Make a cute recycled wine bottle chalkboard for your home. Do you keep scores of recycled glass bottles and jars, wondering what to do with them? There are so many adorable ideas for recycling these days and I have one more to add – a chalkboard message board on a bottle. Heck, the bottle can even double as a vase. Its’s no wonder we can’t seem to part with normally discarded items such as these emptied and decorated wine bottles when they have so much potential. Not to mention the fun you have drinking the contents of the bottle.
Lately, I’ve experimented with DecoArt’s Gloss Enamels. These paints, perfect for painting on glass and it comes in a variety of finishes. The 3D Gloss Enamels, has an opaque finish with a raised effect because it has a precision nozzle, but like regular brush on Gloss enamel is opaque. These paints are suitable for multiple purposes and adheres to glass, wood, papier maché, plaster, resin, ceramics, and many other craft surfaces. It can be baked at 325°F for 30 minutes for a dishwasher-safe finish. For those of you that prefer a more transparent effect on glass, check out Crystal Gloss Enamels, 3D Gloss Enamels or Crystal Gloss Enamels Glitter.
Supplies for recycled wine bottle chalkboard:
- Recycled wine bottles
- Gloss enamels in Bright Orange and Calypso Blue
- Chalkboard Paint for glass
- Sculpey III – white
- DecoArt’s Americana Acrylics
- Flat backed rhinestones
- Beacon Adhesive 527 Quick Grip
- Flower and leaf push mold
- Hemp or jute cording
- Covered work surface
Instructions for recycled wine bottle chalkboard:
For these bottles, I brushed on Gloss enamels in Bright Orange and Calypso Blue. Once I had several coats on the bottle in the desired opaque finish, I baked them according to the manufacturer’s instructions to cure the paint.
I then used a rectangular card stock template to trace the shape using a black permanent marker.
To add the chalkboard paint to the bottle, use DecoArt’s Chalkboard Paint for glass and a 1″ brush to paint inside the traced rectangle. It will take more than one coat to get a nice opaque covered here.
While my paint was drying between coats, I used a push mold and white Sculpey III to form several leaves and flowers. The pieces were baked according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
Use DecoArt’s Americana Acrylics to paint the pieces in shades that coordinate with the Gloss Enamel colors.
I also dry brushed my pieces with Lamp Black for a vintage look.
Finally, I used a super strong adhesive to glue the clay shapes to the edges of the bottles, while the bottles were laying on their sides, working one area at a time. Lastly, I added some hemp from Hemptique to the neck of the bottles, wrapping around several times and securing with tacky glue.
Switch the messages out depending on whatever sentiment inspires you or with the changing of the seasons. These colors will be suitable through Spring, Summer and well into Fall. You can enjoy your recycled wine bottle chalkboard almost all year-long.
Hope you enjoyed this idea from Mel!
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