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Gold-Dipped Safari Animals (Decor)

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There are so many ways to dress up toy animal figures with paint, but this has got to be one of the easiest! 🙌

Metallic spray paint covers the figures quickly, and often only requires one coat.
(This is definitely NOT the case with non-metallic spray paint colors, especially lighter hues.)

Gold-Dipped vs. Solid

You can paint the entire animal figure or just a portion of it.

I’ve done the former quite a bit (see pics at the end for one example). But for my daughter’s Jungle Safari party, animal prints were a key element of the design, so I wanted some of the original colors/patterns to remain showing.

Solution: a “gold-dipped” look!

gold jungle safari party animals

DIY GOLD-DIPPED ANIMALS

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You’ll need:

  • Metallic gold spray paint
  • Animal figurines*
  • Scrap paper or paper towels
  • Painter’s tape

*FYI – Animal figurines can REALLY vary in price! The toy animals used here were part of a very inexpensive pack I found at Joann, and they came out to only $2 each. This is a really good price for their size.


Instructions:

  1. Cover the part of the figurine that you DON’T want to be painted with paper & secure it with masking tape.
  2. Spray paint the visible part of the animal.

Note: If the animal shape is too awkward to tape the paper down, you can literally just hold the paper around the animal to keep a portion of it covered. Keep your hand as far away from the separation line as possible (to avoid painting it, too!), and spray paint the toy with the other hand. I ended up using this method quite a bit myself. It’s messier, yes, but also faster. And I often end up choosing fast because #impatient. 🤪

Here are some examples of fully-gold-painted animal figurines from my friend’s Little Wild One baby shower.  I did use more expensive toys here (mainly SCHLEICH brand + some other Amazon finds) because it was a high-end event. I also wanted to feature some mom + baby animal pairings. 🥰

gold safari baby shower elephant

The fully-painted gold animals feel much fancier to me, which was exactly fitting for this baby shower! ✨👑🦒

gold safari baby shower cake

P.S. Check out my Bold & Modern Jungle Safari Party for lots more fun ideas like this!

4 Comments

  1. Safari Parti Malzemeleri February 27, 2021 at 2:38 am

    It is very nice. bless your hands

  2. Emily Hawthorne March 31, 2021 at 7:14 am

    This is very amazing! You can DIY your kids old toys and it can be a beautiful design for your living room! I really love this idea!

  3. Parti Malzemeleri April 8, 2021 at 8:11 am

    very good

  4. Parti Malzemeleri November 24, 2021 at 1:20 am

    This is very amazing!

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