Step-by-Step: Frosted Polka-Dot Vases

Create frosted vases with this how-to from HGTV Magazine and DIY blogger Typhanie Peterson.
DIY Project Frosted Vase

Frosted Polka-Dot Vases DIY project

Create frosted vases with this how-to from HGTV Magazine and DIY blogger Typhanie Peterson.

Photo by: Stuart Tyson/Studio D

Stuart Tyson/Studio D

By: Rae McConville

Materials Needed:

  • 1-inch hole punch
  • 2-inch painter's tape
  • 2 glass bowls
  • scissors
  • Rust-Oleum frosted-glass spray paint

Step 1

Punch holes out of a strip of painter's tape.

Materials Needed for Frosted Polka-Dot Vases

Step-by-Step: Frosted Polka-Dot Vases

Punch holes out of a strip of painter's tape.

Step 2

Stick the dots that you punched out onto one of the bowls, spreading them around the bowl's surface. Cut the hole-punched strip of painter's tape into individual pieces, then stick them onto the other bowl. Cover any empty areas with painter's tape.

Painters Tape Used to Created Frosted Glass Vases

Step-by-Step: Frosted Polka-Dot Vases

Stick the dots that you punched out onto one of the bowls, spreading them around the bowl's surface. Cut the hole-punched strip of painter's tape into individual pieces, then stick them onto the other bowl. Cover any empty areas with painter's tape.

Photo by: Stuart Tyson/Studio D

Stuart Tyson/Studio D

Step 3

Following the directions on the can, spray-paint each bowl. Allow paint to dry, then peel off tape.

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