I love making gifts for family that means something. Grandparents LOVE things that have a special meaning and has something to do with their grandchildren. This is why I choose this for my Mother-in-law. She will for sure display this in her tree proudly!
What you will need:
Clear ornament bulb
Acrylic craft paint
clear coat spray
Paint brushes
Ribbon of your choice
A Child's lovely Hand for their fingerprint!
I started with a clear ornament and took the metal top off. I then poured inside the bulb turquoise and white paint and slowly moved the bulb around till the whole inside was covered in paint. You can use any colour combination or even just one colour. I went in and used a brush to get areas that weren't doing the affect I was looking for.
Next I painted on a Stocking. Here is how I started it with the white outline. I added dots later on. You could do any kind of a design on this side. Grandma always makes a special stocking for her grandchildren so I thought this would be cute.
I then grabbed my eldest child and painted her three fingers to make the body of the snowmen on the other side of the ornament. Make sure to test out your technique before doing it on the ornament! We did 2 takes before doing the finger prints on the actual gift. I then painted on snow under the fingerprints, added eyes, mouth, nose, hat and arms. Make sure after the paint is dry to spray the whole ornament with a clear cote to make sure the paint doesn't rub off.
I then made a bow out of ribbon and slipped it threw the hole of the metal topper and replaced the topper on the ornament.
I should have taken more pics of each step but I was making this late at night and kept forgetting to take pictures lol.
This is how it turned out. You can piece it easily together how I finished up each steps. Be creative and have fun with it :)
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