I love to make homemade Christmas decorations so when I saw this fabulous DIY Candy Cane Swirl Acrylic Paint Pour Christmas Ornament idea I knew I had to make it immediately. I have so much leftover acrylic paint from years of projects from years past and I had some clear ornaments from last year, so there was no real cash outlay and nothing to stop me. I first got all my materials together, plastic gloves to prevent me from being covered in acrylic paint, a few bottles of acrylic craft paint in your choice of colors, some paper towels, a large plastic trash bag to use as a drop cloth, and I used clear plastic ornaments (the opalescent kind), I got from Michael’s Craft Store with a 60% off coupon I found on the Michael’s Craft Store App. The idea of this DIY is to pour the paint into the ornament itself and swirl the paint around, so there won’t be a big mess as there is with other pour paint tutorials. When they use the term “dirty pour”, they really mean it, LOL. I started by putting two colors, a simple red and white in plastic cups to use to pour into my ornament. I wanted them to look like the candy cane motif shown in this video, but any color combination would be gorgeous, it’s all personal preference.

Then I just kept adding paint and swirling it around until I got the look I desired.

These ornaments are so fun and easy to make, they turned out beautifully they did not make a big mess, and the children loved to join in. Fun for all the family and they added so much to our Candy Land Themed Christmas Decor.

 

DIY Candy Cane Swirl Paint Pour Ornaments