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Mexican Bottle Cap Folk Art

Make Mexican Bottle Cap Folk Art

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/mexican-bottle-cap-folk-art • Posted by Mark Montano

Turn old bottle caps and scrap wood into colorful Mexican Bottle Cap Crosses!

You will need

Project Budget
Almost Nothing

Time

2 h 00

Difficulty

Nice & Simple
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Description

Turn old bottle caps and scrap wood into colorful Mexican Bottle Cap Crosses!

Instructions

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    Craft bottle caps (try Amazon.com) Allure Dimensional Design Adhesive Paint in Gloss DecoArt Liquid Glass Scrap wood Americana Multi-Surface Satin Paints Bottle cap images

  2. Watch the quick video here:

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    1. & 2. Glue your wood pieces together to make a cross with E-6000 and then paint in a color you like 3. & 4. Embellish with other colors and add dimension with Allure 5. & 6. Print and cut your bottle cap images and then glue them inside the bottle caps with regular white school glue 7. Fill them with a small amount of DecoArt's Liquid Glass and let them dry until they are clear 8. Glue the bottle caps to the painted crosses and let dry