[header] How to make a light bulb [title] Round up the supplies needed for you bulb. [step] Everything here is easy to round up at a local hardware store, if you don't already have it all at home. You'll need. 
[substeps] Two strands of copper wire (roughly 1-2 feet, each) four electrical clips one clear glass jar five or more batteries [title] Find or buy some mechanical pencil lead. [step] You should use the kind you get in mechanical pencils--the thin, solo pieces of graphite that you can usually buy in packs.