Ready for another easy and super fun ornament? I tell ya, this is a great ‘bang for your buck’ project. No wonder it is all over Pinterest!
Again I used the $0.99 clear plastic ornament and paints that I already had around the house. You can do this with a clear glass ornament too, I’m just too clumsy with glass.
Paints used:
Apple Barrel Gloss Acrylic – Hot Rod Red Art Minds Washable Glitter Paint (the same one I used for my glitter pine cone ornament) Craft Smart Acrylic – Bright Yellow Folk Art Acrylic – Vivid OrangeRemove the ornament cap and squeeze some glitter paint into it. I started with the glitter paint layer first as I wanted to see the glitter through. If you add the glitter later the glitter might not shine through the other paint layers. I also added more of the glitter paint than the others just to make sure that it stood on its own. Spread the glitter paint around by rolling the ornament gently in your hands. For this look you only need to cover a third of the ornament.
Now add the other paints and roll the ornament so that you get full uneven coverage. Let it dry upside down on an empty egg carton for 48 hrs. That’s how long it took for mine to dry completely.
Once the paint dries completely you can put the cap back on and voila they are ready to hang!
Takeaway #1 – When using the plastic clear ornaments you’ve to be careful as to not squish them too hard. I know, not really possible for an adult but if your kids get to it first and decide to play catch then of course this is bound to happen.
See the right side? That’s proof that my kids had a game of ornament catch!
Takeaway #2 – The glitter paint is very translucent. That’s what gave the ornament a melted colored glass look.
So who is going to make painted ornaments this weekend?
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my kids squished the ornaments too….I couldn’t recover as well as you because I couldn’t put my finger into them to un-bend it!
Aww…:( Mine was not that bad. I didn’t have to straighten it at all. Did you try using a pencil to push it from the inside? Maybe you could use the eraser part to smoothen it?
Vidya
when i dried mine about 20% of the color ran out – am I doing something wrong? please advise thank you 🙂
You mean it didn’t stick to the glass?
Where did you find the Art Minds Washable Glitter Paint?
Barb
I think at Micheals.
I like to write the names of my children and grandchildrens name and date . One for each .
That is such a great idea. Thanks for sharing Bobbi. I’ll be doing that too.
Vidya
Y paint will cover the inside to begin with but a few days latter it has slid down the sides of the ball. Even after days it wont adhear properly. Anyone else have this problem?
Hmm… not really sure c.k. Was something inside the ornament already?
Wow we love this, thanks for sharing! We’ve featured it on our blog this week – with a link back to you 🙂 x
http://buttonsandpaint.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/painted-ornaments.html
I am having the same issue as c.k. The ornaments look fabulous, until you leave them upside down to dry. After just a couple hours the paint literally, slides off the plastic ball. I have swished the ornament with rubbing alcohol to make sure it was clean, mixed Elmer’s glue with the acrylic paint (to see if it would adhere to the plastic) and have had no such luck. Any suggestions would be welcome. I am not giving up until I figure this out!
Nicole, I’m so sorry it happened. I have no idea why it would have happened. May it was the glitter glue that I used that helped it stick? I hadn’t used this ornament this yr on our tree (made it 2 Christmases ago). So we had stored in the basement. This Christmas when I was packing away my ornaments I happened to see it and strangely the paint had peeled off inside like a layer that was separating from the plastic sides. I assumed it was because it was stored in the cold basement.