How To Use Mod Podge For Glitter Ornaments
Gently swirl the ornament around until the entire inside has been covered in a thin coat of polycrylic.
How to use mod podge for glitter ornaments. Pour in a generous amount of glitter again pour the excess out and back into the container. Allow to dry in between coats. Stick a funnel into the neck of the ornament. Lastly add a piece of ribbon or string for hanging. Once the mod podge is dry your item will look great but as you can see from the picture above as soon as you pick it up glitter gets transferred to your hands and then everywhere else too.
I lightly tap it against the palm of my hand to make sure that any loose glitter will find a spot to adhere. One option for sealing glitter with a decoupage medium is by mixing glitter directly into the mod podge. Pour out excess glitter. Add 2 coats of mod podge sparkle letting dry completely between each coat. Pour excess mod podge back into container and wash funnel.
Try not to shake the glue around to avoid bubbles forming they re hard to get rid when it s time to glitter. Lightly swirl the glue around to cover the entire area inside. Pour mod podge in ornament using funnel. If you want to make a half glitter half clear ornament use only a tiny amount of floor polish or polycrylic. Pour some glitter inside your ornament and rotate it to cover all the sides.
A little bit goes a. Keep turning and rotating it until you can t see any spots without glitter. Roll up a piece of paper to use as a funnel and pour glitter into the ornament. Leave this to dry completely. Mix glitter with mod podge and brush it on to your project like paint.
The mod podge sparkle will add a thin coat of sparkle and sheen that s the perfect finishing touch for these ornaments. Then let the rest of the solution drain out back into a container. Again rotate the ornament around so the glitter covers the whole inside. Using a medicine dropper pour about 10 ml of polycrylic into the plastic ornament. Step 1 pull the cap off of a clear glass or plastic ornament.