For the holidays, painting your windows with sponge can create a festive picture.The technique requires very little materials.Pick a paint that will be easy to remove to avoid headaches later on.If you apply a light coating of paint to the sponges, you can put it on the glass.
Step 1: Pick your color scheme.
You should choose colors that compliment the scene you want to create with holiday window paint.There are already color schemes associated with the holidays.Traditions assign certain colors to certain holidays.Christmas is associated with red and green.White and blue can be used to create winter scenes.Use metallic colors like silver and gold to make the holidays seem more festive.
Step 2: Use tempera paint.
The finish of tempera paint is usually translucent.It's the easiest paint to remove.
Step 3: Consider using acrylic paint.
There are a lot of craft paints used for window illustrations.They are easier to remove from windows than tempera paints.
Step 4: Before using your paint, add dish soap to it.
Since dish soap reacts with the paint and makes it easier to wash off later, this step is important.Add a small amount of dish soap to every bowl of paint.
Step 5: Do not use permanent window paints.
It will be nearly impossible to clean the windows after the holidays.
Step 6: Purchase sponges that are soft.
Stick with sponges with a soft dish or paint sponges that have a rubber side.
Step 7: The sponges should be cut into shapes.
Trees and stars are fairly simple options, but you can go even simpler by cutting out basic geometric shapes, like circles and triangles, and using the shapes to create more elaborate pictures like ornaments and snowmen.
Step 8: Take your paint and put it in a small bowl.
Step 9: If needed, add dish soap.
Step 10: The sponge should be dipped into the paint.
The sponge may soak up too much and ruin the "sponge" texture of the final product, so don't allow it to sit in the paint for a long time.
Step 11: Allow excess paint to drips off if you hold the sponge above the bowl.
The paint needs to be on one side of the sponge to prevent it from dripping.
Step 12: The painted side of the sponge should be pressed against the window.
If you apply gentle pressure, the sponge won't "squeezing out" the paint.
Step 13: The painted side of the sponge needs to be pressed against the window as often as possible to create the scene you want.
When the sponge leaves a painted image, dip it back into the paint and repeat the process.
Step 14: Purchase holiday art.
You should be able to find stencil online and in other stores.
Step 15: Use masking tape or painter's tape to tape the stencil against the window.
The stencil needs to be held in place.Since the tape may peel away some of the dried paint, don't tape over previously painted areas.
Step 16: Put your paint in a small bowl.
Step 17: If necessary, add dish soap.
Step 18: The sponge should be dipped into the paint.
Sponges with rough "scrubber" sides should not be used.The sponge shouldn't be allowed to soak in the paint.
Step 19: To allow excess paint to drips off, hold the sponge above the bowl.
Step 20: The painted side of the sponge should be pressed against the stencil.
The entire design should be filled in with the sponge.The texture of the finished image will be ruined by using the sponge to rub the paint over the stencil.
Step 21: When filling in pictures, use smaller sponges.
Don't allow the color to transfer into other parts of the stencil if you paint over the portion that requires that color.If you want to rinse the paint colors off in between uses, use a separate sponge for each paint color.
Step 22: Allow the paint to dry before you remove it.