Stenciled Metal Vase

With a bit of paint and a pre-cut stencil, you can turn a plain metal vase into a favorite home decor piece. Choose your own favorite stencil to give this vase your personal touch. You can even match it to best suit your home decor. This is a quick and easy project that you can do to give a new life to an old vase or upcycle a dollar store or thrift store find. Try different stencils to get a look you love and decorate your home with crafts that look brand new!

Primary TechniquePainting

Beginner

Materials List

Martha Stewart Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Craft Paint - Beetle Black
Martha Stewart Multi-Surface Metallic Acrylic Craft Paint - Brushed Pewter
Plaid FolkArt Home Decor Stencils - Scroll Medallion
Plain metal vase
Masking tape
Paint brush
Plastic plate
Paint sponge

Instructions

Wrap a strip of masking tape around the bottom edge of the vase.
Wrap three more strips of masking tape around the vase, evenly spaced.
Paint the areas between the paper tape strips with Beetle Black paint. Let dry.
Peel way the masking tape to expose the unpainted metal vase stripes.
Squirt a small amount of Brushed Pewter paint onto the plastic dish. Load the paint sponge with a small amount of paint by dipping the sponge lightly into the paint and then tapping it on the edge of the plate to remove most of the paint.
Starting at the top edge of the vase, hold the stencil in place with one hand and pounce the loaded paint sponge onto the stencil with the other hand. By pouncing or tapping the sponge up and down rather than sweeping it sideways, you will get a nice clean image with no blurry edges.
Carefully lift the stencil and reposition it to repeat the above painting step. Continue until the entire vase is decorated.