Mini makes: ideas for your Christmas table

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Here are some great last minute ideas for your Christmas table.

Collect a few large leaves and flatten under books for a couple of days. Spray with Fast Dry Enamel in a colour or metallic to suit your Christmas theme. Write your guests’ names on small tag or onto the leaf with a marker pen. A quick and easy festive place name this Christmas.

What about adding a bit of grandeur to your Christmas table. Spray an old frame in a colour to match your Christmas table scheme, print out the menu and pop it into the frame.

Watch with Cass: creating a spectacular centre piece

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How to: make a stunning Christmas wreath

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This lovely wreath provides the perfect welcome for your guests this Christmas. And it is so quick and easy – as well as very striking!

You will need:

A wreath – we bought ours from Hobbycraft

Newspaper/dust sheets

PlastiKote Twist & Spray in White Satin

A selection of fir cones

How to:

Make sure the cones are clean and dry.
Spread newspaper/dust sheets out in a well-ventilated working area or preferably outside.
Apply two to three coats of PlastiKote Twist & Spray in White to the wreath and half of the cones. Allow 5–10 minutes between coats.
The cones and wreath will be touch dry in 30-50 minutes and thoroughly dry in 2-3 hours.
Using a glue gun, carefully attach the cones to the wreath and leave to dry for 24 hours.
Using raffia, string or wire attach to wreath to your front door.
Happy Christmas!

Top tip

For an extra special look, try Gold Leaf Fast Dry Enamel spray paint on the tips of the plain cones

Reader project: upcycling an old pallet!

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We absolutely love these display shelves and many thanks to Tim Bennell for sending us the pictures.

Tim used PlastiKote Twist & Spray in White Matt to complete his upcycling project, transforming an old pallet into a classy piece of display furniture for his living room – talk about bang on trend!

We are sending Tim a selection of spray paint for his next project.

If you’ve completed a project, we’d love to see it. Do include a before picture if you have one. Send to pic@spraypaintideas.co.uk.

If we publish your project you will receive spray paints for your next project.