I'm loving this assortment of flipped dollar store Christmas DIY decor. I'm making inexpensive plastic items for a dollar look like money! Check out how I created some faux mercury metallic look decor mixed with some faux stone Christmas ornaments. I really appreciate how a little spray paint changes the complete look of each of these decor pieces. See how I made the transformations below!
Mercury Metallic Accent Decor Bowl
Materials:
Plastic Bowl
Black Spray Paint
Wire Basket
Empty BB&W Candle Jar
Hot Glue Gun & Glue Sticks
Step 1: Grab a plastic bowl and wire basket from the dollar store. Remove the sticker from the bowl.
Step 2: Spray on some metallic spray paint to the interior and exterior of the bowl. ( I tried to allow some of the clear area to be exposed.)
Step 3: Pour vinegar into a spray bottle. Spray vinegar and squirt black spray paint onto the bowl to give it a mercury metallic appearance.
Step 4: Allow the bowl to dry. Adhere the wire basket to the bottom of the finished bowl.
Stoneware Ornaments
Materials:
Clear Ornaments
Acrylic Paint
Baking Powder
Step 1: Paint clear ornaments using a coat of mixed acrylic paint and baking powder.
Step 2: Add stoneware spraypaint to coat the top of ornament.
Snow Globe Storage Jar
Materials:
Snow Globe Blank
Metallic Spray Paint
Black Spray Paint
Empty Candle Jar
Faux Snow
Bottle Brush Trees
Hot Glue Gun & Glue Sticks
Step 1: Gather empty candle jar, lid and snow globe blank. Add splashes of metallic and black spay paint.
Step 2: Assemble the inside of the snow globe.
Metallic Candlestick Holders
Materials:
Plastic Champaign Glasses
Hot Glue Gun & Glue Sticks
Battery Operated Candle Pillars
Step 1: Paint the plastic glasses using a mix of vinegar, metallic and black spray paint.
Step 2: Allow some of the clearness of the glass to still show.
Step 3: Use hot glue to adhere the plastic glases together to create a candlestick holder.
Step 4: Ahere two plastic glasses for shorter candlestick holders. Adhere three plastic glases for a longer candlestick holder.
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Take a look at the video for more details! Watch the short version of these DIYs on Facebook here! Mercury Metallic Accent Decor Bowl, Stoneware Ornaments, Snow Globe Storage Jar, Metallic Candlestick Holders
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