In anticipation of the New Year and Christmas, it becomes relevant to make gifts and souvenirs with your own hands for relatives, friends and friends . There is nothing nicer than giving your family members exclusive products that express all your love for them. One of the most beautiful and pleasant souvenirs for the New Year is considered to be a bottle of champagne or wine, decorated using the decoupage technique.
In this article we will tell you how to properly design a glass container, how to decorate it in a festive theme and make it elegant and eye-catching. In fact, the decoupage of a New Year’s bottle is a simple matter requiring a little time and a minimal set of tools and materials. We are sure that even a novice master will cope with the design of such a craft.
Decoupage New Year's bottle of champagne
To make a souvenir you will need such tools and materials:
- a bottle of champagne (or wine);
- alcohol or acetone;
- white paint (acrylic);
- colors suitable for decoupage napkin;
- a napkin with a New Year theme;
- PVA glue or special decoupage glue;
- water-dispersed acrylic varnish;
- brush, sponge, sponge;
- Decorative spangles, tinsel, ribbons - for decoration.
So, now you know what you need for decoupage of a bottle, so we proceed to describe the technology of work. The first processing step is to remove the old wrappers and labels. It will be easier to do this by pre-soaking the container in water for 6 or more hours. After getting wet, the paper will easily come off the glass. After removing the labels, the bottle is washed thoroughly, and then its surface is degreased with alcohol or acetone. The second step is to apply acrylic primer with a brush. After the mixture has dried, white acrylic paint is applied to the bottle in several layers.
Important: the paint should be applied using a foam sponge so that there are no sloppy stains on the product. Now leave our craft to dry. We pass to the third stage.
Decoupage New Year's bottle. How to stick a napkin?
It's time to start working with a napkin. Choose a suitable picture of New Year or Christmas themes. It can be a Christmas tree with gifts, snowmen and Santa Claus. Let your imagination work, rely on your taste. Carefully tear off the fragment of the picture you like from the napkin. Now try it on the bottle and select the place where it will be located. After the acrylic has dried, apply PVA glue to the desired area. Carefully attach the piece and glue it with a sponge, moving from the center to the edges. Work carefully to avoid wrinkles and bubbles.
This is how decoupage of bottles is made. The master class (the photos show the design options for the product using napkins with New Year's theme) presented in the article will help you create a wonderful gift.
It is necessary to cover the decoupage napkin with another layer of glue and leave the product for 20 minutes.
We carry out the decoupage of the New Year's bottle: the final stage of work
After gluing the napkins, we cover our bottle with the selected acrylic paint. It is convenient to do this with a small foam swab. After the paint has dried, the transition from the fragment to the bottle will cease to be noticeable. Now it remains only to decorate our product, to make it more elegant and attractive. To do this, you can draw stars with silver or gold acrylic paint, glue colorful sparkles, add red, green or blue confetti. You can also make some details of the picture more voluminous using a special contour for decoupage.
After decorating the bottle, cover it with glossy acrylic varnish, it will give a special shine. We hope you now know how to make a decoupage of a New Year’s bottle with your own hands. Original champagne can be presented to relatives and friends, this gift will surely surprise and delight them!