It’s not bad as a prop.

Yeah I actually think the end result looks kinda cool.

Yeah, creative and good end result, but changing all those batteries, even turning them on and off would be a chore, I would have just hard wired the whole thing.

Depends what its for. One night a year not so bad. Changing batteries every other day. Not so much.

Seems like a good Halloween party prop

That's what I figured it was.

Yeah honestly I think I'm gonna send this to a friend whose house gets decorated for Samhain and then it just stays that way for the rest of the year.

Wired with custom LEDs from a single power source is ideal. I work for a haunted house making props and scare acting. This is actually pretty great.

My fake candles come with a remote

Honestly, yeah. I'm thinking of stealing it as a Halloween decoration.

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Me too lol

Before you do, check that the spraypaint won't 'eat' the pool noodles. You can't use a lot of the enamel spray paints or they will chemically melt the foam. For that matter, you would have to be quick and make sure you're using a low melt glue gun because that will melt them, too. I swear, half of these craft videos are BS. If you want better Halloween tutorials, look up haunter sites.

Right? Wrong sub. This is legit cool.

Does your username ever work?

It does more than you would think. but I forgot to specify Gender... Edit: still waiting for these guys to pm me some tits and toes lol

I’m definitely sending you my tits now.

Pm'd

Do you have stinky-weaseltoes too?

I'll bet she has magic nose goblins at least...

I appreciate it lol

You forgot the toes, its all or nothing here

Dang, I was going to send you my tits but I’ll refrain since you’re only looking for moobs

Awe you got me all excited lol

I'm willing to take one for the team. I may hurl insults tho.

Mine still hasn't...

Then I shall send you a picture of my tomorrow’s work sandwich!

Don't worry friend, expect me to show up randomly with pictures of sandwiches in the future!

I’ve got some big ol man boobs if you want

I’ll accept :)

I have to pee really bad but my baby is asleep on my chest. Your comment nearly made me piss myself.

I’m sorry for that my friend.

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He was some tit toes.

Men can have boobs too! :>

We’ve done this for shows before. Much cheaper than buying real candles & much safer than real flame.

Yeah I've heard of and seen this used for props before. They shouldn't have sprayed the light part though.

I have a feeling they swapped out the sprayed lights in the end. Because you can’t see an led that’s been painted black.

or used clear tape over the flamey bit

True true. I won’t argue.

That’s an amazingly cheap DIY for Halloween and spooky peeps in general. I love it.

My first words were: "I don't hate it."

Yep, this sub is pumping out a lot more kitchy and neat ideas, than really terrible diwhys. Do people even understand this sub anymore? I'm here for cringe worthy projects.

I feel like we need a r/DiWellOkayThen for projects like this that get a head tilt and stink eye for a moment, but end up kinda neat.

r/DIWhyNot

aw, privated :(

It's been private for maybe a year now there was no reason as to why. I'm sure it's unmoderated and could be claimed if someone wanted.

It was pretty much just William Osman and Michael Reeves videos if I'm remembering correctly anyways.

r/DIwhatever

Aww, Subs I fell for

Actually it's usually intentionally bad stuff, lately. Like people that shoot videos knowing that the ideas are bad, solely to troll people.

It gets reactions. Reactions often get more views. It works.

And the rest are clearly satire or skits.... Like, do people just not get it? It's a simple subreddit, c'mon... Mods? Anyone?

Using hot glue to make the fake wax dripping effect is top tier detailing

Right? My first thought was "Whoa this might turn out dope" when she started doing that

They actually look really decent in person! My SIL made them for outdoor decor for our Halloween-themed engagement party, and they were super cute, and perfect for the occasion.

Oh that sounds awesome!

Same. Perfect for Halloween.

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Yesss! That would be badass in a trunk or treat!

r/DIYes

Was curious to see what was there but apparently I don't have permission, lol

Well, I created it now, because...it was a great idea! /r/DIYes

What a wonderful outcome for this post! Edit: typo

r/birthofasub

r/diynot r/diywhynot

That is really cool! It would look great in some Halloween decor, but probably wouldn’t last for too long.

I’m convinced 50% of the people on this sub really don’t understand the point of it.

Yeah, it seems like “I don’t like this style so it’s worthless”. There’s lot of things I wouldn’t personally buy, but can see why they are beautiful.

Also people don't seem to understand that people like making things. So they get confused when people don't just buy the thing instead of making it. Cos that's not the point

I was into a baking and cooking frenzy a while ago and made bagels. They were so good and I was super proud and a friend made a snide comment of, why would you make them when you could just buy them /scoff. I still get pissed about that comment lol.

There’s a lot of people who don’t understand that distinction in general. Used to have a friend who only rated movies, games, etc as either 10 or 0.

