If you need to give a extremely particular reward, think about making a DIY Personalised Tenting-Themed Mug. It’s a simple undertaking that doesn’t take inventive means or particular tools.
Provides
One of many causes I really like this undertaking is that you just don’t want costly provides or tools. Just a bit creativity, some sharpie markers and a espresso mug on your native Greenback Tree retailer! Additionally, you will want a number of cotton balls, Q-tips and a bit rubbing alcohol. That’s it.
If you wish to get actually fancy, you too can use a template however I simply draw my designs freehand, and I’m NOT an artist!
Reward Concepts
As a result of you’ll be able to write any message and create any design, you may give these mugs as presents for any occassion.
- They’re actually nice for “RV housewarming presents” when your folks purchase a brand new rig.
- They’re additionally nice for retirement presents for buddies who’re planning to hit the street of their RV to expertise the nation.
Watch How To Make Them
DIY Personalised Tenting-Themed Mug
- Sharpie everlasting markers (oil based mostly “Paint Sharipe” markers are higher at not washing off, see Be aware 1)
- Low-cost white mugs gentle shade from Greenback Tree work nice (see Be aware 2)
- Rubbing Alcohol
- Cotton balls and Q-tips to wash mug with alcohol & wipe off errors
Optionally available Provides
- Templates if desired relatively than drawing freehand
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Clear mug. First with dish cleaning soap (take away any oils from it). Be sure you take away stickers from the underside of the mug.
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Dry the mug utterly.
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Clear your mug once more with rubbing alcohol and a cotton ball. Permit it to evaporate (this takes a couple of minutes).
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After they’re washed, don’t contact the surface of the mug (the place you’ll be drawing the design) along with your fingers as a result of the oil out of your fingers can get on the mug and the marker received’t affix to the mug.
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Draw your design on the mug. (See Notes 3, 4 & 5)
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Permit marker mug to dry earlier than baking (24 hours produces finest outcomes).
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Wipe off errors with a q-tip that has a little bit of rubbing alcohol on it.
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Place mug the wrong way up immediately on the oven grate in COLD oven to let it step by step warmth up. (See Notes 6 & 7)
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Set oven to 450 F levels. As soon as the oven temperature reaches 450 levels, begin a timer and bake for half-hour.
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Flip oven off, depart door closed and depart mug within the oven to let it step by step calm down.
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Hold oven door closed for quarter-hour, then crack the door open and let the mug proceed to take a seat within the oven in a single day to chill utterly.
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Take away from mug from oven, hand wash earlier than use.
- You might discover that the colour of your paint adjustments a bit as soon as they’re baked–that is regular (some colours are affected greater than others. Darker shades have a tendency to carry shade higher than lighter colours.
- White ceramic that has been fired and glazed, typical, low cost white ceramic mug. Straight sides are simpler to work with in comparison with rounded objects.
- If doing a unfavorable design, closely focus dots across the fringe of the sticker. As you’re employed outward, make dots extra sparse. You should utilize 1 shade or a number of colours. Permit your painted dots to dry utterly earlier than peeling off sticker.
- In the event you use greater than 1 shade, let the primary shade dry utterly earlier than layering on the second shade (it dries pretty shortly).
- Keep away from making use of marker across the rim of the mug the place your lips will contact it, these markers will not be food-safe.
- In the event you put the chilly mug right into a scorching oven it’s going to crack.
- In the event you place mugs on a cookie sheet, they might discolor.
- These mugs have to be hand-washed, they will’t be run by way of the dishwasher, the design will wash off.