Decoupage glass jars with your own hands

Currently, decoupage is gaining more and more popularity. With the help of such art, you can transform almost any object. Today we will talk about how to decorate glass jars in this way step by step with our own hands.

A glass jar with a lid is thoroughly rinsed with warm water beforehand. All old pictures and labels are removed from it. If glue remains on the container, it must also be completely removed.

You should also prepare PVA glue in advance, with which the decorations are glued. But you should not pour too much of it into a container, since such a mixture dries quickly. Do not forget to prepare a brush, which will be used to apply the glue.

Today, many designers offer master classes on the design of such products. Glass jars can be decorated with various elements. Often, decoupage is done with simple napkins. In this case, first, you need to carefully separate the two lower layers from them, which are without a pattern.

Then you need to make a mixture of water with PVA glue in equal proportions. After that, the top layer of a napkin with a pattern is carefully smeared with the resulting mass over the entire surface.

The napkins, smeared with glue, are glued to the jar. After everything dries up, you should cover the can with pearlescent paint over the entire surface of the product.

You can decorate a glass jar in the old style. Moreover, you should arrange the cover separately. This can be done using various elements:

• magnetic or blackboard paint;
• wrapping paper;
• fabrics;
• colored composition based on acrylic.

First you need to prepare a special craquelure varnish. It is he who allows you to create the effect of antiquity. Craquelure is gently applied to the surface of the can. Then everything is covered with decorative paint on top, which should crack due to varnish.

In this case, a whole network of small cracks will be formed, located in a chaotic manner. The paint should be chosen in a bright saturated color to make the subject more original.

You can decorate a glass jar with eggshells. To do this, you first need to carefully prepare the container. It must be rinsed well and all labels, if any, removed from it.

Then you should take a cotton pad and moisten it well with alcohol. They treat the surface of a glass jar. They do this in order to degrease it.

After that, the jar is completely covered with white acrylic paint. It must be applied evenly with a sponge. This should be done in several layers. But remember that each new layer can be applied only after the old one has completely solidified.

After the last layer of paint has dried, you need to take sandpaper. She sands the surface of the product. Indeed, on sanded products, the decor will look more neat and beautiful, although this procedure is not considered mandatory.

Remember to prepare your eggshells ahead of time. Its inner part should be thoroughly washed to remove white and yolk.... Then it is dried well, after which it is peeled from the remaining film and broken into small pieces.

At the same time, you need to pour a small amount of PVA glue into a separate container and prepare a small brush. The mixture is applied to a small part of a glass jar.

Using a brush, the shell is carefully dragged onto a jar greased with PVA glue. In this way, they make out the entire container completely. After that, it is again treated with an adhesive mixture.

At the end, the jar is dried. You can even do this with a hair dryer. To make the product look more interesting, you can decorate the neck separately. To do this, the remnants of the eggshell are crumbled again so that it becomes as small as possible.

Then glue is applied to the neck. Sprinkle with small shells on top. Elements that could not stick are removed with a brush. At the end, it is still processed with glue mass and dried with a hair dryer.

You can also paint the jar with acrylic paint on top of the shell. But it should be applied in several thick layers. Moreover, it is necessary to thoroughly dry between the layers.

You can also apply a pattern to the surface of the container using a paper napkin and PVA glue. But at the end, it is recommended to cover all this with an additional layer of varnish, which will allow the image to be fixed.

You can decorate the glass jar with small prints. For this, the containers are washed well and all labels are removed from them.

After that, a glue mixture is prepared in advance and the pictures you like are printed.

Such a decoupage decorated in black and white will look spectacular. First, the can is completely covered with black paint. Wait for it to dry.

The entire surface of the glass jar is lightly rubbed with sandpaper in order to create a slight antiquity effect. At the same time, you need to take pictures and cut off all unnecessary parts from them.

Images are put on the file. A solution of PVA glue and water is applied to them with a brush. In total, it is recommended to apply at least three layers of such a mixture. After that, the fragment is placed in a container with warm water for several minutes.

Then you need to apply a little glue to the middle of the jar. A fragment of the picture is taken out of a container with water and carefully glued to a place smeared with a mixture. The upper layer of the image is removed.

Now, first, the picture is additionally coated with varnish, and then the entire glass jar.The product is dried with a hairdryer, and then again covered with a protective solution.

Glass jars can be decorated with photographs. This idea allows not only to decorate the container in an original way, but also to create an unusual photo frame. To do this, you need to choose a suitable image.

Old black and white photographs look beautiful. If the photo does not fit tightly to the surface of the can, then its parts can be slightly smeared with transparent varnish and only then the image can be placed there.

To make the idea more interesting, you can decorate the neck and lid separately. Multi-colored corrugated paper, beads, colored fabric will help to do this.

Containers decorated with fabric or rope look interesting. The jar is greased with PVA glue.

All excess glue mass is removed with a brush. To make the jar look more beautiful and original, the top is decorated with a small bow, beads, beads or lace. The neck can be left unadorned or decorated.

You can even make a jar with sea salt. In this case, you need to pour it into a separate container and add food coloring there. At the same time, coat the product with PVA glue.

The container is completely sprinkled with salt and dye. There should be no free space on it. After 3-4 hours everything will dry up and the product will be ready.

Glass jars decorated with dried or artificial maple leaves of bright colors (red, orange, yellow) will look beautiful. Moreover, they must be glued to the inside of the container.

On the neck of such a can, you can tie a small bow made of a thin rope... Often, containers decorated in this way act as original candlesticks.

Remember that acrylic building paint is the best choice for decorating glass jars. After all, it is practically not inferior in properties and qualities to a special artistic coating on an acrylic basis, although its cost will be much lower.

If you used white acrylic building paint, then only color can be used to thin it. In this case, only 1-2 drops of such a colored composition will be enough.

Do not forget that you can use a hairdryer when decorating glass containers. It will help dry your acrylic in just five minutes. Otherwise, you will have to wait a long time for the layer to dry itself.

Decorated jars can be used for a variety of purposes. They are often decorated to make them comfortable. an organizer for pens and pencils, a cutlery holder in the kitchen or a flower vase.

If you have decorated the containers with beautiful photographs, then they can be used as frames and put on the shelf. Also, many decorated glass jars later act as interesting candlesticks.

Lamps made from such cans look spectacular and beautiful. But in this case, the products should be decorated inside the item.

Decorating glass jars using decoupage technique is presented in the following video: