DIY Glitter Baubles in just a few simple steps. An incredibly easy craft that looks better than the shop brought ones that leak glitter everywhere! It’s a perfect time to start all your Christmas Crafts so that you have the whole of December to enjoy them!
DIY Glitter Christmas Baubles are so versatile you can either just glitter them or you can personalise them with vinyl and add a cute bow for something extra.
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What you will need;
- Baubles
- Glitter
- Polyacryllic or British Paints One Coat Clear Gloss
- Syringe
- Empty Egg Carton
- Ribbon
- Permanent Vinyl
- Cricut Joy
- Transfer Tape / Masking Tape
- Hot Glue Gun
Method;
- Pull the lids off of your baubles
- Take your syringe and draw up some of the Polyacrylic.
- Add the Polyacrylic to the bauble and swirl the polyacrylic around. Be sure you cover the entire insides of the bauble. Rest the bauble in a cup to drain the excess polyacrylic out. For around 5 mins.
- Add a decent amount of glitter and again swirl your glitter around the bauble. Plug the top with your thumb and shake the bauble to ensure full coverage has been achieved.
- Set your bauble aside open end up in an empty egg carton to dry.
- Allow for the bauble to dry in a warm place for at least 12 hours. Because not a lot of air can get inside it does take some time to dry.
- In the meantime open your Cricut design space and create something you would like to add to the bauble, be an initial/name or a Christmas themed face. Its totally up to you!
- Cut, weed and place the vinyl onto your bauble using masking or transfer tape.
- Once dry, the Polyacrylic will be completely clear and leaves that glitter just dazzling!
- Make a little bow out of ribbon and hot glue this to the top of the bauble.
And as easy as that you have a gorgeous glitter Christmas Bauble to add to your Tree!
Until the next Craft,
The Craft Chaser x
What do you fill a Christmas Bauble with?
You don’t have to use just glitter! You could fill it with tinsel, feathers, lollies, fake snow, or even a bit of chunky loose glitter in them.
How do you put glitter into the bauble?
Polyacrylic is just one way you can do this. But you can get the same result from, watered down Mod Podge or Elmer’s Glue.
How long do glittered baubles take to dry?
Dependent on the temperature it can take from 12hours up to 24 hours for your bauble to completely dry.