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Adults & Crafts delivers customized DIY craft kits to your door each month. Boxes will include everything you need to go from zero to crafting hero—materials, instructions, and (most) tools you need to complete any one of their unique projects.

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I wasn’t exactly sure what this was, but it looked fun!

Instructions

This month’s project was a Mosaic Resin Tray.  Adults & Crafts always includes Step by Step written project instructions.  I don’t always find them perfectly clear (I think it is difficult to write crafting instructions), but I can always figure out what to do.

Materials

Materials included were:
~ArtResin Resin
~Watercolor Paint
~Wood Tray
~Rubber Cement
~Glue Stick
~Scissors
~Cup
~White Paint
~Foam Brush
~Craft Stickl
~Watercolor Paper
~Straw / Toothpick

Additional supplies needed were:
~Workspace
~Something to Cover Tray

The Project

Step #1 – Paint the Wood Tray: The first step was to paing the entire tray (all the sides and the top / bottom) white.  It took a few coats, but I was able to work on the next few steps while it dried.

Steps #2 – Apply Rubber Cement. The next step was to apply rubber cement to the watercolor paper.  These strokes are used to create a graffit look down the road with the watercolor art.

Steps #3 – Paint.  After the rubber cement dried, it was time to paint.  I went with blue and purple because they were the first two colors that popped in my head.  I just painted at random – no rhyme or reason to my method.

Step #4 – Peel Off Rubber Cement.  After the paint dried it was time to peel off the rubber cement.  It just rolls off into little balls and took just a few minutes.

Step #5 – Cut Watercolor Strips.  Step 5 was the longest step of the project, but it was not difficult.  The instructions suggested that you cut your strips, pick your pattern and then glue them down.  I decided to glue as a cut my strips (I went with triangle shapes) and it worked out just fine.  There was plenty of watercolor papers so I could cut triangles to the sizes I needed them without issue.

Step #6 – Create Your Mosaic Design.  All glued down and ready for the next step!

Step #7 – Apply the Resin.  I thought this would be complicated but it wasn’t at all.  The resin came in clear plastic bags which I transfered into the included paper cup.  I poured the resin into the middle of the tray and then just tilted the tray to spread it out evenly.  I covered it up with a sheet of paper so no dust would get into the resin before it dried and then left it alone overnight.

Final Thoughts. I  love how this turned out!  I am planning on using it as a catch all tray in my office.  This project was fun, easy and it turned out great – exactly how I like my craft projects to go!

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