DIY Christmas Ornaments

DIY Christmas Ornaments 

I decided to try out making my own ornaments.  I picked up some cheap acrylic paint and some glass ornaments from Michael's.  And then I just squeezed out the paint into the bulb and counted to 8 (somewhere around 7-9 seconds was enough paint).

This is when I was squeezing way too much paint into and wasting it!  Like I said, about 8 seconds is enough paint and maybe even 7 would be plenty.  I think I was squeezing about 12 seconds into each bottle! What a waste!

Then I swirled and shook and swirled and shook until the inside was all covered.  I left them to dry overnight and during the next day.  I think 24 hours is sufficient to dry, but be sure to test it out and see.  I found a much more efficient way to dry the ornaments afterwards, of course.  Just stick a toothpick or a little stick in a block of foam and hang the ornaments on the toothpicks to drip dry!

I started draining the bulbs back into the paint bottles.  The paint is water soluable so in order to clean off any paint that had dried on the exterior, I just had to wipe it down with a wet paper towel or use my nail to scratch it off.

I picked coordinating ribbon for the ornaments and now they're ready for the tree!  If only I had a tree...