D.I.Y. Lottery Tickets: WINNING!

So, my grandmothers LOVE lottery tickets.  We're talking...continue to keep scratching them off even after they know they haven't won type of addiction.  I decided that for Christmas I would make them some.  You're thinking...what?  I'm thinking...that's right....WHAT!  It was so very simple. 

Here's what you'll need:

• Silver paint (or any color really)
• Dishwashing liquid
• Contact Paper
• Card stock
• Scissors

Here's what I did.  I used a template from MSOffice meant for business cards (this ensures they are all the same size).  I chose Christmas clip art, and fun fonts.  I chose some inspirational quotes, and some Bible verses.  You don't HAVE to use card stock, but I wanted it to be sturdy.

 

Then I took two parts silver paint to one part dishwashing liquid in a little cup meant for condiments (thanks to the restaurant across the street for contributing to my craftasticness).

Then I covered the cards with contact paper.  You can just cover the part you're actually painting, but since I knew that my grandma's would want to keep the cards I covered the entire thing and then trimmed it.  Boy I wasted a lot of contact paper, but it was less than $5.00 for a huge roll at Hobby Lobby.

After that, I painted the portion that they would actually have to scratch off:

It took two coats.  I let the first coat completely dry before painting the second coat.

If you make mistakes (like above) it's an easy fix...just scratch it off!  :)

That's it!  It works best when you use a quarter.  The second time I made them (for a coworker's boyfriend's birthday) I used a little more dishwashing liquid, which made it bubbly when painting, but ultimately they scratched off better.  It took more coats that way because the dishwashing liquid thinned it out more. Next time I think I'll create a stencil (with card stock) to paint the area into an actual shape rather than just a blob to cover the words.

Happy Scratching!