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Thanksgiving and Halloween Wine Glass Charms

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Make Thanksgiving and Halloween Wine Glass Charms

Halloween and Thanksgiving Wine Glass Charms

Halloween and Thanksgiving Wine Glass Charms

Kate Pullen

Wine glass charms are a great way to add a decorative touch to tableware. As well as looking pretty, they can also serve a practical purpose at parties as each guest can mark their own wineglass with a special charm.

Wine glass charms for Halloween and Thanksgiving are easy to make. Shrink plastic and rubber stamps are the perfect combination of materials to make your own customized wine glass charms. Even if you have just one suitably themed rubber stamp, such as a pumpkin, it can be colored in different ways so that every guest has their own unique wine glass charm.

Pumpkin rubber stamps are ideal for wine glass charms as they are a distinctive shape and easy to color. Pumpkin images work well for both Halloween and Thanksgiving. Remember when picking a stamp to use with shrink plastic that the plastic shrinks substantially, therefore the finished charm will be smaller and thicker than the original.

Wine glass charm rings can be purchased from craft and jewelry supply stores. They will be found with other findings. If you cannot find wine glass charm rings then a loop made from wire would also work well. You may need jump rings to attach the shrink plastic charm to the wine glass charm ring.

How to Make Thanksgiving and Halloween Wine Glass Charms

Follow the instructions here - How to Make Wine Glass Charms to make the charms and attach them to the wine glass charm rings.

Tips for Making Thanksgiving and Halloween Wine Glass Charms

  • Use marker pens to color the shrink plastic. They give vibrant colors that will work well with a party atmosphere.
  • Color the images with different colors to differentiate the charms. If this isn't possible, color the edge of the charm using a different colored marker pen.
  • If you want to personalize the charms, write the names of the guests on the charms using marker pens.
  • Add beads to the wine glass charm rings for a bit of added sparkle.

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