Painting Christmas Tree Lightbulbs

By munkeboe (Guest Post)

I had extra clear lights from last Christmas and needed lights for Halloween so I just cleaned them with alcohol and painted them orange with acrylic paint. They came out great! I plan to do a couple strands with alternating red and white to wrap around trees for Christmas. I hope it will give the impression of candy canes.

By rose59 (Guest Post)

What book did you see it in?

By Jaime (Guest Post)

I always take a light grade sand paper and do a swipe around the light bulb. Rubbing alcohol has the same effect and use an acrylic paint for the face or design.

By Michele (Guest Post)

Go to www.google.com and type in...painted christmas bulbs. There are several on there. Some are decorated into something else.

Hope this helps.

By

bugsley

By the way...my method on painting on lightbulbs that I just posted is for "burnt" out lightbulbs....the lightbulb becomes an ornament not a light source!

By

bugsley

I paint on regular lightbulbs (40-60 watt type) first thing i do is wipe bulb down with Isopropyl alcohol,let dry. I then spray a white primer on the bulb..this way i have a surface that will hold the acrylic paint. I then proceed to paint the bulb...santa's, reindeer etc. The little Christmas light bulbs make a cute Reindeer...paint the bulb brown...add "facial" features. Use a pipe clearner wrapped around the metal part for antlers! Hope this helps ya...

By

perfume and powder

Saw it in a book just yesterday: acrylic paint and any kind of paintbrush. I think this is just for decoration, I don't think light will shine through them. In the photograph they looked pretty opaque.