One of my goals for 2019 was to prioritize our marriage and date nights again. I know how important it is for my husband and I to spend quality time together, but it is so much easier said than done! We don’t have grandparents that live locally to watch Henry and truthfully, I’m nervous to leave him with a babysitter.
How to Host a Paint Night at Home
I love getting together with my girlfriends. I am always up for a good girls night out, except I hate dressing up and having to actually wear makeup and all that- haha! My friends and I are always looking for fun things to do besides just the same old dinner out. So when it was my turn to plan girls night out, I decided we’d stay IN and host a paint night at home.
I have been wanting to try going to one of those paint night places, but I felt so intimidated being in a huge class with a professional painter teaching me. So staying IN was the perfect idea. And let me tell you, we had the most fun time together- eating, chatting, and laughing our heads off. It was SO much fun and I would definitely do it again in a heartbeat. Our paintings turned out pretty good for first timers, but the fun we had was the best part!
Here’s everything you need to know about how to host a paint night at home:
Supplies:
Canvas
DecoArt Americana Premium Acrylic Paint
Paint Brushes
Paint Palette
Easels
Plastic Tablecloth
TV, computer, or tablet with internet connection
Good Food, Drinks, and Friends
The hardest part of this whole thing was knowing what paint to use. I knew I wasn’t going to crazy with any fancy art and painting stuff, because I’m honestly not a painter. But I also wanted something that was high quality so it would look good on my canvas. So I was super excited to try the new Americana Premium Acrylic Paints. It’s a mix between regular acrylic craft paint and the pricier, fancier artist stuff. Acrylic paint is one of my favorite mediums to use when I’m crafting and DIY’ing, so I was glad when I found this paint at Michaels and didn’t have to use any crazy oil paints or anything like that.
For this project, I used Cerulean Blue, Prussian Blue Hue, Carbon Black, and Titanium White.
We used 16×20 canvases. They came 5 to a pack and were on sale for only $10 at Michael’s. I also picked up a few packs of inexpensive paint brushes, and some little palette trays. If you want to save 99 cents, you could skip the palette trays and just use paper plates.
Set up:
Throw a cheap plastic tablecloth or paper covering over your table and setup a little spot for each person with their supplies and a stool. I also threw an old sheet on the floor in case we spilled paint. We went really low key here, guys! You’ll want your table facing a TV or a computer or tablet with internet connection.
Supplies:
We used this YouTube video. There is a list of supplies that you can use in the video description box, however I didn’t want to have to buy a ton of extras so I used paint that we had at home in similar colors. We also just used paintbrushes that I had laying around. For easels, we propped our canvases up against stools! Be creative and use what you have around the house.
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- Device to play YouTube video
- Two canvases
- Acrylic paint: white, black, magenta, blue and yellow
- paintbrushes
- Water cups
- Paper towels
- Easels (or use a kitchen stool like we did!)
- Palette for paint (could also use a paper plate)
Instructions
I set up our paint stations after dinner, before Henry went to bed so that we could get started right away! I lined our table with brown paper sacks, then propped our canvases against a kitchen stool. I also filled the water cups and set up the paint.
When it is time to start, pour yourselves some wine and grab a snack! Start playing the video and follow along. Feel free to press pause if you need some extra time. The pause button is defintley one of the benefits of doing it at home–you never need to feel rushed!
We chose to sit across from each other and didn’t show each other our paintings until the very end for a little friendly competition. I will have to say–I was surprised at how well Jeff’s turned out! He doesn’t consider himself artistic, but I think he did a pretty good job!
Overall, we really enjoyed it and would recommend this at home paint night date for any couple looking to spend some more quality, intentional time together. It was great being able to do it at home, take our time and save a lot of money too! Have fun!
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