From Plastic to Fantastic
Inspired by Young House Love’s faux ceramic animal ornaments, we made our own slightly larger version. I found these ugly guys animals in the $1 bins at Target. Following Sherry’s directions, we screwed an eye hook into each animal. These are actually leftover hooks from a picture hanging kit.
Love the expression on my son’s face, acting like it is so hard to turn the screws. I actually started each one for him and his job was to twist them until they were all the way in.
Once the hooks were all in, we sprayed ours with Rustoleum’s White Lacquer spray paint for an extra glossy finish. The lacquer gloss helps them look a lot more ceramic, and a lot less plastic. I also attached jute twine to make a loop for hanging.
These guys are going to look great on the Christmas tree. Fresh as snow in their new coat of glossy white! This is a very budget friendly ornament project. With the cost of the spray paint, each ornament came out to about $2. Not bad for big, classy, lacquered animal ornaments. I even have enough paint to do another batch. And just for fun, here they are strutting their stuff…
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Cool idea!
what an amazing idea, i love these, thanks for sharing xxx
are you freaking kidding me? i’m pretty much in love with these ornaments. and will be making some today. thanks for sharing.
am officially new, huge fan of your blog!
lesley
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What a great idea! My boys would LOVE this!!! Thank you for sharing!
Oh man! I love these so much! I’m already getting ideas for a whole tree covered in white shiny faux ceramic!
These are cool! I can see from the pics how the glossiness of the paint really helps bring out the ceramic look.
These look fantastic, and I love that you included your son when you were making these :)
These are really cool! Great job! Kelly
Those are so cool. I just did a post on DIY ornaments and found a tutorial for something similar but they were painted bright colors. I love the solid white!! Your boys expression is so adorable. SO glad I found your blog. Would love you to stop by DIY Home Sweet Home
Jamie
http://diyhshp.blogspot.com/
P.S. I have a linky every Monday would love you to stop by Monday and link up.
Too Cute !!!