Skill Level
Beginner
Time to Make
1 hour
Adult Supervision
Yes
Top Tip
Before you start painting try a small amount of the mixed colours onto paper to check it’s the right shade. Practice painting the patterns before doing the finished version.
How to Make
- Before you start, remove the string from a ceramic bird feeder.
- Mix up some porcelain paint for covering inside the shape. To make a pale blue, mix Ivory and Lapis Blue. To make a light green, mix Ivory with Olivine Green and Citrine Yellow. Paint around the inside of the ceramic shape and leave to dry.
- Mix another colour for the outside. Brush the paint smoothly over the shape and leave to dry then paint the underneath. Leave to dry.
- Mix some paint for the pattern on the outside. Paint details with a brush or add dots with a cotton bud. Leave to dry.
- Thread a piece of twisted paper cord in a matching colour through the holes in the top.
- Follow instructions on the packaging for baking the porcelain paint if you need them to be washable. Otherwise, you can leave them unbaked.
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