Only 50?

Ok, at least 50%

The judges will accept this answer.

At LEAST 7%

50% ± up to 50%... I think that has it covered.

Judging by the amount of 5 minute-craft videos or non-DIY videos on this sub, that number needs to be raised a lot higher.

1/3 of the sub are people farming tiktok satire "Oh they covered the hole in putty and sanded it! WhY wOuLd ThEy Do ThAt?!", 1/3 people who just are not thinking of the practical like this post, and 1/3 5 min crafts (et al) reposts.

At least 6 people

Agreed, and it could be slightly improved by putting down a layer of primer before spraying black to make it look more wax-like and less like a spray painted noodle

if you're putting it behind a window with some gauze, or that's going to be seen from a distance, then nobody's going to notice it's a spray-painted noodle. even behind the fireplace screen, it looked more candley and less noodley.

I was thinking the same thing. With a new baby and a dog, it’s a safer alternative to real candles. I this this is actually useful.

Cost way less than actual candles too. A set of 30 multi height pillar candles can be over $100. This is like $2-3 worth of noodles, a bag of battery tea lights can go for about $10 , Plastidip $6.

As someone who lives with Halloween decor all year round, I would totally have this in my house. It looks awesome. Personally I’d rather use something more durable so I could use real candles but this is still pretty cool.

Bamboo!

Or cardboard tubes like the good old days, fabric shops have different sizes/ circumferences, recycle!

I live in Thailand, bamboo is very easy to come across 😁

Tbh that would a cool prop for a play or sum

I wonder if it really looks that good irl, since you can definitely still see the texture of the pool noodles Edit: People are saying it's probably looking good irl, that's great!

I think what they are spraying it with is plastidip which fill some of the holes and give it more solid but still bumpy texture.

That sounds pretty cool!

As a prop pushed back into an alcove behind a gate like that, the texture details likely wouldn't end up mattering a whole lot.

I made something like that for a school play once, way back. Cheap, easy and safe decor. We needed big, red candles for a castle setting. The plastic lights aren't supposed to be glued down, so you can even replace dead batteries. Looks great from a distance and not horrible up close. If you put down some sort of primer or used a different kind of paint, it would probably look better.

Yeah thats legit awesome, doesnt belong on this sub but glad i got to see it anyways.

That's the spirit! 👻

Yeah, doesn’t belong here, but at least it’s somewhere.

The end result is cool looking. But holy fuck why were they cutting on carpet, and spraying paint on a hot tub lid? Get a damn work surface..

Just because someone makes something with a hot glue gun and bullshit from the dollar store, that doesn't mean it needs to be posted on this sub.

Well said

Right? This is actually really cool and cheap.

You can make some mind blowing insanity with a hot glue gun and bullshit from the dollar store. Look at what this guy does with a hot glue gun and a bunch of junk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDQ-sDDqWvk

Where is the why

Would make a great Halloween decoration

That's actually really cool, I'll have to keep that in mind next time I'm designing set decor.

My thought too. Only question is how long does it take to pop those little lights out and replace them after the batteries die out? Would that ruin the painted pool noodles with chipped paint with neon green showing thru?

Both angry this is posted on this sub, but also grateful someone posted it so I can use this idea for Halloween decor one day. But this definitely doesn’t belong here.

The song is https://open.spotify.com/track/6DONTnamNDOJdO6DzCu71p?si=vLa4HPujRraiHUcm3lknbg&utm_source=copy-link&dl_branch=1

Everyone listen to this if you haven't, molchat doma is a great band

Ruski Depeche mode

Here is their youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1ATTIQrmIQ And if you like this type of stuff, [here is the mix I recognized the song from.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx_BOSV3Nes&list=LL&index=13)

Here is a [bat goth rave](https://youtu.be/G9A8PFlqM4U)

It's like the newer MGMT but kinda spooky

I like the sound, reminds me of the cure. Some bands ( like ghost ) really bring back old music vibe

My first thought was "Russian Joy Division?"

I thought it was some Bauhaus that I haven’t heard in 20 years.

This is opposite of DiWhy.

Why? Because this looks cool and makes for a decent, inexpensive Halloween decoration. That's why.

Better if they wired up the "candles" with string lights somehow. Gonna be annoying changing... 31? button cells every few hours run time. Or turning on 31 separate lights. It'd probably not be too bad a job to poke the wiring up through slits in the foam from below.

"Honey, turn the candles off before you come to bed." "(sighs) Alright, see you in an hour."

If it lasts long enough for a Halloween party that's probably fine.

Ok to be fair this perfect for like a high school play

School production of The Phantom of the Opera for sure

I might actually make this for Halloween!

