How to Make Cute Wine Bottle Tiki Torches & Repel Mosquitoes

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1. Fill the wine bottle

First step, you'll want to fill your wine bottle with marbles or rocks.

Tip: If you don't have any blank wine bottles around, simply take an empty wine bottle, soak it in hot soapy water, peel the labels off, then take a Brillo or SOS pad and remove the remaining adhesive.

2. Pour the tiki torch fuel into the bottle

Next, pour your tiki torch fuel into your wine bottle. You don't have to use a funnel but I did to avoid spillage.

You could also make your own DIY tiki torch fuel using vegetable oil and a blend of mosquito-repelling essential oils.

3. Make the wick

After your bottle is full (right about to where the bottle curves into the neck), take your Teflon tape and wrap it around the wide end of your copper coupling (1/2"x3/8").

I chose a wine bottle that had a wine opening so I wrapped the tape and kept fitting it in the mouth of the bottle until it was snug.

Next, slide your wick into the coupling.

Then, place your wick into the bottle, ensuring that the coupling fits snuggly.

4. Glue to a saucer for stability (optional)

The next step is optional but I wanted to give my tiki torch a little more stability so I adhered it to a 4" terra cotta saucer.

Simply apply a strong adhesive such as E6000 to the saucer, then place your wine bottle on the saucer and let it sit to dry.

Wine bottle tiki torches

Since I live very close to the beach, I decided to add a little leftover jute rope I had handy as well as a seashell, using E6000 adhesive.

Dress up your bottle however you'd like and enjoy a night outside with fewer bites!

Note: use the 1/2" copper cap to place over your coupling when your torch isn't being used.

What do you think of these wine bottle tiki torches? Let me know in the comments below.