Here’s a pretty way to dress up your glasses for the big New Year’s Eve celebration. They sparkle and shine as the light bounces off the glitter drips. Your guests will love them! A fun way to usher in the new year with friends. Be sure to print our free New Years Eve Bottle Tags too!
Confetti Champagne Glasses
FYI – air drying is 21 days HOWEVER you can still use these once they are dry to the touch. Just don’t put them in the dishwasher until they are cured. You can carefully rinse them out and let them air dry. :)
FIND THE FULL PRINTABLE INSTRUCTIONS AT THE END OF THIS POST
What You’ll Need
I used plastic champagne glasses for this project and it worked great! You can certainly use glass, but plastic is a lot less expensive, especially if you plan to make several.
Turn glasses upside down on work surface. Using the Crystal paint, add one drop at a time around the bottom of the glass near the edge.
Keep turning the glass and adding drops, one at a time, on top of the other drops until it stars to dribble down the side of the glass.
Do not over do it, you only want the drips to go about half way down the glass.
Use the handle end of a paintbrush dipped in the gloss enamel paints to ad dots in between the Crystal drips. Make some of the dots large and some small, alternating colors throughout the design.
Add a few tiny dots going up toward the rim of the glass, staying about 2-inches from the actual rim. Allow to dry and follow directions on bottle for curing (usually 21 days air dry or can be baked after 48 hours of air drying).
Hand washing with a soft cloth or top dishwasher rack is best!
When you’re done with this, you can find some awesome DIY decorations for New Year’s Eve here and some great games for New Years here. When you’re done with those, there are all sorts of New Year’s Eve ideas here.
Confetti Champagne Glasses
Supplies
- 2 champagne glasses
- Americana Crystal Gloss Enamel paint - Crystal
Americana Gloss Enamel Paints
- Festive Green
- Saffron Yellow
- White
- Baby Pink
- Lavender
- Razzle Berry
- Calypso Blue
- Black
Instructions
- Wash and dry champagne glasses thoroughly. Turn glasses upside down on work surface.
- Using the Crystal paint, add one drop at a time around the bottom of the glass near the edge. Keep turning the glass and adding drops, one at a time, on top of the other drops until it stars to dribble down the side of the glass. Do not over do it, you only want the drips to go about half way down the glass.
- Use the handle end of a paintbrush dipped in the gloss enamel paints to ad dots in between the Crystal drips. Make some of the dots large and some small, alternating colors throughout the design. Add a few tiny dots going up toward the rim of the glass, staying about 2-inches from the actual rim.
- Allow to dry and follow directions on bottle for curing (usually 21 days air dry or can be baked after 48 hours of air drying).
- Hand washing with a soft cloth or top dishwasher rack are recommended.
This post originally appeared here on Dec 30, 2013.
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JAN PRINGLE says
Excuse my ignorance (I am older) but how do you get the perfectly-round different sized dots? I would like to do this with some stemless wine glasses. I know they won’t look as good but I’d like to try it on a few to see how I do before I venture out to the pretty stems.
Amanda Davis says
If you look through the blog post you will see some step photos. In those photos you will see I used the handle end of a paintbrush to add the dots.
Rae says
Can they be baked if we use plastic ‘glasses’?
Amanda Formaro says
No, that would melt the plastic.
Daphne Thomas says
How is the glue removed, is it adhesive glue?
Amanda Formaro says
Hi Daphne :) There is no glue used in this craft. Please see the instructions in the post. Thanks!
Veronica says
If I want to bake them after the 48 hours to what degree should I place the oven at?
Amanda Formaro says
Sorry I’m just seeing this, I wasn’t receiving notifications for the comments :-/ Anyway, the paint bottles have directions on the back with the baking times and temps.
Franci says
I have an old set of plastic glasses I got they are still wrapped can I use these to do something like this Thank You
Barbara says
Terrific
Deanna says
I’m planning my Girl Scout year for next year. This is perfect for my Cadettes on our New Year’s Eve Sleepover! AWESOME idea! I’ve used a few of your ideas with my troop.
Amanda Formaro says
How fun Deanna! So glad you’ve been able to find some inspiration here and that my tutorials are helpful :)
Josie McHale says
Great idea! I love what you did with the confetti design champagne glasses. So going to try that with mine. Definitely makes it way more festive!
Amanda Formaro says
Thanks Josie! Glad you like them, I thought they were really fun too!
jet says
Happy new year.
this is awesome, love it, well done. i will try to make one.
Thank you for the tute and the sharing;-D
Amanda Formaro says
Thanks Jet! Hope you have fun :)
Lana @ Never Enough Thyme says
How cute, Amanda! These would be great for any celebration!
Amanda Formaro says
Thanks so much Lana!
Carmen M. says
These look like so much fun… Will need to remember this for my Daughters 21st birthday in March!
Amanda Formaro says
Thank you Carmen!
julie says
Amanda I am usually a big fan but this tease is too much! These glasses are adorable but we don’t have 21 days to air cure.:( But I will sure remember this for next year!
Amanda Formaro says
I know! I’m sorry about that Julie. BUT just so you know, you CAN use them as soon as they are dry, you just can’t put them in the dishwasher or wash them vigorously. So you STILL could make and use these! :)