rocks also come with a day/night sensor.
Solar Powered Halloween Skull Decoration - This is a "skull" version of the jack-o-lantern decoration. It's about 10" in diameter.
All of these decorations come with the advantage of being solar powered. None of them need to be connected to an electrical source. They are all very easy to install. They all come with daylight sensors, so there is no need to connect them to a timer, and all have a run time of about eight hours or so. The best part is that none of them will cause you to have a high electricity bill.
These are but a few of the types of solar powered holiday lights. I hope that these examples gave you some new ideas.
Find all of the lights in this article at Steve's Easy Solar Lighting Blog, as well as many more easy solar lighting projects.
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