Bright Lights Cookie Plate
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- Clear, smooth 10-inch glass plate
- Scissors
- Masking tape
- Bottle-tip nozzle pen set
- Enamel paint: black, green, white, yellow, red, blue
- Foam plate
- #2 round paintbrushes
- Download the Bright Lights Cookie Plate pattern
here. Print two copies. Cut out patterns along semicircle outline. Flip
1 pattern so ends of cord outline match up with other pattern, creating
a continuous circular pattern. Tape in place.
- Snip 1/2-inch
tabs all around pattern to allow paper to conform to plate. Position
and tape pattern facedown on top of glass plate. Design will be painted
on bottom of plate.
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Cut tabs around the pattern. - Using
pen set, attach extension cap and fine metal tip to black enamel
bottle. Practice squeezing lines of enamel from bottle onto foam plate,
then draw thin black definition lines on glass plate for sockets and
cords and around each bulb. Let dry. (Quickly and thoroughly rinse out
cap and metal tip after each use.)
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Use the pen set to make the lines. - Thin
small amount of green enamel with water on foam plate. Using pattern as
your guide and painting on top of black definition lines, paint a line
over coiling cord. Also use green to fill in sockets and 2 green bulbs.
Be sure to apply paint strokes in same direction. Let dry, and repeat if
necessary to achieve opaque coverage.
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Use green to fill in the sockets.
Thin small amount of white enamel with water, and paint white lightbulbs. Repeat with remaining paint colors to fill in yellow, red, and blue bulbs.Holiday Hint!Painting mistakes can be easily removed by washing them away with water before the paint has dried completely or by scraping the dried enamel off with your fingernail. Remember: Once the enamel has been cured, it becomes permanent.- Follow manufacturer's instructions on enamel bottles for drying, baking, and curing enamel to glass.
