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DIY doily bowls
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Doily Bowls

Learn how to make bowls using doilies! These lace bowls use fabric stiffener and are great for holidays.
Course Crafts
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Dry Time 12 hours
Total Time 12 hours 30 minutes
Servings 2 bowls
Cost $2

Equipment

  • 2 Bowl(s) a little larger than the bowl size you want to make
  • Small plastic container

Ingredients

  • 2 Doilies any size, any color
  • Fabric stiffener like Mod Podge Stiffy
  • Aluminum foil or plastic wrap or both

Instructions

  • Cover a bowl with aluminum foil or plastic wrap. Cover a cookie sheet at the same time.
    Wrapping aluminum foil around a bowl
  • Add fabric stiffener to a plastic bowl - enough to cover the doilies when they are submerged.
    Adding Mod Podge Stiffy to a plastic dish
  • Add a doily to the stiffener and push it around. Take it out of the Stiffy and squeeze out the excess.
    Dipping a doily in Mod Podge Stiffy
  • Take the doily out of the liquid and squeeze out the excess. Spread the doily out on the bowl, making sure to center it. Wrap the doily around the sides of the bowl and press down. Repeat with a second doily.
    Squeezing a doily out into a plastic container
  • Place the bowls on the covered cookie sheet and place somewhere to dry overnight.
    Doly spread over a bowl wrapped in aluminum foil
  • Release the doilies from the bowls to use.
    Make bowls out of doilies

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