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From "DIY Crafts"
episode DIC-104 |
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DIY Crafts host Mary Lyon explains how to paint and decoupage rocks. You can use them as doorstops or paperweights or as decorations for a windowsill. Materials:
Rocks
Paintbrushes
Acrylic paint
Paper plate or paper to hold paint
Paper cutouts from magazines or wrapping paper (optional)
Pipe cleaners (optional)
Mod PodgeB.
- Squeeze a small amount of acrylic paint onto a paper plate or piece of paper.
- Dip a brush into the paint, and add the desired design to the rock (figure A).
- Change paint colors and continue painting.
Variations To make a bug, glue on pipe-cleaner legs and wiggly eyes. Paint a landscape scene on a rock to use as a doorstop. Apply cutouts from magazines or gift-wrapping paper with Mod Podge to the top of the rock for a decoupaged look (figure B). Paint lima beans to look like little faces, using red and black felt-tip pens. Add a lima-bean face to the front of a note card, then glue on pot-scrubber hair and a little red bow under the chin (figure C).
RESOURCES :
Mod Podge
Plaid Enterprises Inc.
Website: www.plaidonline.com
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