Hand Painted Unicorn Spit Vases

I saw this technique on Unicorn spits Facebook page and wanted to try it for myself. I have tried it in the past on the outside of the vase but mine always looked like something the cat threw up. This method was so easy and quick I had to share it.

I had these glass jars from an old tea light candle stand but 2 of them broke so thought they would be perfect for this project.

I started by just pouring some unicorn spit around the top of the vase and let it just run down the sides, once it got to the bottom I used the lid of the spray paint can to rest the vase on at an angle, and just kept rotating it until all the sides were covered.

I used a spray bottle with water in it and put the spray on fine and sprayed into the vase 3 times. I lay down some paper towel and turned the vase upside down and let all the excess unicorn spit run out. I found I had quit a bit that came out so this was scooped up and I used the excess to do the wine glasses. After all the excess was out I turned them to face up so the unicorn spit could dry properly. It did not seem to dry for me when they were upside down.

Once they were dry you could see the veins appear in the spit. I cleaned the spit off the rim and put some masking tape around the edges so I would not get the spray paint on the outside of the vase. I used quick dry metallic gold spray paint and sprayed the inside of the vases. This filled in all the gaps where there was no unicorn spit. Once totally dry I sprayed 2 coats of Polyurethane on the inside and on the ones I was going to use as planters I put 2 coats of clear acrylic spray.

For the planters I coated the inside with 2 coats of clear acrylic. I did not know how waterproof they would be so I added 2 layers of cling film to the vases just in case. I added some stones to the bottom for drainage and hid the plastic around the top with small stones. Because succulents do not need lots of water I think these are a good choice for the vases.

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