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Having sons, I've never really been into glitter. Pictures of glitter ornaments have been popping up all over my newsfeed that I just had to attempt information technology. Here'south how to easily brand those glitter ornaments.

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The process isn't difficult. You but need a few specialty tools and items to become y'all going. I must say, that glitter is addicting. Making these glitter ornaments was pretty easy to do and once done, you can decorate them in so many ways.

Things You Need to Make Glitter Ornaments

BLANK ORNAMENTS – you can get these from a diversity of places, including Michaels, various dollar stores or online buy-ins. They come in a few different sizes and styles. The round ones come up in two dissimilar sizes and you can also get a disc-shaped one that is flatter. Y'all tin can also go them made of drinking glass or shatterproof (a fancy discussion for plastic).

MINWAX POLYCRYLIC – this is the stuff that you will put inside the ornamentation to get the glitter to stick. You lot will most probable need to get to a hardware/home comeback store to become this – it's usually in the paint aisle. I used semi-gloss, but I don't think it really matters as the glitter covers everything upward.
I take heard of a number of people using Pledge Floor Polish – withal, the reviews tend to be mixed. Some have success and some say that it's likewise thin and you don't get a good layer of glitter to adhere. The polycrylic is a sure affair, nevertheless, and so I'd personally rather go with that.
Some people have had problem finding the polycrylic – you tin as well get it on Amazon. I've included the Amazon affiliate link below this list.
Be careful of whatever substitutions – Varathane may seem similar, but will yellowish with age and will discolour your glitter, and so y'all don't want that!

GLITTER– you can go this from a diversity of places that sell craft stuff, including the dollar store, which is where I got mine.

FUNNELS– y'all can get small craft funnels from the dollar store. You lot will demand a couple – one for the polycrylic and another for the glitter.

PLASTIC SPOON – this is for putting the polycrylic into the ornament.

EMPTY EGG CARTON – this holds the ornaments upside downwardly so that the excess pours out into the egg carton and and so is contained. Those takeout coffee holders also work, but they hold fewer ornaments.

NEWSPAPER– but to cover your tabular array surface, making clean up quick and easy. I seem to get glitter everywhere!

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Step by Step Process to Brand Glitter Ornaments

  1. Remove the hanger/top – you lot can just pull them out. I store mine in the cover of the egg carton
  2. Using the funnel, put a couple of spoonfuls of polycrylic into the decoration using the plastic spoon.
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  3. Swirl the ornament around and then that the polycrylic coats the unabridged inside. It has a translucent wait to information technology, so it's obvious when it coats. To get the very top done, I hold it upside down over the bucket of polycrylic and swirl it to get a coating over the top.
    Don't worry if y'all don't go any over the "stem" of the ornament – the hanger/top covers that up and so no one will e'er see. If you miss a spot, use the funnel and put another spoonful in to get the area you missed. Drain out the backlog dorsum into the polycrylic saucepan.
  4. Place the ornament upside down into the egg carton and then that the last few drops of excess polycrylic drips into the carton.
    TIP:  I do about half-dozen ornaments at a time (in an egg carton that holds a dozen eggs, alternate them and they volition all fit). Yous don't want the polycrylic to dry before you get a take chances to put in the glitter so be wary of doing besides many all at once.
    EDITED TO ADD:  I have now done this a number of times and can actually do 25 at a time. At that place are 25 in the container from Michaels and I oasis't had a problem with the polycrylic drying out while information technology sits.
    TIP:  I exercise it assembly-line manner:  I put the polycrylic into each of the ornaments (equally mentioned, I practice half-dozen at a time), then swirl them ane after the other.
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  5. Using a clean funnel (this is why yous need 2), cascade in a expert spoonful of glitter.
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  6. Swirl/rotate the decoration around then that the glitter sticks to the polycrylic. If yous need more, cascade in extra glitter. Look for an even coating – make sure you don't miss any spots. In order to get glitter on the top, I use a similar method to that as the polycrylic. I put the funnel dorsum into the glitter container (mine had a spout that I poured out of and the funnel fit dorsum in) – then I turned the decoration upside down over the funnel and swirled and rotated the ornamentation to get the top covered in glitter.
    This is very forgiving. If you see that you've missed a spot, put more than glitter in and aim it into that area. Don't worry if the "neck" of the ornament isn't coated – the hanger/pinnacle of the ornament covers this up and then no one will see. At this point y'all will see how and why I seemed to go glitter everywhere.
  7. Put upside down once again into the egg carton.  Leave to set up and dry – I left mine overnight.
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  8. Decorate! I used my Cricut Explore Air two to cut out permanent vinyl to decorate mine. The possibilities are countless.
    TIP:  If starting out, be conscientious nearly doing something overly fancy and ornate. Keep in mind that you are not working with a flat surface. Depending on your design, y'all will need a lot of patience and prodding to go it downwardly without any bubbles or wrinkles. Y'all'll also desire to experiment with size – likewise big tin be hard to lay flat. That said, there are some flat, disc-similar ornaments in stores that y'all tin glitter too. I've even seen some ornaments decorated with ribbons and jingle bells – the possibilities are countless. For more tips, check out my mail service on how to add vinyl to an ornament.
  9. Put the hangers/tops back on. That's it!
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This is definitely a arts and crafts in which I would recommend doing a bunch at a time. Although the process is easy, yous don't want to get through all these steps to practice only 1 glitter ornamentation. I do a bunch at a time, in a variety of colours so that I always take a few on mitt.

This is a great craft that tin can easily be personalized. The glitter makes them so beautiful. These glitter ornaments would brand great teacher gifts or stocking stuffers. I've made then many now – anybody I know is getting one!

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Materials

  • Articulate acrylic ornaments
  • Minwax Polycrylic
  • Glitter

Tools

  • Small-scale funnels
  • Plastic spoon
  • Empty egg carton
  • Newspaper

Instructions

  1. Remove the hangers from the ornaments.
  2. Using a funnel, put a couple of spoonfuls of the Polycrylic into the ornament.
  3. Swirl the decoration so that the Polycrylic coats the entire inside of the decoration.
  4. Drain out any excess Polycrylic back into the container.
  5. Set the ornament upside down in an egg container for the excess Polycrylic to baste out.
  6. Using a clean funnel, pour in a good spoonful of glitter into the ornament
  7. Swirl or rotate the ornamentation so that the glitter completely coats the within of the decoration. Add more glitter if necessary.
  8. Put excess glitter back into the container.
  9. Permit sit upside down in the egg carton until completely dry.
  10. Put the hangers back in.

Notes

These can easily be personalized with adhesive vinyl.

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