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DIY brushstroke painted plastic Christmas balls

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Gosh that headline is a mouth full but it’s the truth. You might have seen various painted ornaments in my “Blogger Stylin’ Christmas Home Tour 2014″ (click HERE if you missed it) on Monday and todays’ post is to show you what I did.Painted Brushstroke ornaments by Cuckoo4Design

DIY brushstroke painted plastic Christmas balls

It just so happens that I bought a large amount of colored plastic ornaments on 75% clearance at Target after Christmas last year and I wasn’t feeling all the colors.
On top of it I had a huge amount of silver plastic ornaments in the attic that I didn’t want to use this year.

How to paint cheap plastic Christmas balls

I really wasn’t that into the reds and purples.

My first step was to use some scrap wood and nails to create board where I could prop up the plastic ornaments to spray paint them with primer.

How to paint cheap plastic Christmas balls

 

How to paint cheap plastic Christmas balls

My go to favorite primer is Kilz spray primer and it worked like a charm once again. In some of the photos below you can tell that the color still bled through in some spots on the balls, but  second coat fixed that. No other primer works as good for me as this one.

 

 

How to paint cheap plastic Christmas balls

After the primer I either gave them a fresh coat of semi-gloss white spray paint or I painted some of them my favorite Krylon Copper Metallic Spray Paint. The copper is included on the small and the large Christmas tree.

But I didn’t stop there. I wanted to included everything I loved int he past year in my home decor, which was the crosses and the recent dots and brushstrokes. Don’t you just love Jana Bek brush stroke lamps? I do and it sure looks fabulous on Christmas balls too.

I painted black detail in with regular acrylic craft paint and various different sized brushes. Actually very easy if you ask me.

Each ornament was hung up to dry on little rods (sorry for the bad cellphone photos):

DIY painted brush stroke Christmas balls

And here they are, all kinds of different ones:

DIY brush stroke cross ornaments

 

Here is a copper painted ornament and a brush stroke ornament:

 

DIY brush stroke ornaments

And another copper Christmas ball and a little dotted brushstroke Christmas ball.

DIY brush stroke dotted ornaments DIY brush stroke dotted ornaments

 

I love how they look on my small Christmas tree and on my large one. Click HERE to see the big Christmas tree with the ornaments.

Small Dining Room Christmas Tree

 

Painted Brushstroke ornaments by Cuckoo4Design Painted Brushstroke ornaments by Cuckoo4Design Painted Brushstroke ornaments by Cuckoo4Design

I still have to share with you how I made the large gold stars. But I’ll do that next time.

Tschüß

(Youleeya)

DIY painted plastic brushstroke Christmas balls

 

See more of my Christmas ornament DIYs:

How to make 3D paper snowflakes using lunch bags

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DIY poster board snowflakes with free silhouette cameo download. Also tutorial on how to make them by hand without a cutting machine.

Poster Board Snowflakes for Christmas Tree Decor

Foldable 3D Stars with downloadable file

Foldable 3D Stars with downloadable file

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DIY brushstroke painted plastic Christmas balls

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Easy and affordable paper fan decorations inspired by faux sun palm leaves

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vignette of faux terracotta spheres and pottery

Who knew you could repurpose cheap Christmas ornaments with baking soda paint?

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  1. cassie says

    December 10, 2014 at 5:14 am

    love how these turned out- especially the cross ones! and your idea for holding the ornaments still is so smart!

    • Julia says

      December 10, 2014 at 8:48 am

      Thank you! Heading over now to see yours.

  2. Dagmara-GlamistaHome says

    December 10, 2014 at 6:25 am

    Great project. I love the black and white contrast. I am a big fan of the black cross it pops nicely against the white. Seems easy enough to make and looks great on the tree. Thank you for sharing!

    • Julia says

      December 10, 2014 at 8:48 am

      Thanks so much and also thank you for sharing it

  3. Krystine www.KrystineEdwards.com/blog says

    December 10, 2014 at 8:52 am

    SO cute! I thought about doing black and white painted ornaments, but realized I had more to do, next year maybe! You inspired me!

  4. Sheryll & Critters. says

    December 10, 2014 at 9:11 am

    This is just totally BRILLIANT….. and what took you so long to tell us how….. I LOVE them. And I don’t think I can wait one more hour to find out how you made those stars……. I am so into those stars. Since I don’t have a beautiful Angel to top my faux tree….. I need something I can make on the cheap…. and stars are next on my list. since I need easy and to spend NO money.

