$90 Bowl Dupe for Under $9

Stephanie Donica
by Stephanie Donica
6 Materials
$9
90 Minutes
Easy

If you’re looking for a nice bowl that you plan to use often, there are plenty of options out there to purchase. BUT, if you’re like me and just want something affordable to fill your shelves and keep up with the ever changing trends, this is a great option!

If you’re a diyer, you probably have most of these supplies at home already and could make this for as little as $2! The plastic dish and package of small bowls were $1 each at Dollar Tree. I grabbed a new tube of glue, but the rest of the supplies are things I always have on hand! When pricing the supplies, I found that Walmart carries Dry Dex spackling and the small container is less expensive than it is at the hardware stores.


These bowls are so beautiful, but out of my budget. I combined aspects of various designs to create mine! The ones above are a couple of the ones that inspired me.

The first step is to apply glue around the edge of a small bowl and attach it to the bottom of the shallow dish

Once the glue dries, apply the spackling to both the inside and outside of the dish/bowl. You don’t need to cover the entire surface, but you can. It just depends on the look you’re going for. I used my fingers to create lots of texture on this one.

Allow it to dry completely (I let mine dry overnight). If you’re satisfied with the texture, you can move on to paint. I used sandpaper to smooth down any rough parts, after the spackling dried. If you do sand, wipe away all of the dust before painting.

The last step is to paint, in your color of choice.

I’ve seen a lot of these pedastal bowls in black, so I went with that!

Paint the entire thing bottom and top

Here is the finished product! You would never know it’s plastic unless you picked it up😉

I styled it on my bedroom shelves with my DIY wood bead garland!

Suggested materials:
  • Plastic dish
  • Small plastic bowl
  • E6000 glue
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