Easily Create Christmas Decor with Resin and Molds

The holiday season offers a wealth of inspiration for resin castings, allowing you to create a festive atmosphere in your home or share unique, handmade gifts with loved ones.  With a simple silicone mold, you can easily learn the basics of resin casting, and create a unique custom piece for the holidays.  To make a really original piece, you can add different pearl pigments or inclusions to your resin like these beautiful pieces. Create holiday-themed coasters, table decorations, ornaments, candle holders, serving trays and more!

Materials to Make your Resin Christmas Decor

1. Art ‘N Glow Epoxy Resin

2. Art ‘N Glow Artist's Torch

3. Art 'N Glow Pearl Powders or mica pigments of your choice

4. Silicone Molds of your choosing

5. Different Colored Shimmering Paint Pens

6. Alcohol Inks

7. Embellishments (i.e. crushed mirror)

8. Mixing Cups

9. Stir Sticks

10. Gloves

11. Silicone Mats (Table Protector)

12. Toothpicks

13. Isopropyl Alcohol (for clean-up)

14. Tea lights or candles (optional)

Step-By-Step Instructions

Step 1: Prepare your workspace. Gather your Art ‘N Glow Resin, silicone molds, mixing cups, stir sticks, Art ‘N Glow Artist Torch, pigment powders, alcohol inks & gloves.

Step 2: Flip your molds so the opening is pointing up and grab two 16oz. clear cups. Pour your desired amount of resin and hardener at a 1:1 ratio by volume and combine the two.

Step 3:  Stir your resin and hardener for a full 5 minutes, making sure to scrape the sides and the bottom edges to ensure it is fully mixed until there are no striations left. Grab some smaller mixing cups and divvy out your resin into those cups in preparation for your additives.

Step 4: For these projects, Megan used all Christmas colored alcohol inks and mica powders to keep it festive. Adding alcohol ink will fully color your resin and keep it translucent. Adding pigment powders will make your resin more opaque and swirly! So, go ahead and add your powders and inks into your divvied out resin cups.

Step 5: Start pouring into your molds! You don’t have to let it cure between layers, I find it so pretty to see how the resin layers melt into one another when you pour wet resin on top of a different color of wet resin.

Step 6: Time to mix up your next batch. Pour out the same amount of resin as your first if you still have a lot of room to fill in your molds. Once your resin is mixed, divvy out your resin once again, repeating Steps 2 - 5. Wait a few minutes and sweep your torch a few inches above your molds to remove any bubbles. It’s much easier to torch out any bubbles that have worked their way to the top when your molds are more full with your resin. Be very careful not to let the torch hit your silicone molds. It will burn them and the resin will not release from the mold.

Step 7: Let rest and cure for 24 to 72 hours.

Step 8: Now, pop out those beautiful Christmas décor creations!

Step 9: Pro Tip: Mold stuck to your casting? Carefully heat the silicone mold with a heat gun. This will soften the resin enough to remove your casting without damaging your mold.

Step 10: Time to clean up your pieces. No matter how hard we try, sometimes there will always be rough edges or little parts that need to be carefully cut off and/or sanded. Wear a mask and work in a ventilated area when sanding. Wipe clean.

Step 11: Voila! Now you have beautiful Holiday décor that you can proudly say…..”I made that!”

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