How to Make a Mirror Into a Piece of Art!

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make a mirror into a piece of art!

How to Make a Mirror Into a Piece of Art!

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Gather your supplies!!!!

Gather your supplies!!!!

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Get a mirror that you really like! I recommend a round one even though this one is square! You can take the frame of the mirror off as well

Get a mirror that you really like! I recommend a round one even though this one is square! You can take the frame of the mirror off as well

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Cut the dowel rods to the different lengths that you would like! Make sure u measure them and mark on the back of the mirror with a sharpie so you know where to glue down the dowel rods

Cut the dowel rods to the different lengths that you would like! Make sure u measure them and mark on the back of the mirror with a sharpie so you know where to glue down the dowel rods

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You can now hot glue down your dowel rods, we used different sized ones and made a pretty cool pattern!!! There are so many kinds of patterns you can do!

You can now hot glue down your dowel rods, we used different sized ones and made a pretty cool pattern!!! There are so many kinds of patterns you can do!

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Once you are finished placing the dowel rods, you can now attach the mirror hanger to the back of the mirror, I glued mine with lots of hot glue, you can use super glue to.

Once you are finished placing the dowel rods, you can now attach the mirror hanger to the back of the mirror, I glued mine with lots of hot glue, you can use super glue to.

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It's not going anywhere!

It's not going anywhere!

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Finished with the hard part, now pick your spray paint color and give the dowel rods a good two coats of paint, make sure you cover up the mirror when you do this! Let it dry for an hour or so.

Finished with the hard part, now pick your spray paint color and give the dowel rods a good two coats of paint, make sure you cover up the mirror when you do this! Let it dry for an hour or so.

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After the paint is dry you have an amazing piece of art for your home! It's so easy and cheap!

After the paint is dry you have an amazing piece of art for your home! It's so easy and cheap!

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11 Comments
Supplies

40 Dowel rods

2 Cans of spray paint

1 Mirror

1 Glue gun

1 Picture hook

1 Ruler

Traci Lena

Thanks! Very neat!

Traci Lena 7 months ago

Tyler Reid

*glue gun

(author) 7 months ago

Tyler Reid

I bought them at hobby lobby, they are just wooden rods! And Myra it really was one of the easiest project I have done, u just have to know how to use a glue fun

(author) 7 months ago

Traci Lena

What exactly are dowel rods? Like where could I buy them?

Traci Lena 7 months ago

Myra Saludo

Smart I'll try this :) looks hard tho :(

Myra Saludo 9 months ago

Heidi Feldman

Stunning!!! This is something I would def like to make! Stunning and thanks for sharing!

Heidi Feldman 12 months ago

Tyler Reid

Ya I thought about spray painting them first but just decided not to, you def could for sure though

(author) 12 months ago

Csir Em

Nice, I like it!!

Csir Em 12 months ago

Christina Bekaroglu

Could you spray paint the dowels first and then put them on the mirror?

Christina Bekaroglu 12 months ago

Lol Ing

Its awesome not complex at all and it would probably be a great gift for my parents sometime LOL

Lol Ing 12 months ago

Becca Lane

Love!

Becca Lane 12 months ago

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