DIY Enamel Camp Mugs
These easy personalized enamel camp mugs are perfect for your summer adventures!
Materials
- Enamel mugs to decorate! You can go with classic blue mugs, but there are so many shapes, colors, and sizes of enamelware mugs today that you can easily find something else if it suits your style better.
- Rubbing alcohol and a paper towel.
- White extra fine tip oil based Sharpie paint pen. Other paint pens designed for use on ceramics should work, but water based makers will not work! They'll go on the mug, but rub right off.
- A piece of cardstock or colored paper to practice your designs on. We still don't have our household goods so I used the manila file divider in a spiral notebook and it worked fine!
- Painter's tape. Optional but helpful.
Instructions
1. Grab a piece of cardstock or colored paper (something that your white paint pen will show on) and practice drawing a few designs. I highly recommend drawing with paint pen because it will behave differently from a ‘normal’ pen and you want to practice before you start drawing on your mug! If you want even more practice, tape a piece of paper onto your mug and draw on it. The curve of the mug definitely changes things!
2. When you’re happy with your design, clean your mug with rubbing alcohol. This will remove any residues or oils and help the maker stick.
3. Once the alcohol has dried fully, you may want to place a piece of painter’s tape on your mug to act as a guide.
4. Get drawing! If you make a mistake, do not panic! Clean it up with rubbing alcohol and a paper towel. If you experience any dripping behind the tape, you can carefully clean up the drips this way, too.
5. Have fun this summer!
Notes
These mugs are washable, but I recommend gently washing them by hand to help protect your design.
You may also want to be careful with them if you have any sunscreen or bug repellant on your hands. I’ve had paint lift off things from sunscreen and bug repellant before.