Thread: Can anyone help me find very small, battery-powered colored single lights?

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I am trying to find this but I have no idea what search terms to use so I am having no luck...
I was looking for some tiny lights I can put inside small vases at my party. I am going to fill the vases with glass marbles so they don't need to be submersible. I found several types of submersible lights but was hoping to find something similar but not waterproof (hopefully it will be cheaper due to not needing to be waterproof.)
Basically just single small, bright battery-powered lights that come in different colors and would glow nicely in a small vase.
I only need about 3-5 blue and 3-5 red ones, the other issue with the submersible lights is I had to buy 10 of a single color and I don't need that many.

Blinky lights might work-- Here is a link to the site http://www.flashingblinkylights.com/...pe4j2hu10b3r51

These little lights come in several colors and in a flashing or non-flashing variety--the link is for the non-flashing variety. They are also magnetic if you choose to use them that way, so you can stick them on all kinds of things--they come with their own magnet.

Something like this? I can only find the flashing ones. I, at one time, had a few in different colors. Some people call them button lights, or body lights. Good luck with your search.

http://www.jackstoolshed.com/p-76-su...r-choices.aspx

the link I posted directs you to a non-flashing blinky light if you read the description. The pictures of the flashing and non-flashing look pretty much the same. I have both kinds in several colors. I also buy some of the clearance blinkies that have a logo and use them as well because when they are flashing in a dark space mostly you just see the color of the light not the logo so much.

Thanks! I am wondering if those will be bright enough?

I need steady (non flashing) lights and more of an all-around glow than a spotlight as I want the vase to sort of glow, like this:

okay, since I have everything in your picture I just tried it out with a white non-flashing blinky and the clear stones and it gave off a nice soft glow. I actually used the magnet on each side of the glass bottom so the blinky would not move around--though my glass bottom was not as thick as the one in your picture. The light is pretty bright.

The light was decorative and mood setting, but it is not going to give you enough light to read by . Also I think the amount of stones shown in your picture is about the right depth--more and the glow would probably be too weak--though you could use more than one blinky. If I were better at the technical stuff I would post a picture--I am going to learn how to do that some day--really I am. Hope the lights work for you.

Go to save-on-crafts.com and they have tons of battery operated lights for vases, etc.

Check out the dollar stores. I've picked up lots of different kinds of lights - generally they are the book light type LEDs, but they have different types. Some book lights come really small, and you could wrap them in colored cellophane and then bury them in the glass beads and they might work the way you want... a glow not a spot effect.

Originally Posted by Minshe

okay, since I have everything in your picture I just tried it out with a white non-flashing blinky and the clear stones and it gave off a nice soft glow. I actually used the magnet on each side of the glass bottom so the blinky would not move around--though my glass bottom was not as thick as the one in your picture. The light is pretty bright.

Thanks for trying it out! I will have to try a few to see how it works. I want a fairly bright glow to provide some amount of lighting of the area but it doesn't have to be REALLY bright.
The vase I put the photo of is just an example, I will actually be using ones that look like this (the small size):



The stones I will be using are clear, round ones that are smaller than the ones in the photo and I'll probably be filling the vase up halfway or so.

Originally Posted by Jules17

Go to save-on-crafts.com and they have tons of battery operated lights for vases, etc.

Actually that was where I found that photo I posted. The problem with them is you have to buy the vase lights in 10-packs and it gets expensive when I only need 3-5 of each color. Also I was hoping to find lights that cost less than that since I don't need them to be waterproof.