Glittery Table Numbers - Who's DIY'd Them With Success?

Easy. Craft stores have the flat wooden numbers. One side at a time, use a paint brush or sponge and thinly cover it in glue. I prefer tacky glue. Then poor the glitter on it liberally. Do this on a paper plate. Take the letter and let the excess fall off. Set it aside on newspaper. Let it dry and then do the other side. You can buy flat wood pieces, spray paint them and then hot clue the number on. You can glue the number onto the painted bottom first and then apply the glue/glitter and do both sides at once.

1 - I bought my silver ones from Hobby Lobby.

2 - I used mod podge to DIY glitter this & sign.

and my friend used glitter spray paint on her numbers and they turned out really well. I do not have a picture of them at the moment, but there are a few ways to do it. I would highly recommend buying the numbers when they are on sale. Hobby lobby has them on sale occasionally.

I want to do this too and was having doubts because they were so much on etsy. Thanks for posting this and the answers!

I'm pro DIY but make sure you find a sealant so they don't shed glitter

Thanks for the tips everyone. To be honest I'm still holding out some hope that I'll hear from any of the people I've messaged about buying their set because I'm scared to take this on, lol! I may take a trip to the craft store this weekend and buy one number to try and see what happens though

We painted ours. But Michaels had the best numbers & Hobby lobby had the better bases. I am sure it would be hard to glitter them. Be sure to seal them though.

ETA: DH drilled a hole in the bottom and attached them to the base that way. They were pretty much perfect

We just finished ours yesterday. They look great, but were a lot of work. I can definitely see why they cost so much now!!! I'll attach a picture when I get home.

Summer how many do you need and what color?

@hcty, definitely silver and I guess I don't know for sure just yet how many I'll need. I feel pretty confident that it'll be somewhere between 15 and 20, so I've been looking at sets of at least 20 to purchase to be on the safe side.

Whoa whoa whoa...a wedding resale shop?! I had no idea these existed! Can you point me in the direction of the best ones?

Summer, I think I want to do this as well. If I find some time this weekend, I'll try one and depending on how it comes out and if you like it, I can make them for you, no charge, if you just buy the supplies. I need something to occupy my time and crafting is super therapeutic for me, although I'll admit I am not always the greatest. But I can try and see what comes of it. Lol.

I would either do the modge podge idea and loose glitter, or you could spray paint them with a base color and they have glitter spray paint! I used the modge podge and loose glitter on my card box, and the spray paint for my frames, turned out awesome!

@MoSunshine, I just googled "wedding resale" and found plenty. Some are Wedding Recycle, Wedding Bee, Tradesy, Ruffled, and then there are tons of Bride-2-Bride pages on FB that you can search for.

@Denise, what an amazingly generous offer!!! I'm still hoping someone will answer me from the messages I've sent about the ones I've seen for re-sale online because it really seems like such a huge undertaking, but I mean if it's therapeutic for you and you really wanted to try some definitely let me know how they come out and I might just take you up on it if it's something you ended up wanting to do. I won't hold you to it though if you find it's a TOTAL pain in the A$$ and change your mind!!! LOL

LOL! Sounds good. I'll let you know what my findings are.

@Denise let us know what exactly you use and the process!

Thanks @summer!

I bought wooden numbers with flat bottoms from AC Moore for extremely cheap. I first spray painted them purple, my color scheme, then coated them with a silver glitter spray paint. Finished them off with a clear top coat spray paint. They cost me probably a total of $40.00 and look adorable. I also added the wire picture holders to the tops of them for pictures of my fiance at the table number's age!

Love glittery table decorations. Hope you get some answers soon, Summer.

I want to make the same thing! What kind of product do you recommend to you use to seal in the glitter? thanks

I also saw wooden numbers in Walmart where the craft section is they are between $0.75 to $1.50 depending on the size.