How to Make Stained-Glass Christmas Balls
Make those boring Christmas balls beautiful.
- Difficulty:
- Moderately Easy
Instructions
Things You'll Need
- Window Colors
- Redi Lead Circles And Strips
- Clear Glass Christmas Balls
- Straight Pins
- X-Acto Knives
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Buy a package of clear glass Christmas balls.
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Arrange the Redi Lead design to your liking.
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Peel the lead from its paper backing and apply it to a ball.
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Squeeze a Window Color directly from the bottle onto the ball, filling in the spaces where you want that color.
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Apply the paint generously, but not so much that it runs.
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Use a straight pin to pop any air bubbles in the paint.
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Tips & Warnings
If you want to paint the lead, which is black, apply the paint and let it dry before you remove the lead from its paper backing.
Use an X-Acto knife to trim away excess lead.
Paint half of the ornament, let it dry, then paint the other half.
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Comments
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Nov 22, 2005
When I can't find the clear glass balls, I use the colored ones...Just fill a bowl or small tub with bleach and soak the colored ones for a few minutes and the paint will peel right off. Rinse and you're ready to go! -
Nov 22, 2005
When I made this project, I found that using Plaid's Gallery glass stain works the best. It is a thinner paint, and it looks prettier than their glass paint.
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Nov 22, 2005
Rinse the glass balls with alcohol before painting.
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Nov 22, 2005
When I made this project, I found that using Plaid's Gallery glass stain works the best. It is a thinner paint, and it looks prettier than their glass paint.
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Nov 22, 2005
Rinse the glass balls with alcohol before painting.
