Chasing Cheerios

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Painted Glass Ornaments

O and I had fun making painted glass ornaments again this year.

To make these ornaments you need clear glass ornaments with removable tops and craft paint. I removed the tops, and O squeezed the paint into the ornament. She twirled the ornament around to let the paint spread. After a few minutes, we added another color. We used lime green and hot pink paint in these ornaments since they are gifts for her dance teachers, and the dance studio's colors are pink and green. This was fun, easy, and quick, and the ornaments look great!

9 comments:

  1. I did this with metallic paint this year to give to my bible study group. They were a hit.

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  2. Hi,
    First I wanted to let you know that I love reading your blog. The things that you do with your children are amazing.
    I also wanted to let you know that I host a blog Carnival called, Kid Friendly Friday. This week my post is called, "What to do with a child under two". I gave a few links and I also wanted to share a few blogs so that the readers could see activities in action. Anyway, your blog was featured. If you want to check out my post here is the link. http://confessionsofanondomestichousewife.blogspot.com/search/label/Kid%20Friendly%20Friday

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  3. We did this today, too! I think my girls (8 and 4) used a little too much paint, but they turned out well!

    http://treasureseekers.wordpress.com/2009/12/17/ornaments/

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  4. we did this last year. It didn't turn out to well for us. We used to much paint and didn't let it dry upside down. They looked good at first but after a day all the paint puddled to the bottom. We still had fun doing it but we'll have to give it another try.

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  5. Melissa, Where did you find the clear ornaments? I looked everywhere for them this year as I wanted to make picture ornaments for family and friends this year? Just wondering...maybe I can go and buy them up for next year off clearance if i cant find them! :)

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    1. Michaels has them and I have seen them at Super Wal Mart too!

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  6. My mom bought the glass ornaments at Michael's. I'm hoping to get another box after Christmas to have for next year. I love these simple and fun ornaments, and they have turned out so pretty this year that we've been giving lots of them as gifts.

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  7. I know this is an old post, but I have a question. I bought the larger plastic bulbs & tried it out before our kids art group in a couple days. I had the entire inside covered in acrylic paint, but when I turned it upside down to dry it (rotating it a few times), the next morning there were see through spots where there was no paint anymore. Did this happen to your glass bulbs? I'm wondering if the acrylic just isn't adhearing to the plastic well?

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    1. That happened to me as well. One year at preschool we did this and it worked beautifully. The following year we had terrible problems with this happening.

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