DIY Felt Ornaments with Flocking: Including Luxe Texture to Your Vacation Decor

As the vacation season approaches, my thoughts at all times turns to crafting festive decorations that commemorate the coziness of the season. This yr, I wished to strive one thing just a little totally different than my regular felt ornaments by incorporating flocking for added texture. Flocking is a method that entails utilizing an adhesive to use colourful fibers evenly throughout a floor. It creates the phantasm of velvet or plush felt and may actually make your do-it-yourself decor pop.

My plan was to make a coordinated set of felt ornaments in the identical coloration manner, to permit for a cohesive contact of velvet all through our areas. Beginning off with the most typical and inexpensive, we’re beginning with clear plastic spherical ornaments. These have been just a little difficult getting throughout the decoration, holding it in place, however they turned out nice… Let’s get into the supplies and directions.

Supplies

Self-Leveling Adhesive
Flock-It Fiber
Flocking Applicator
Paint Brush
Clear Plastic Ornaments

 The entire supplies wanted for this DIY and any DIY will be discovered on my DIY Amazon board (here).

Directions

1. Load Flocking Applicator
2. Evenly paint self-leveling adhesive round complete decoration
3. Place decoration on a peg or hold to assist stabilize it
4. apply flocking utilizing an applicator to use it evenly fully-over coat the item. Further will fall off.
5. Enable ample time to dry
6. deal with rigorously for a number of days and revel in

To my delight, the fibers lined the shapes easily, leaving a fair coating of coloration. Just a few gentle brushings eliminated any extra not caught to the adhesive, or a mushy puff of air from a blow dryer or air compressor. The completed ornaments had an opulent, plush-like look. Better of all, the identical supplies and method meant the entire assortment matched completely.

*I do wish to word that we’ve got had a number of not end up the primary time. We painted the self-leveling adhesive overtop the primary try, and it really turned out higher the 2nd go round. Not desirous to waste materials, I wouldn’t do that for each merchandise, but when there’s something you actually wish to end up effectively, two layers has confirmed to be drastically higher.

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