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- What mine ended up looking like.
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- What it’s supposed to look like.
This week I decided to attempt to make “sea glass”. All sea glass really is is having paint on some glass surface that looks not as smooth and shiny as normal glass does. First off you will need some glass surface, Elmer’s glue, brushes, and food coloring. I need to admit that I made a big “booboo” when I made this craft. I forgot to look up what I needed for the sea glass effect and just ended up taking my paint that I have laying around and mixed it in a bowl with some Elmer’s glue. I didn’t realize until after I was done did I actually need food coloring instead of paint. But nonetheless the paint still produced the same effect, although with the actual paint, the color was brighter, whereas the glue and food coloring produce a lighter, softer color. I couldn’t find any clean bottles so I just settled on picking up some cheap flower vases. (I guess this also works as a gift, I’ll probably end up giving these to my mom, haha) Anyways, you just mix in the food coloring with the glue and paint away. Once you’re done you obviously have to let it dry, but once it is finished drying you can add more artwork if you want. Maybe some swirls or polka dots, whatever floats your boat. If you finish and don’t like your sea glass effect you can probably find yourself some Modge Podge and cover the paint with it. This will act not only as a sealant, but would also give the glass its original luster. But this kind of defeats the purpose of the sea glass effect. My tip of advice for this craft is to make sure you know what you’re doing before you start and get too far ahead to turn around. Simple things can make all of the difference. Hopefully anyone who tries this is more successful than I and remembers to use food coloring instead of paint. 🙂