Personalized christmas bauble D.I.Y.?

hollydays

An idea,and some questions.
Just received a catalogue with personalized gifts in-v expensive.I noticed a painted glass bauble personalized with babies name on.£20!Phew!
Looked a bit closer and it seemed to be written in glitter glue(?)

Where can i get a glitter glue pen.?
It was also packed into a little wooden box,I am sure some similar could be tracked down from a poundland type of shop.

Would this work with glitter glue do you think? Think it might also be a nice idea for a school christmas stall for fundraising.

victory

hobby craft sell glitter glue, poundland sell it in trio's ,normally put near the door,any artist shop, Woolies I have seen it in, ELC have it also for the kids xmas activities pack, xxx

Frell

Failing that buy some prit stick and some glitter and do it that way, I know its more messy etc but thats another way to do it

Edinburghlass_2

Might be best to look for the stuff you can use on glass rather than glitter glue. Daughter once made a Mother's Day gift at school, they were asked to bring in an old jar and it came back decorated with with lovely patterns, it still sits on my desk with pens in.

hollydays

Yes,glue that affixes to glass.Superglue? then,add own glitter maybe?

JenIttels

What a great idea! I was struggling to come up with some old style xmas presents (I want to avoid candles and food stuffs) but this I can do. I already have glass paints so will find some suitable glass objects or maybe the glass jar idea!

Thanks so much all.

Alleycat

Ooh, this would be a lovely christmas eve activity!! My dd is a bit young, but I'd love to have a go and I bet my 24 yr old sister and dad would love it! I'll rope in my mum and my OH as well. Right, a couple more things to add to my shopping list!!

Alleycat

This thread has got me really excited!! I've found a couple of links to some quite fancy baubles you can make:-

Made with beads

For the tiddlers!

Something for the older kids (and adults!)

Edinburghlass_2

When I was asked for an empty glass jar I wasn't told what it was for and the only one I could find was a small Nescafe coffee jar which was oddly shaped but as it turned out it worked well because of the odd shape of the jar.

Ikea, Tesco etc sell very cheap glass vases that you could decorate and while I'm on a roll Ikea sell a frosted glass lamp for just a couple of pounds and one year we got skeleton leaves and glued them on the side of the lamps, looks really good. I'll try and take a photo later and post up. The leaves can be bought in craft shops for next to nothing

lillydrip

don't forget you can request empty jars on freecycle.:j

hollydays

Speaking of freecycle-if you post a request-how do if know if anyone has replied?