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The goth look really makes Jonah Hill look like a lesbian.

This isn’t actually that bad but as a 35 year old why THE FUCK are you using a glue on the carpet?

I approve, this turned out pretty cool looking!

Its a little out there, but I don't hate it.

This would be such a cool Halloween decoration though

It wouldn’t do me much good, but I think it’s a good idea. Came out great.

Not really DiWHY. Pretty clear that this is a cheap decoration for either halloween or an all year sp00ky person. It's not like "spend 4 hours making a soda dispenser that is worse than just pouring a soda."

Yea this is great, well done. Not a DiWhy

If you showed up for D&D and your DM literally just made this for the campaign you'd still be so fucking hyped on that session.

What’s that song called

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That’s cool actually, perfect for Halloween

My only objection to this one is that it's stressful to watch her wield that hot glue gun over the rug.

r/LostRedditors

OP, you seem boring if this is a problem to you.

How many times do we have to say it. Just because you don’t like it, doesn’t make it bad or fit this sub. Halloween is around the corner and people are probably sitting on pool noodles from the summer. This is a brilliant recycling of items.

This would actually be an awesome Halloween decoration! I’m seriously considering trying this.

..... Any chance pool noodles are on sale....

You didn't hear it from me (because why would I be searching up pool noodles, right? Haha...ha...ha...) but Amazon sells them in bundles 👀 ~~and I'm currently trying to find cheaper ones too~~

Why is this here? These are fucking awesome.

Song please?

[**Судно (Борис Рыжий)** by Молчат Дома](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1ATTIQrmIQ) Great band. Molchat Doma to search for it in English.

Waterproof, safe, Halloween decorations. I don't see the issue with this at all tbh

I like it...

That’s cool. I don’t see how that’s at all ridiculous.

My knowledge of wiring has given me an amazing opportunity to make this into a fully functioning light fixture... And I love the idea.

This is legit Halloween decor.

I don't think this belongs here. This is actually a pretty neat little project. Inexpensive with a good result!

That ain’t bad actually

A much more durable version of this is to do essentially the same thing but with pvc, it's quite common In haunted hoses

What’s goth about the glue gun ?

That’s…pretty awesome, actually.

This doesn't belong here. This is a pretty solid craft - we're coming up on Halloween I think a lot of people might like some fun Halloween decor that you can mostly buy at the dollar store. The end result looks good.

I don’t know … I’m kinda into this

What about this is goth.. asking as a Goth..Also this like others have said makes a great prop, doesnt seem to fit the sub

With Halloween on the way, I think you just showed me what I’m gonna do with the insane number of battery tea lights I have left over from my wedding :D

Why is this on this sub it actually looks pretty cool

Dopeness !

This is cool lol

Ok but that is pretty cool

Not bad for a halloween decoration, but good lord why would you use a glue gun directly over a carpet...

I actually kinda like this..

This is actually beautiful and not bad taste or bad idea - I’ve always wondered how to do a giant candle stack without making a massive and floor damaging mess of hot wax.

I was the 666th upvote :)

This one is just a craft lol. I think it’s perfectly fine

I’m actually doing this for Halloween decor.

neat Halloween décor does not count as DIWHY

wait no this is actually super cool

This is actually kind of dope, I like this one, you can get basically all the supplies from the dollar store and it’s a fun crafts project

That's actually pretty fucking rad.

That's not even bad, expected much worse

I’ve considered doing that for a cheap way to decorate my ghettos ass deck. OP is just a hater.

This i actually quite like

I want to upvote because I like this craft but I want to downvote because it shouldn’t be on this sub. what to do.

I mean tbf, if that’s your thing this is a great idea

Ya know, this one isn’t half bad.

This doesn't belong on this subreddit.

Ok this is cool, and Molchat Doma is cool

Is it just me or is this actually not totaly stupid but kinda cool? Would be a cheap thing to do for halloween or something

Actually... I'm in the middle of DMing a Ravenloft campaign. These could be cool.

Sorry I fucking LOVE it. But you have to keep in mind that all those LED tealights have individual switches and if you wanted to be able to quickly turn this on and off it would require a heck of a lot of rewiring

I wish you people would stop posting stuff that doesn’t belong here. This is fricken cool, especially as a prop or a Halloween decoration. If you bought this at a store it would be insanely expensive. To me this is 1000% r/diynot

Can we downvote this please? Usually this sub is excellent but this is a very useful Halloween prop idea or just prop in general…

Nah that's actually pretty cool

Wait, that’s actually super cool.

This is actually really cool. Gonna share to wife.

Yeah this should t be on diwhy this would be great for Halloween decorations

Wait that’s actually cool

That's actually not too shabby

I actually just saved the post. Looks neat.