Paint Your Own Ceramic Christmas Tree Kits
Create your own Ceramic Christmas Trees and create new Christmas memories and traditions year after year with Fifth Avenue Designs Inc.
Made in the USA with premium, Fifth Avenue Designs Inc proprietary white, earthenware ceramic slip, holes added and then cleaned and fired to be ready for your creative touch. Use acrylic paints or ceramic glaze to finish your own heirloom or gift.
For your convenience, you can also purchase everything you need to finish it (if glazing it only) from us if you like, including glaze firing. We do not sell acrylic paints and brushes if you opt to finish it that way. Please visit your local hobby store for those items.
Be sure to allow yourself enough time to have your tree completed in time. - Painting with Acrylic Paints and then spraying it with a protective coating is a much quicker project than glazing it.- Glazing requires 3 good coats flowed onto the piece. Glaze cleaned out of the holes, then firing.
Contact us, and we will help you determine what you need for your project. If you need help, we'll show you the glazing technique when you come to pick up your kits.
Telephone: 919.718.5108Email: JMiller@FifthAvenueDesigns.com
Kits are available directly from us only. Order by sending an email or phone. Provide the Item Number, Quantity, Glaze Color (if required), and Color of Lights (Multi or All of One color) and preferred star. *Choose your light color. Multi or solid colors of all Crystal, Red, Green, Aqua, Gold, Pink, Purple, Orange or Dark Blue *The Kit comes standard with the Orange Star. If you have another color in mind from what is available on our Lights & Stars page, please let us know. We suggest you not glue in the star. *Choose Your Glaze Color: We offer Green or White in 4oz jars *Glaze Firing INCLUDED (2021): If you have chosen to glaze your tree, contact Fifth Avenue Designs Inc when you have your tree glazed and prepared for firing to set your firing appointment. 919.718.5108 and/or JMiller@FifthAvenueDesigns.comOr if you are not near Sanford NC, find your nearest ceramic shop for glaze firing.
* If you would rather paint your tree with acrylics or other paint techniques, choose the kit without the additional accessories.
For your convenience, you can also purchase everything you need to finish it (if glazing it only) from us if you like, including glaze firing. We do not sell acrylic paints and brushes if you opt to finish it that way. Please visit your local hobby store for those items.
Be sure to allow yourself enough time to have your tree completed in time. - Painting with Acrylic Paints and then spraying it with a protective coating is a much quicker project than glazing it.- Glazing requires 3 good coats flowed onto the piece. Glaze cleaned out of the holes, then firing.
Contact us, and we will help you determine what you need for your project. If you need help, we'll show you the glazing technique when you come to pick up your kits.
Telephone: 919.718.5108Email: JMiller@FifthAvenueDesigns.com
Kits are available directly from us only. Order by sending an email or phone. Provide the Item Number, Quantity, Glaze Color (if required), and Color of Lights (Multi or All of One color) and preferred star. *Choose your light color. Multi or solid colors of all Crystal, Red, Green, Aqua, Gold, Pink, Purple, Orange or Dark Blue *The Kit comes standard with the Orange Star. If you have another color in mind from what is available on our Lights & Stars page, please let us know. We suggest you not glue in the star. *Choose Your Glaze Color: We offer Green or White in 4oz jars *Glaze Firing INCLUDED (2021): If you have chosen to glaze your tree, contact Fifth Avenue Designs Inc when you have your tree glazed and prepared for firing to set your firing appointment. 919.718.5108 and/or JMiller@FifthAvenueDesigns.comOr if you are not near Sanford NC, find your nearest ceramic shop for glaze firing.
* If you would rather paint your tree with acrylics or other paint techniques, choose the kit without the additional accessories.
7-3/4" Spruce Bisque Ceramic Christmas Tree Kit
IN STOCK & READY FOR YOU
Item# 10300F $38.00 Full Tree Kit as noted belowItem# 10300 $23.00 Kit without Glaze, Glaze Brush & Clean-up Tool
Full Kit: With Tree, Base, Small Twist Lights, Small Orange Star, Light Wiring Kit, 7-watt Lightbulb, Glaze, Glaze Brush, Cleanup Tool and Instructions.
Full Kit: With Tree, Base, Small Twist Lights, Small Orange Star, Light Wiring Kit, 7-watt Lightbulb, Glaze, Glaze Brush, Cleanup Tool and Instructions.
11-1/2" Spruce Bisque Ceramic Christmas Tree Kit
IN STOCK & READY FOR YOU
Item# 10301F $47.00 Full Tree Kit as noted belowItem# 10301 $32.00 Kit without Glaze, Glaze Brush & Clean-up Tool
Full Kit: With Tree, Base, Medium Twist Lights, Medium Star, Light Wiring Kit, 7-watt Lightbulb, Glaze, Glaze Brush, Cleanup Tool and Instructions.
