Yellow and White Floor Cones
Decorate your walkway area with these cone designs by Kathleen George. It's fast and easy.
Materials:
- STYROFOAM™ Brand Foam:
- Cones, one each: 30" x 6"; 24" x 6"; 15" x 5"
- Optional: Cubes, 5" and 8" to serve as pedestals
- Acrylic paints: white; yellow ochre crackle-finish; charcoal (optional)
- Lightweight spackling
- Gloss-finish decoupage medium (optional)
- Medium flat paintbrush
- Disposable palette
- Disposable container
- Water basin
- Paper towels
- Putty knife, 1"
- Sandpaper
Steps:
- Follow manufacturer's directions to mix spackling in disposable container until smooth and spreadable. Use putty knife to spread even coat of spackling over foam cones, avoiding bases; let dry and sand smooth. Repeat.
- Optional: To create foam pedestals for the cones, mix charcoal paint with lightweight spackling to achieve desired shade of dark gray. Follow Step 1 to cover foam cubes with spackling.
- Paint two largest cones white and smallest cone yellow ochre; let dry. Note: Follow crackle paint manufacturer's instructions to obtain best result.
- Optional: For a glossy finish, apply several coats decoupage medium to white cones; let dry.
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