Painting an unfinished wooden bangle pretty much lends a unlimited amount of possibilities. You can choose between one color or a multitude of colors. You can add polka-dots, glitter, stickers, fabric, or cloth flowers. Either way the options are up to you and your creativity. Some people decorate bangles for resell, to add to their own wardrobe, or a simple craft project to bond with their children. The activity is rewarding inexpensive and easy.
Materials needed:
- Unfinished wood bangles
- Acrylic Paint
- Modge Podge or Polyurethane
- Two Paint brushes
- Water basin
- Wax paper
- Towel
- Paint Palette or Plastic Plate
Majority of the materials can be bought at any craft store or online.
Step 1: Prepare Your Working Space
Place a sheet of the wax paper under your working area because it can get messy. Put water in a water bottle or empty water basin to hold the paint brush. Organize the paper you are going to use. Depending on the size you will probably only need one sheet of paper to lie across your work station.
Step 2: Pick your acrylic paint color
Acrylic paint works well on unfinished wood. It goes on smoothly and is not runny. Again, you can find acrylic paint at any craft store or online. If you do not have a color palette you may want to use a plastic plate or simply pour the paint onto the wax paper.
Step 3: Pick your unfinished wood bangle
Wood bangles come in an assortment of different sizes and styles. Are you interested in a dome bangle? Pentagon? Geometric? Or, a chunky bangle?
Step 4: Painting the Bangle
Grab your brush. Dip the brush in the paint on the platform of your choice. You want to stroke the paint in the same direction to prevent the paint from bubbling up. Once you have covered the entire bangle let it dry for about thirty minutes. And, then begin to paint the inside of the bangle. Let the inside dry for about thirty minutes.
Repeat step four one more time because you are going to want to add two coats of paint for a more polished rich look.
