How to Make a Mercury Glass Centerpiece with Coke bottles. Easy DIY home decor repurposed craft idea for the holidays.
How to Make a Mercury Glass Centerpiece With Coke Bottles
Holiday season is my favorite time to entertain! I love making DIY home decor and decorations with items I already have around the house.
I partnered with Coca-Cola a few years ago to share some fun holiday DIY Party Ideas and I loved how pretty these DIY Mercury Glass Centerpieces turned out!
We’re planning for our New Year’s Eve party. Since I’m always a last minute party planner, this year I’m trying to actually do things ahead of time.
DIY Centerpiece Craft with Coke Bottles
Coke bottles are such a fun thing to turn into an eye catching centerpiece that you can use for holidays or anytime of the year!
In about 20-30 minutes, you can turn your regular glass Coke bottles (everyone’s favorite bottle right!?) into gorgeous mercury bottles! I don’t know why I haven’t done this before, because it was so easy!
Start stocking up on Coke and get my New Year’s Eve printables and directions below for how to make your own fabulous DIY centerpiece with Mercury Glass Coke Bottles!
How to Make a Coke Bottle Mercury Glass Centerpiece
What you’ll need:
- Several Empty Coca-Cola Bottles
- Krylon Looking Glass Silver Spray Paint
- Rubber gloves (if you want to save your fingernails)
- Newspaper or tarp
- White flowers or Silver and White Sparkly Silk Flowers and Feathers
- Silver charger or cake stand
- New Year’s Eve Printables (Download Below)
Step 1
First clean out your Coke bottles, dry them and place on your newspaper or tarp.
Step 2
Start spraying the Coke bottles with your Looking Glass Spray. I pretty much used the whole can of paint on 6 bottles. It takes several coats to cover the red Coke label. Let each coat completely dry before adding a new coat of paint.
Here is a GREAT tip that I figured out after the 3rd or 4th coat….
Spray your bottles from a distance. I was noticing that the red labels on the bottles in the back of the line were getting covered much quicker than the bottles closer to me. When I would spray the ones close to me, the paint would just slide off.
To move the bottles without messing up the paint, just stick your finger in the opening to carry them around. You can’t mess this up! Mercury glass looks good when it’s splotchy and uneven.
Step 3
After your bottles have dried, fill them with flowers and sparkly goodness of your choice. I made mine different heights because I knew I would clump them all together for my final centerpiece.
Step 4
If you plan to decorate for a special occasion or holiday, download some of our printables. I’ve updated the printables to the current year. (Download them below)
To give the signs some sparkle, I glued a few silver glittered snowflakes to the paper.
Print on thick paper or card stock and bend/curve the banner to give it some added flare.
Download the New Year’s Eve Printables (Updated for 2024)
Step 5
Arrange your bottles on a cake stand, tray or in my case a silver charger. Give the bottles different heights by placing a few on upside down glass cups or anything else you have that would work.
Rearrange the flowers inside of your centerpiece to look pleasing, then add your extra decorations or printables.
Wow! I wish you could see this in person. My photos really don’t do it justice! I love them so much that I plan to use these Mercury Bottles all around my house throughout the year.
I hope you enjoyed this quick and easy DIY Party Craft.
Originally published November 27, 2015 – Updated November 2023
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Mercury Glass Centerpiece Craft
Equipment
- Rubber gloves
- Newspaper or tarp
- White flowers or Silver and White Sparkly Silk Flowers and Feathers
- New Year’s Eve Printables (Download in Article)
Instructions
- Clean out your Coke bottles, dry them and place on top of newspaper or tarp.
- Spray the Coke bottles with Looking Glass spray paint from a distance. It takes several coats to cover the red Coke label.
- Let each coat completely dry before adding a new coat of paint.
- After all coats are completed, let dry for 4-24 hours.
- After your bottles have dried, fill them with flowers or decor of your choice.
- Add bottles to a charger or cake stand.
- Rearrange the flowers inside of your centerpiece to look pleasing, then add your extra decorations or printables.
