Turn a Starbucks Bottle Into a Milk Bottle Vase
2 Materials
$2
30 Minutes
Easy
Ever notice that the silhouette of those Starbucks bottles are very much like an old-fashioned milk bottle? I'm sure the real reason is smart marketing, but an ever better reason is for you to turn that bottle into a milk bottle vase!
Materials:
- Starbucks glass bottle (affiliate link), with lid (which means you have to drink one of those delicious coffee drinks.. darn)
- white or cream acrylic paint (affiliate link)
- cardboard
How to:
First drink a Starbucks (most difficult part of the job right here). Then remove the labels and wash the bottle thoroughly, inside and out. You should be able to get the glue residue and expiration mark off the bottle with a scrubby sponge and dish soap. Rinse the cap and save.
After the bottle has completely dried, squirt a decent amount of acrylic paint into it and replace the cap. Swirl and shake the bottle until the paint has completely coated the inside of the bottle, adding more paint if necessary.
Remove the cap and pour the excess paint back into your paint bottle. Next set bottle upside down on the cardboard for about 30 seconds then pick straight up, set back down in a different spot, and repeat several more times until you seem to have most of the excess paint out and a nice even coat on the inside of the bottle.
Put bottle back upright to dry so the paint doesn't drip and pull away from the bottom and also so that air can get inside. At this point I brought it inside the garage to dry - didn't want any curious grasshoppers falling in! Let dry about 48 hours.. it can take a surprisingly long time to dry due to the small opening of the bottle. Once completely dry, fill with flowers and set on a sunny windowsill. { Follow me on Instagram @birchlandinghome }
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Love this idea, easy even I could do this
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ThisI have already saved two of these bottles and was planning on doing this as well. Glad to see I am not the only person to see the potential in these. I am the furthest thing fron being crafty though, so I wasn't sure how to do what I had envisioned....thanks for showing me one way to accomplish this!
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No problem! Enjoy!! :)
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