How to Make a Paint Pour Ornament
These DIY paint pour ornaments are so pretty! This Christmas craft is super easy, no painting skills or experience needed, and they look so awesome decorating the tree!
Yield: 1 pour paint ornament
Cost: $2
Equipment
- Baking sheet (covered with parchment; or a table cloth)
Materials
- Acrylic paint (colours of choice)
- Pouring medium
- Clear plastic ornament ball
Instructions
Step 1: Find what you need
- Gather your supplies and materials.
Step 2: Mix the pour paint
- Pour about 1/2 ounce of acrylic paint into a small mixing cup.
- Add an equal amount of pouring medium to the cup.(Follow your pouring medium's instructions for paint to medium ratio.)
- Stir the paint together until it's completely mixed.
- Repeat with at least one other colour of paint.
Step 3: Add paint to the ornament
- Pull the top off of the ornament.
- Pour some of the first colour of paint (green, for us) straight to the bottom of the ornament.Try to avoid the paint going onto the sides, since this will cause streaks.
- Now pour some of the second colour (red) on top of the first, again aiming for the bottom of the ornament.
- Tilt the ornament, rotating it in all directions so that the paint spreads and the colours start to swirl together.Do this over a covering baking sheet or table cloth that will catch any paint drips.
- Add more paint to the ornament as needed.
- Twirl the paint around until the entire inside of the ornament is covered.
Step 4: Allow to dry
- Set the ornament upside-down on another cup, so that any excess paint can drip out.Allow to dry overnight.
- Once the ornament is completely dry, reinsert the ornament top. Squeeze the thin metal parts together and push them down into the ball.
- Your paint pour ornament is complete!
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Notes
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