    Also, you would so love, love, love my grand baby boy Shaymus…. he is the most wonderful kitty since Sugar. I could twist him into a pretzel and he would not scratch or anything…. he is so affectionate it is unreal.

    I need to ask you and others if I am the only one that can barely see the very light type print on here and some other blogs? I can not read for such light type print.

    • Julia says

      December 11, 2014 at 5:56 am

      Thanks so so much. And Shaymus sounds like he is wonderful.
      Also I have no idea why my type looks so light to you. It’s set to black. I’m wondering if it would work if you increased the contrast on your screen when you read my blog. Unfortunately I can’t set my type to darker because it’s the darkest it is. That’s not good ๐Ÿ™

  5. Vanessa says

    December 10, 2014 at 9:26 am

    These are lovely

  6. Megan @ Rhapsody in Rooms says

    December 10, 2014 at 9:54 am

    These are so cute! I love them. And very you! They look great with the copper too!

  7. Heather |Decor Fix says

    December 10, 2014 at 12:15 pm

    OK, I’ve painted ornaments before, but your trick with the nails on the board? Brilliant!! Would have made it SO much easier. Great tip.

  8. Amy @ Homey Oh My! says

    December 10, 2014 at 12:55 pm

    Beautiful! And very clever way of letting the ornaments dry!

  9. Charlotte @ Ciburbanity says

    December 10, 2014 at 2:26 pm

    The board with the nails is genius enough! I always see ornaments after the holidays but didn’t even THINK to spray paint them. Super smart. And, I LOOVE the brushstroke pattern with the teal ribbon. So cool.

  10. [email protected] says

    December 10, 2014 at 11:10 pm

    These look great! Really “you.” And I love your painting set up. Super duper smart.

  11. Sarah says

    December 11, 2014 at 3:52 pm

    I love how these turned out – they capture what I love about graphic, black and white modern art! It’s truly a unique project!

    • Julia says

      December 11, 2014 at 6:27 pm

      Thanks Sarah I did want some modern art in my Christmas decor.

  12. [email protected] says

    December 11, 2014 at 4:29 pm

    So fun–I love how the Christmas decor echoes what you’ve done over the year with your home ๐Ÿ™‚ they turned out great!

    • Julia says

      December 11, 2014 at 6:27 pm

      That’s exactly what I was trying to do, to echo what I did throughout the year.

  13. Katja | Shift Ctrl Art says

    December 11, 2014 at 8:38 pm

    Julia, my friend ๐Ÿ™‚ This is SO awesome!! I love how you re-purposed the colors you didn’t want anymore. I love how this came out!! Love your tree!!!

    • Julia says

      December 12, 2014 at 3:02 pm

      Thanks so much Katja, you are always the sweetest.

  14. Kara Ford says

    December 12, 2014 at 7:15 am

    Julia, you are so very gifted with talent and creativity!! Absolutely love how you transformed these ornaments from average to fabulous!

    • Julia says

      December 13, 2014 at 5:53 am

      Thank you Kara for the sweet words and visit.

  15. Kenz @ Interiors By Kenz says

    December 12, 2014 at 3:18 pm

    Great tutorial. These are so simple but make a big impact. Very very classy as usual!

  16. Sarah @ Life On Virginia Street says

    December 14, 2014 at 4:45 pm

    So cool Julia! I LOVE these!

    • Julia says

      December 15, 2014 at 3:48 pm

      Thank you Sarah

  17. Trisha D. @Black and White Obsession says

    December 18, 2014 at 8:20 am

    Oh my goodness Julia, come over to my house and help me add the perfect touches of black and white in my home!! I may have to seriously copy these for my home! Although once I get to it, it’ll be after Christmas ha!

    • Julia says

      December 18, 2014 at 5:36 pm

      Haha, you don’t need any help. You are pretty awesome at doing black and white yourself ๐Ÿ˜‰
      Merry Christmas!

  18. Anna @Annabode says

    December 19, 2014 at 8:34 am

    Love these so much! Black and white is my new favorite color scheme for the holidays.

    • Julia says

      December 19, 2014 at 2:27 pm

      Thank you so much Anna!

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