Okay, a little late, but some of you might be taking down lights from the holidays… and here’s a little trick we learned and LOVE.

Take each strand of lights and roll gently into a ball. They stay together pretty nice and roll right off the ball next year when you need them. And they are fun to turn on and look at, in a ball! (I wouldn’t leave them on for any length of time unless they are those nice LED cool bulb ones… the old ones do get a little hot and might melt the plastic around them or something like that…. )

Then pop each ball into a plastic bag and tie up! Viola! Perfect storage for these little nasty strings of lights! Has worked well for us and we’ve tried all kinds of other ways….