I love grabbing the Dollar Tree chargers when I set a table.  I have used the Dollar Tree chargers a lot when setting a table.  They are so inexpensive and so easy to paint.  To check out all my DIY Chargers you can go here ⇒ DIY CHARGERS.

Let’s get to the orange and white buffalo check charger tutorial.

Here are the items you will need to make 4 charger plates

• 4 Charger plates – I am using silver Dollar Tree chargers
• 2 rolls of Dollar Tree painter’s tape
• 3 different shades of orange spray paint – I am using Orange/Orange (this paint is so old I don’t even know the name of the paint.  Krylon Pumpkin Orange and Krylong Equipment Orange.  You will want to use a lighter, medium and dark shade for the check pattern.
• a base color spray paint.  I am using Matte Clamshell for the base of my chargers.  You will want to use a very light color for you base
• Ivory or white chalk paint
• Acrylic craft paint close to the spray paint colors

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Using the base color and spray paint a good coat on the chargers.  I gave two coats of Matte Clamshell to my silver chargers.

I took my painter’s tape for the next few steps.

The first piece of tape I just eyeballed it on the plate horizontally.  Starting on one side appling pressure, working your way to the other end of the charger.  I made sure I pressed the tape into the curvature of the charger.

For the second step I took another piece of tape to use as my space guide.  I placed it down below the first piece, not pressing it down.

Taking another piece of tape and I applied it under the space guide the same way as the first piece.  Remove the space guide tape.

Keep doing the two steps until you finish taping the whole chargers.

When you get to the part of the plate where it is mostly the curves of the charger.  You will apply the tape but press the curve in the center first.  There will be wrinkles but just press them as smooth as you can.

When you come to the end and it is a small piece left to deal with, still tape it off.  This will keep your line spacing even.

 

When I do a project with painter’s tape I like to give it one coat of the base color.  This will help seal the edges of the tape to stop most of the paint bleed.

This is how your chargers should look all taped.

After I spray painted the base coat I used the lighter of the orange paint (I used orange-orange). I gave the plates one thin coat.  As you can tell I spray painted a pumpkin with Matte Clamshell too. 🙂

Remove the tape slowly and carefully.

Next turn the charger where the lines are horizontal to you.  Do the same procedure taping the plates making vertical lines.

After I have all the chargers taped I took the next shade of orange (I used pumpkin orange).

Painted one coat.

For this step leave the tape on.  Making a set of tape lines opposite of what’s on the plate now.  You should be able to see where the existing tape lines we removed in the first painting, try to use those as a guide.

Make sure your tape lines are all pressed down on the plate.

Take the darker of the orange (I used equipment orange), spray the chargers one coat.

Carefully remove both sets of tape.

I am taking some acrylic craft paint matching as close to the spray paint colors for touching up.

I want my chargers to look more like a piece of fabric, I did a dry brushing with ivory chalk paint to the charger.

The last step.  Apply some Minwax Finishing wax to all the chargers.

Working on the place settings I am going to put back my white wicker place mats on the table.  I pulled out my orange Dollar Tree dinner plates to sit on the chargers.  And again placing back on the table my Mud Pie plates.

If you like my orange and white buffalo check table setting pin this for later when you are ready to decorate your table this Fall.

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