Cool Things to Make Out of Slumped Bottles

Slumped bottles make beautiful decorations.

Slumped bottles are beautiful and unique additions to any room. They make great gifts for friends for birthdays, weddings or showers. The slumped bottles can have a unique design or can have commemorating a special moment. The slumping of the bottle involves a kiln and can be shaped or lie completely flat dependent on the design desired.

Trays

Place crackers and cheese, grapes or lemons and limes onto the slumped bottle. It makes a great, unique tray for any party. Coordinate what you are serving with the bottle it is placed on. Serve lemons and limes on a slumped bottle of tequila. The cheese and crackers or grapes on a slumped bottle of wine.

Decoration

Create unique wall, mantle piece or coffee table art with slumped bottles. A simple and easy decorative piece, use different colored bottles to create art pieces to place around the house. Bottles also can be slumped together to create a piece of art to hang on the wall or placed in a circle to form a coffee table tray.

Painting

A bottle that has been slumped completely flat makes a great canvas. Use the flat space to paint a beautiful scene or cover the entire bottle with hand painted flowers. Cover the bottle with a unique design such as marbled, polka dotted or striped. Take this opportunity to create a distinctive piece of art.

Holders

The width and the length of the bottles make them perfect to use as candle holders or incense burners. You can put sand or beads into the groove and add sea shells. Place a slumped bottle by the front door and use it as a catch all for keys, change and other things.

References

• Slumping Bottles.
• Bottle Slumping Instructions.
• MIY Glass Studio - Flat/Shaped Slumped Bottles.