HOW TO PAINT THE INSIDE OF AN ORNAMENT
Want to paint the inside of an ornament? Here are the basic steps and tips and tricks to help ease your frustration and mess! Perfect for custom Christmas ornaments for sale or gifts.
Equipment
- Paper towel or plastic cup
Ingredients
- Clear glass or
- plastic ornaments in your favorite colors
- Acrylic paint
Instructions
- Start by removing the top of the ornament.
- To prevent your paint from cracking, swish around some rubbing alcohol in the ornament, dump out, and allow to fully dry.Once dry, squeeze about half a tablespoon-ish of craft paint inside the ornament, and another half tablespoon on the opposite interior side. This helps get better coverage than just putting it all on one half.
- Then place a piece of paper towel on top of the ornament to prevent the paint from coming out and move and shake the ornament until it's completely covered on the inside.Be patient, paint moves slowly. A combination of shaking, waiting, and mumbling curse words under your breath works the best.Then set the ornament upside down to drain out the extra paint. For this project flat sphere ornaments are being used and find a paper towel works best. Every few minutes move the ornament to a clean spot on the paper towel—you'll be surprised how much extra paint is in there.
- If you have a round sphere ornament, you can place it in a plastic cup that's slightly smaller than your ornament and the extra paint will drip into the cup. Much tidier but it doesn't work as well with the disk ornaments.After 24 to 48 hours, replace the lid and your painted ornament is done! If you want to add vinyl, you can do it well before the 24 hours is up—just as long as there isn't paint dripping everywhere.This is a quick and easy way to perfectly match your ornaments to your decor, or to custom-make ornaments for gifts or sale!
