Decopatch?

**jadavi** · 12-01-2013, 11:27 AM

Just got my crafty crocodiles catalogue and am trying to restrain myself...
Has anyone tried the Decopatch layering?
It look quite pricey.
I have a very able four year old nursery child I'm looking for more adventurous craft projects for her. Any ideas?

**loocyloo** · 12-01-2013, 06:00 PM

..... oooo .... after a few months of putting it off, i bought some last term!

my schoolies each chose an animal and i chose the paper ( no arguements that way! )

my youngest schoolie was 6 and lost interest quite quickly and just stuck pieces on any old how ( but schoolie isn't particuarly crafty! ) others took several evenings over the course of several weeks to do theirs.

i then let LO ( just 3 yr olds ) do a wooden star for christmas, they got the hang og it, as long as i had cut up the bits of paper.

we're hooked ... just in the middle of choosing a couple of larger items that we are all going to do together, and will stay here as ornaments/objects in the playroom. i also did a few tree decorations myself !!!

i bought a small glue and one brush, thinking pva glue and paint brushes would be ok too ... the decopatch glue dried REALLY shiny and seemed harder when dry than the pva, and the little stubby brushed work better. i was lucky and crafty crocodiles had a big bottle of glue in their sale before christmas! almost the same price as little bottle!

sorry, i'm rambling!!! definatly worth a go!

( and its now in baker ross catalogue too! but CC have a much bigger range of paper and items )

edited to say that we have also used ordinary tissue paper as well as decopatch paper, and we didn't seem to use as much as they say! didn't particuarly layer it on.

**PixiePetal** · 12-01-2013, 07:50 PM

I started decopatching about 5 years ago. Love it for me and the kids

At Christmas the 4yr old did the small boxes - needed a little help but really managed most of it

DS has a bedside table and small chest of drawers (would have been dumped had I not decorated them!) decopatched in browns. Also my knife block, magazine rack, tray, tissue box cover.............. as well as small things like Christmas tree decs

I have photos, will have to dig them out!

**FussyElmo** · 12-01-2013, 07:53 PM

Originally Posted by PixiePetal

I started decopatching about 5 years ago. Love it for me and the kids

At Christmas the 4yr old did the small boxes - needed a little help but really managed most of it

DS has a bedside table and small chest of drawers (would have been dumped had I not decorated them!) decopatched in browns. Also my knife block, magazine rack, tray, tissue box cover.............. as well as small things like Christmas tree decs

I have photos, will have to dig them out!

Ohh I have been looking at this for me and the girls you will have to give me so pointers

**jadavi** · 12-01-2013, 08:24 PM

Thanks!! How does it work? What is it exactly?

**jep** · 12-01-2013, 08:29 PM

I have just looked at the price of decopatch glue.....don't want to pay that much so can you use pva glue and then give it a coat of varnish......I have been thinking of something different we can do and this sounds ideal.........getting excited now lol.

**PixiePetal** · 12-01-2013, 08:46 PM

Originally Posted by jep

I have just looked at the price of decopatch glue.....don't want to pay that much so can you use pva glue and then give it a coat of varnish......I have been thinking of something different we can do and this sounds ideal.........getting excited now lol.

the glue is worth having and you need to use it really thinly so it does go a long way. I pour a small amount in a small pot so it does not get wasted. It dries to a shine and hard, but it can be varnished too if you want to.

**PixiePetal** · 12-01-2013, 08:50 PM

Originally Posted by FussyElmo

Ohh I have been looking at this for me and the girls you will have to give me so pointers

they will love it. I buy really cheap photo frames/trays etc or get from jumble sales/charity shops and they look amazing. The papers are thin so better to use on a plain base item light in colour if poss too. Makes for great personal presents for family

will def take some photos tomorrow

**MagdalenaS** · 12-01-2013, 09:25 PM

hi
I looking forward to do some crafts like this with my kids. will wait for some pictures.

**Paulab** · 12-01-2013, 09:31 PM

Is this easy to do, is the paper easy to handle? Does it tear ?

I have big clumsy hands !

I think I could really get into this :-)

**FussyElmo** · 12-01-2013, 09:35 PM

Pixiepetal get some photos up need to have a look

**bunyip** · 12-01-2013, 09:46 PM

We decoupaged a section of our wall using slighted diluted PVA glue and cut-out scraps (old calendars, cards, magazines, photos, etc.) Painted a coat of Johnson's "Multi-Surface Wax" (and it isn't wax, so it works, but be careful as it's very runny) to give a final protective coat and a slight sheen. This might work on smaller items as a decopatch 'value alternative'. Might be worth experimenting on an inexpensive item first as a try-out.

**PixiePetal** · 12-01-2013, 10:16 PM

Just taking pics, back in a few mins!

**PixiePetal** · 12-01-2013, 10:51 PM

few more pics of things I have Decopatched

**PixiePetal** · 12-01-2013, 10:54 PM

last ones for now

need to change the colour of my knife block now we have moved and changed colours in the kitchen

**Mouse** · 12-01-2013, 11:05 PM

They're fab!

I've got 2 little wooden chairs that I want to do.

Can you use any sort of tissue paper? What about paper napkins? I'm sure I saw something once where you could split 2 ply napkins & use those.

**Mouse** · 12-01-2013, 11:12 PM

And if you're doing a bigger project do you use bigger pieces of paper? For small shapes, boxes etc we've torn the paper into stamp sized pieces. I've got a feeling it would take forever if I did a whole chair on pieces that small!

**PixiePetal** · 12-01-2013, 11:17 PM

paper is bit different to tissue, bit shiny and more crinkly. Never tried napkins I imagine they would be harder to use - the real paper is quite forgiving. I change the size of pieces depending on what I am covering and prefer ripped odd shapes than cut squares but that also depends on the paper design. Smaller prints are easier as you don't break designs so much. Start with something small and see how you get on really - it is quite addictive once you start

**k1rstie** · 12-01-2013, 11:20 PM

they say that their paper does not go soggy or wrinkley. Tissue paper would go soggy and the ink would run.

Their paper goes a long way.

They also sell it on ebay and also on hobby craft. I bought a load of glue and varnish on ebay a few years ago. My daughters covered big wodden letters tospell out their names. My older daughter was fine, I had to sneakly glue down the edges for my younger daughter.

Lots of fun and very effective