The Unexpected Kitchen Essential That Gives Christmas Ornaments A High-End Look
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Decorating for Christmas doesn't come cheap, especially if you like switching things up every other year. That's why creative Christmas decorations you can make with household items are such a great solution. With only a kitchen essential, a few bucks, some skill, and a lot of love, you can create ornaments that perfectly match your Christmas aesthetic. If your favorite ornaments are those chic flocked globes, then grab a bag of flour and some paint, and get to work, because you can replicate the look with little effort or cost.
The base for this DIY can be clear glass balls purchased specifically for this purpose, like the $30.99 Kingrol 30-Pack of Clear Plastic Fillable Ornament Balls from Amazon. But, if you have some that don't spark joy anymore, this can also be a brilliant way to repurpose old ornaments. You'll need spray primer, acrylic craft paint, a paint brush, a powder brush, and flour (it also works with baking soda). To make handling the balls easier, pierce some skewers through a cardboard box or floral foam, and use them to hold your ornaments upright and away from one another as well as other surfaces.
Make flocked Christmas globes at home
To make these DIY low-cost ornaments for your Christmas tree, start by unscrewing the cap from your ornaments. Pierce the cardboard box with the skewers, using a knife to create holes if needed. Use the open cap hole to place each of your globes onto the sticks. To steady them, you can even tape the neck of the ornament to the skewer, since this will be covered by the cap in the end and won't need to be painted.
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Spray the ornaments with the primer, and let them dry. If you prefer, and you're working with clear balls, you can skip this step and go straight in with the paint. Once the primer has dried, apply a generous coat of paint while holding the skewer and gradually turning it for better access. Then, with the paint still wet, use a spoon to drop flour (or baking soda) all over the globe. Do this over a container so you can continue to use the flour that doesn't stick for the remaining balls. Don't leave any blank spots.
The paint should lock in the powder, but if you find that it's not effective enough, add a layer of glue, like Mod Podge, before the flour step. Additionally, if you don't love the hazy white look that the flour produces, there are colorful flocking powders you can use instead, like Amazon's $8.99 Threlaco 3-oz. Christmas Flocking Powder, which will give your globes that same lush, velvety texture without dulling their color.
Shake off the excess power, and let the globes dry. Then go in with the powder brush and dust the balls off some more. Reattach the caps, and enjoy decorating your tree!