Try this at home: Make your own bright and shiny Xmas ornaments, here's how

by Pioneer Spit...oh, i mean Spirit 5 Replies latest jw friends

  • Pioneer Spit...oh, i mean Spirit
    Pioneer Spit...oh, i mean Spirit

    You end up with a marble-like appearance, very cool:

    Buy clear glass ornaments at the craft store, some plain old acrylic craft paints--some solid and some metallics.

    Drip your favorite colors into the ornament and rotate it around slowly. When the inside of the orb is completely coated, place it (hole downward) onto the rim of a glass so that the excess can drip out for some time, otherwise it'll be Easter before it dries.

    Mostly we did reds and gold & green and white. Did a few for gifts that are very lovely with dk blue, sky blue, green and white--they look like a globe of Earth, really fabulous.

    Caution: the glass is pretty fragile, one shattered in my hands, that was a real treat-kids be careful. ANyhoo, my husband and I did this last evening and listened to Xmas songs, very festive and fun.

  • mrsjones5
    mrsjones5

    Cool idea

  • Sad emo
    Sad emo

    MrsJones said what I was gonna say lol!

    I'm thinking of buying a big Christmas tree this year so I can decorate it. I have a small fibre-optic tree at the moment but its spiral so I can't hang anything on it - but I just have this real desire to decorate a tree this year

    This might be a good idea for me to try - maybe I could just buy one each year and paint it so it would be unique to the year.

    How about mixing glitter in with the paint too? That might be good.

  • sweetstuff
    sweetstuff

    How about mixing glitter in with the paint too? That might be good.

    I was going to say that, lol. I think I will try this, but I'll paint the outsides in swirls and stuff with paint and a brush and then dip them in glitter, oh, maybe even snowflakes with white glitter, I like that idea!

  • Pioneer Spit...oh, i mean Spirit
    Pioneer Spit...oh, i mean Spirit

    We did some glitter, it all works. Have fun.

  • misanthropic
    misanthropic

    I'm going to try this. Sounds like a lot of fun and very pretty!

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