Make Sea Glass Bottles

Sea glass bottles — a lovely beach picnic craft — can be added to any beach themed home decor or used at an under-the-sea themed party, a bridal shower or beach themed wedding (the bottles would make beautiful favors).

Materials Needed to Make Sea Glass Bottles

• Clear empty bottles—mine varied but I experimented with an extract bottle, a taco sauce jar, a jam jar, and a salt shaker.
• Martha Stewart’s Glass Paint Frost Translucent paints in colors Beach Glass and Ballet Slipper
• A paint brush
• Optional—twine, thin wire, and beach colored/themed beads

Directions to Make Sea Glass Bottles

1. Make sure all the bottles are thoroughly cleaned and dry.
2. Paint a very thin layer of the paint onto each bottle.
3. Allow the paint to dry.
4. If you need to add more color, paint another very thin layer over the first. I found that the Beach Glass paint looked great with 1-2 layers but the Ballet Slipper paint needed 2-3 coats.
5. To “cure” the bottles you have two choices. You can allow the bottles to air cure—if you let them air dry for 21 days they will be cured and, reportedly, dishwasher safe. I haven’t put mine in the dishwasher yet to test this out. You can also oven bake the bottles to make the paint cure faster—allow the paint to dry for at least an hour; place the bottles in a cool oven and set the temperature to 350 degrees F. Bake for 30 minutes and turn the oven off. Make sure you allow the bottles to cool completely in the oven.
6. I used extra wire and beads from the embellished utensils to wrap one string of beads around some of the bottles, and then wrapped a few layers of twine on them as well.