Get 17% off with coupon code MAR17 during our March Sale!
Get 17% off with coupon code MAR17 during our March Sale!
Get 17% off with coupon code MAR17 during our March Sale!

Round Bottle Christmas Ornaments

How to Make Round Bottle Christmas Ornaments

Craft Project: How to Make Christmas Ornaments with Colored Sand & Sand Art Bottles

What you need:

Gathering your supplies and lay some sheets of paper on your work space to make cleaning up the sand easier. Then think of the design you’d like your ball to be, it helps if you draw it out or find a picture to use as reference before you begin.

Craft Project: How to Make Christmas Ornaments with Colored Sand & Sand Art Bottles

First, we will make the bottle a nice base color. Start by applying an even coat of the decoupage sealer on the entire bottle. If you are having trouble applying the coat, try doing only half the bottle first then repeating the process on the second half.

Craft Project: How to Make Christmas Ornaments with Colored Sand & Sand Art Bottles

Then make you are over the paper you laid out and pour the Colored Sand of your choice over the glue. Don’t worry about wasting your sand, that’s what the paper is there for!

Craft Project: How to Make Christmas Ornaments with Colored Sand & Sand Art Bottles

Wait a couple seconds then pour the excess sand off of your bottle. Now if you only did half of the bottle you can repeat the process until the bottle is fully covered.

Craft Project: How to Make Christmas Ornaments with Colored Sand & Sand Art Bottles

Put your bottle aside and let the glue dry for 15-20 minutes.

Craft Project: How to Make Christmas Ornaments with Colored Sand & Sand Art Bottles

While waiting, you can clean up some of the sand by carefully picking up the top sheet of paper and pouring it back into your bottle/bag/box so you can reuse it for more projects later.

Craft Project: How to Make Christmas Ornaments with Colored Sand & Sand Art Bottles

After your bottle has dried you can now add your custom designs to it. For this one I made a simple snow flake design, but feel free to do whatever you’d like. Carefully paint your design with the decoupage sealer and try to make sure the coat is thick and even. Don’t worry about it being perfect, remember, every snowflake is unique.

Craft Project: How to Make Christmas Ornaments with Colored Sand & Sand Art Bottles

Like before just pour on the color of your choice then pour it off.

Craft Project: How to Make Christmas Ornaments with Colored Sand & Sand Art Bottles

Craft Project: How to Make Christmas Ornaments with Colored Sand & Sand Art Bottles

Next let your bottle dry for 15-20 minutes once again. If you’d like to add more to your bottle you can repeat the last step as many times as you like, just make sure to wait 15-20 minutes between every color/design so you don’t smudge it of have sand stick where you don’t want it.

Craft Project: How to Make Christmas Ornaments with Colored Sand & Sand Art Bottles

After it’s dry you can lightly brush off any excess sand that’s not where it should be with a dry paint brush. Then you can add any other decorations to your ornament that you would like. Now you can tie a string around to lid to hang from it your tree or place it out anywhere you’d like for display.

Craft Project: How to Make Christmas Ornaments with Colored Sand & Sand Art Bottles