Glitter Microphones

Glitter Microphone!

Glitter Microphones!

Here are the supplies you need for a glitter microphone! Floor gloss, glitter, plastic ornament,

toilet paper tube, hot glue gun/glue, paint (optional), and stick on jewels.

This one can get a little messy, so you may also want newspaper/tablecloths/bowls… something to

put under your crafting.

Start out by separating your plastic ornament. Because these are round, they have a tendency to

roll. Luckily, the toilet paper roll (which is needed later) works wonderfully for keeping the ornament

halves upright while you’re working!

Add a small amount of floor gloss into one half of the ornament. Very carefully, swirl the liquid so

that it covers all of the plastic. Try not to get it on your skin or clothes while you’re doing this

Note: This step is super important! Go slowly, and try to cover as much of the inside as possible. If

any spots are left dry, they won’t hold glitter.

Rotate the ornament half around in a circle, tilted so that the gloss reaches almost to the edges.

This should over all of the inside pretty nicely. You can also hold the ornament from the bottom and

swirl it like a glass of water to help cover any spots you might miss.

Once the inside is covered in floor gloss, dump the excess gloss and add some silver glitter. (You

can dump the extra gloss into the second half of your ornament, since you will be doing the same

process again).

This part can be messy, so you may want to have a bowl or a newspaper handy to catch the rest of

the glitter! Once the glitter is in the ornament half, repeat the same swirling motion to coat all of the

gloss with glitter.

The floor gloss works as an adhesive to hold the glitter in place, while still keeping a shiny

appearance. You will want as much as you can get of the inside to be covered with glitter.

Repeat the same process on the second half of your ornament, so that both insides are covered in

gloss and glitter. Set these aside while you work on the mic base.

Feel free to paint or color the toilet paper tube as you like. Alternatively, you can glue colored paper

around the tube, or simply leave it the color that it is originally.

I only added a few jewels to look like buttons and an ‘on’ light, but you can also use them to

bedazzle designs onto your microphone base. The decoration portion is up to you!

Once you are satisfied with your mic base, close your ornament pieces to form a complete sphere.

Add a thin line of hot glue around the top of your mic base, and stick the ornament down on top

(making sure that the ornament loop is inside the tube… unless you want it to be used as an

ornament, of course!)

Now practice your lip-sync skills!