Introduction to Making & Showing Decoupage Items

Series Summary

Decoupage is the art of decorating an object by gluing pieces of colored paper onto objects like small boxes or decorative furniture. The ancient craft was seen in early 12th century Chinese peasant art and gained great popularity in France during the 17th and 18th centuries. Objects are sometimes painted or gold leaf is used, and then paper is laminated to the object with a special varnish or decoupage glue. A variety of household objects can be used in this handicraft, including glass dishes, wooden boxes and even candles, while newspaper, magazines, wrapping paper and decorative napkins can be used as the paper for decoupaging.

In this free video series, our expert will demonstrate how to personalized decoupage items. With step-by-step instructions, our expert will show you how to cut the paper for your decoupage project, how to glue the paper to your object and how to smooth and cut the edges for a beautiful finish to your craft project. With these online tutorials, our expert will show you how to make a nameplate and hanging decorations.

Video Transcript

"Hi! I'm Rachel for Expert Village. Today I'm going to show you a few things through art how to make with decoupage. Decoupage is a French word. What decoupage is is actually gluing cut up paper on an object. Today we're going to use napkins. There is an endless variety of course, because there's a lot of napkins all around. You can choose whatever napkin you like. The color, the decoration on top of it. I'm going to show you a few things you can do with the napkins. How to make a piggy bank with a lid on top. How to make a hang up decoration and how to make a name plate for your door with those things. You're going to see it comes out very pretty. It doesn't take too much work and plus, you don't need to paint or do any design. You just basically take a napkin with a nice design on it and you glue to the object that you would like to make."