Full Kit: With Tree, Base, Medium Twist Lights, Medium Star, Light Wiring Kit, 7-watt Lightbulb, Glaze, Glaze Brush, Cleanup Tool and Instructions.
15" Spruce Bisque Ceramic Christmas Tree Kit
IN STOCK & READY FOR YOU
Item# 10302F $87.00 Full Tree Kit as noted belowItem# 10302 $65.00 Kit without Glaze, Glaze Brush & Clean-up Tool
Full Kit: With Tree, Base, Medium Twist Lights, Medium Star, Light Wiring Kit, 5-watt CFL bulb, Glaze, Glaze Brush, Cleanup Tool and Instructions.
Full Kit: With Tree, Base, Medium Twist Lights, Medium Star, Light Wiring Kit, 5-watt CFL bulb, Glaze, Glaze Brush, Cleanup Tool and Instructions.
18" Spruce Bisque Ceramic Christmas Tree Kit
IN STOCK & READY FOR YOU
Item# 10303F $137.00 Full Tree Kit as noted belowItem# 10303 $115.00 Kit without Glaze, Glaze Brush & Clean-up Tool
Full Kit: With Tree, Base, Medium Twist Lights, Large Star, Light Wiring Kit, 5-watt CFL bulb, Glaze, Glaze Brush, Cleanup Tool and Instructions.
Full Kit: With Tree, Base, Medium Twist Lights, Large Star, Light Wiring Kit, 5-watt CFL bulb, Glaze, Glaze Brush, Cleanup Tool and Instructions.
Paint Your Own Christmas Tree Bisque Kit Instructions
Important note: Never eat around your painting projects!
You don’t want to contaminate your work!
Have Fun, Enjoy!!! Merry Christmas!
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For painting with stains:
Take a clean, damp sponge and wipe off the piece. This helps clean off dust particles. Do not dry with towels. Allow to air-dry.
Paint with water-soluble, latex, acrylic paint with your color and technique of choice. Be careful not to fill up the holes. Once paint is dry, spray with a ceramic sealer to protect the finish and to help with cleaning and dusting the piece as you enjoy it.
it is then ready to insert the wiring socket/clip and be decorated. We glue the lights in with regular white glue, such as Elmer’s brand. DO NOT use any other type of glue. DO NOT glue the star. This makes it easier to store.
For glazing:
Take a clean, damp sponge and wipe off the piece. This helps clean off dust particles. Do not dry with towels. Allow to air-dry.
Tip: Dampen your glaze brush (included with the 5Ahdc Full Kit) and wipe it off with a clean paper towel. This helps the glaze to come out of the brush when you wash it.
Tip: Shake and stir your glaze well with a popsicle stick (glaze and stick included with the 5Ahdc Full Kit)
Tip: Saturate your brush with glaze (work it into your brush). You will want a total of 3 “flowing” smooth coats of glaze for green glaze (2 coats for clear) across the entire piece. Allowing each coat to dry. Do not overbrush (continuing to go over and over areas). Do not apply without the brush being full of glaze.
Tip: Start glazing with the bottom of the tree (not the base) and glaze just the bottom. Once the bottom is fully glazed, and dry, sit upright on 2 layers of paper towels. This will allow you to move it around the table without knocking off the glaze. Then, glaze your flowing coats of glaze to the top of the tree, being careful around the holes for the lights. When glaze does go in a hole, just blow it into the inside of the tree with your breath.
Tip: When glazing the base, sit it upright, on a 2” diameter can and glaze the top, side and the bottom lip. DO NOT glaze the interior of the base. DO NOT allow glaze to remain around the inside and bottom of the socket hole. If glaze does run down there, wipe off with a small damp sponge. Scrape and wipe the glaze off.
Once completely glazed (tree and base) and totally dry, take the clean-up tool (included with the 5Ahdc Full Kit) and insert the triangle-end into each of the holes for your lights and clean out the glaze. This is done by twisting the tool in a circular motion. It will take some pressure to do this. If glaze does chip off outside of the hole on the tree surface, finish all your holes then, take a clean, dry brush and brush the glaze crumbs off the tree and shake the tree, rocking back and forth to get the remnants from inside the tree also.
Tip: Using a cold, hair dryer can help with this. You might want to do this over a trash can and have a dust mask and safety glasses. Once cleaned, touch up your chipped areas with your glaze—making sure not to get it back into the hole!
Let dry again.
If you have a kiln, it is ready to stilt and fire to cone 05. If you need to take to a ceramic shop for firing. Lay the piece in a box with a lot of shredded newspaper (not diamond cut) for transport. This is best for protecting the piece from rubbing against the box or other surfaces that might possibly remove/damage your glaze coats.
Once it is fired, it is ready to insert the wiring socket/clip and be decorated. We glue the lights in with regular white glue, such as Elmer’s brand. DO NOT use any other type of glue. DO NOT glue the star-this makes it easier to store.
Tree & Order Info:
Determine your light and star colors, and email us with your kit orders!
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