Paint Pour Letters
Level of difficulty: Beginner
Use a fun paint pouring technique to cover wood letters in this colorful craft! Push pins on the back of each letter allow for the word to be displayed on a cork board. You can hang other works of art around your unique masterpiece!
What You'll Need:
- 3" Wood Letters
- Crafter's Closet Deco Podge Gloss
- Crafter's Closet White Acryllic Paint
- Crafter's Closet Blue Acryllic Paint
- Crafter's Closet Purple Acryllic Paint
- Crafter's Closet Green Acryllic Paint
- Plastic Disposable Cups
- Mason Jar
- Crafter's Closet Premium Paint Brush
- Crafter's Closet Hot Glue Gun
- Crafter's Closet Hot Glue Sticks
- Push Pins
- Water
Let's Do This!
Step 1:
- Pour the contents of one bottle of deco podge into a jar that has a lid.
- Fill the empty deco podge bottle with water until it’s about 1/3 full.
- Pour the water into the jar containing the deco podge.
- Put the lid on the jar and shake well to mix the contents.
Step 2:
- Squeeze about 3 tablespoons of each paint color into individual cups.
- Remove the lid from the jar and pour a small amount of the deco podge-water mixture into each cup
- Stir each cup until the paint and deco podge-water mixture is well blended.
- The paint mix should have the consistency of honey. You can add more of the deco podge-water mixture to the paint to reach the desired consistency, if needed.
Step 3:
- Create a “dirty pour”: In a clean, empty cup, pour your paint colors one on top of the other. You can repeat layering the colors until you use up all the paint.
Step 4:
- Hot glue push pins onto the backs of the wood letters.
- The pins will be sticking up.
Step 5:
- Flip the letters over and push the pins into a piece of cardboard.
- Pour the cup of mixed paints over the letters to cover them. Tip: As the different colors pour out of the cup, go over the letters multiple times to make unique patterns.
Step 6:
- Pick up the cardboard base and tilt it slightly to help the paint flow over the letters.
- If the paint doesn’t completely run over the sides of the letters, you can use a paint brush dipped in the runoff paint below to fill in any gaps.
