DIY Christmas Bells
This has to be HANDS DOWN my favourite DIY ever!!! Can you guess what these bells are made from???
First let’s start with the inspiration! I fell in love with these STUNNING bells from Crate & Barrel. Unfortunately I didn’t want to spend that kind of money on them so instead I knew that I could DIY them!!
Supplies:
Plastic goblets that the stem/base come apart from
Wood skewers or dowels
Gold and white spray paint (I used my favourite Rustoleum’s Heirloom White in Satin finish
Cording (I used rope I had)
Small wooden rings
Hand saw
Glue gun & sticks
E6000 glue
Wire (optional - could use string)
Leather twine (optional - could use ribbon as well)
Instructions:
Cut dowels to approximately 5 inches. This all depends on the depth of your wine glasses. Just make sure that the dowel protrudes from the glass.
Spray pain the inside of the glasses and the wood dowels gold & let dry.
Turn over the glasses and spray the outside with the white spray paint.
Spray the small wooden rings white as well.
My glasses has a nub on the bottom and I didn’t want those so I used my hand saw and cut them off. I was surprised at how easy they were to remove.
Using the combo of hot glue and E6000 glue the wood rings onto the top of the glasses (I had to respray the tops too)
Now to make the dongles (is that a word??) I cut a piece of wire and wrapped/glued it onto the end of the dowels then glued them inside the cups. I wanted them to be free floating and to look like a real dongle (again not sure if that’s what they are called lol)
I then put the rope through the wood rings and used some leather twine/ribbon to wrap the end of the loop.
Each bell had it’s own rope and then I just bunched them up and tied a knot to attach them to my mantle.
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