How To Mod Podge Light Switch Covers

Match the screw holes and smooth with your hands or a brayer.

How to mod podge light switch covers. I really like it. Add mod podge on the edges and fold the fabric over. Patterned card stock and mod podge covers. Plaid is the manufacturer of mod podge and several other do it yourself products. I brushed two coats of mod podge on the top.

Cover the face of the switch plate with mod podge then attach your piece on top smoothing it down as you go along. Ok now that i ve expressed my love for mod podge i m going to show you a step by step tutorial on how to decorate your light switch and outlet covers using mod podge and scrapbook paper. Use the pencil and gently rub around the rectangle to smooth the paper out. It s going to be touched a lot so i need to be able to wash the surface off. Allow to dry completely.

Fold the edges over and let dry. Then i applied 2 coats of mod podge. Then holding up the cover to the light i positioned it until i was happy with the position of the two holes that would be cut out later. If you ve ever done decoupage projects before then you ll be pleased to know that you re already familiar with all the. Place cover face down over the paper.

The final step is to cut out the small opening in the center of the switch cover and then poke the exacto knife through the screw holes. Paint a layer of mod podge on the covers. Turn the covers over and add some mod podge along the edges of the back of each cover. Cover the surface with another coat of mod podge but move quickly so it doesn t start to dry as you re going along. Just in case you re as interested as we were in the idea of making diy switch covers in all kinds of creative colours and styles here are 15 of the best designs we ve come across so far in our search.

Line up your fabric cutouts and place wrong side down. Line up the fabric cutouts wrong side down on the podged light plate covers. Cut out a piece of paper larger than the switch cover you have in front of you. I tried to center the pattern over the switch. I set the cover on a container so the sides would not stick to the newspaper i was working on when the.