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

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  • How to make a piece of bottle cap art. Mexican Bottle Cap Folk Art - Step 2
    Step 1

    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

  • Step 2

    Watch the quick video here:

  • How to make a piece of bottle cap art. Mexican Bottle Cap Folk Art - Step 3
    Step 3

    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

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