How to Paint a Border Using Cookie Cutters

Cookie cutters aren't just for the kitchen anymore. With so many shapes and sizes available, they can be used to make a decorative border for almost any room in the house.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Flat Hobby Paintbrushes
• Round Hobby Paintbrushes
• Acrylic Paints
• Measuring Tapes
• Acrylic Paints
• Cookie Cutters
• Small Plastic Containers
• Pencils
• Pencils
• Yardsticks
• Ladders
• Ladders
• Pencils

1. Choose the area you want to paint.

2. Select the cookie-cutter shapes you'll use for your border design.

3. Decide whether you'll be painting a straight or a free-form border. For a straight border, measure and mark the desired height using a tape measure or yardstick.

4. Hold the cookie cutter in the desired location on the wall.

5. Trace around it lightly with pencil.

6. Continue tracing the cookie-cutter shape around the room, forming the border design.

7. Select acrylic paint colors.

8. Pour each paint color into a small plastic container.

9. Use a flat craft paintbrush to paint inside the cookie-cutter shapes.

10. Add details or outline with a round craft brush.

Tips & Warnings

• Use more than one cookie-cutter shape to make a patterned border such as a moon and stars, hearts and hands, or pine trees and a moose.
• Make a "flower power" border with a flower cookie cutter and fluorescent paint colors.
• Use caution when working on a ladder. Make sure the ladder is stable before climbing on.