DIY Friday: These Fourth of July Drink Buckets are the Perfect Patriotic Decor!
For this week’s DIY Friday, Lifestyle Expert Paige Hemmis teams up on Hallmark Channel’s hit daytime talk show, Home & Family, to give a tutorial on how to make homemade drink buckets — the perfect patriotic decoration for your fourth of july party! Check out the simple instructions below.
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Materials:
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Red, blue, and white spray paint
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White paint pen
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Paint brush
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Galvanized bucket
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Fine grit sandpaper
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Masking tape
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Paper towels
Directions:
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Spray paint galvanized bucket with a red base coat. Leave top 3 inches unpainted. Use masking tape to tape off the red section
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Cover the already painted red portion of the bucket with a paper towel to protect the red color
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Spray paint the top part of the bucket with blue
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Peel away the masking tape. You will have a red and blue bucket
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Add vertical lines of masking tape over the red paint, 1-inch a part, to form the stripes. Cover the blue with paper towels
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Spray paint with white in between the masking tape to form the stripes
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Remove all tape and paper towels
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Draw on stars with white paint pen
Watch how to make your own DIY drink buckets in the video below!
Home & Family airs weekdays at 10:00 a.m. EST on Hallmark Channel.