DIY Painted Tea Towels

Painted teat towels that are easy to make and cute to boot! Painted using stencils for simple and cute designs. These tea towels make a great gift that are inexpensive and fun to make.

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Hello Friends! As you know I am in the kitchen quite a bit and I always feel like I don’t have enough kitchen towels. Also, does anyone else find their kitchen towels some how always end up on the floor? or is that just me? Seriously, I will be baking in the kitchen, turn around and there are three towels on the floor! Why am I like this!? I also never close the kitchen cabinets, but that is another story.

Most people have kitchen towels that are for cleaning and others that are decorative. Not me. I mean I have decorative towels, but somehow they end up on the floor also. I am no Monica Geller, no fancy guest towels in my life. They are all clean up and throw on the ground towels.

I decided the other day that this has to stop. The amount of nice towels I have ruined because I am a tornado in the kitchen is far too many. Decorative tea towels can be expensive though! I wasn’t trying to spend $10 on one towel! No thank you, this gal loves to find a way to get the style without paying the big bucks. Enter these DIY painted tea towels.

Not only are these inexpensive, they are so easy to make! Make some for yourself and then make a few extra for gifts.

What You’ll Need

• Flour sack towels
• Stencils (I used cactus stencils and this design
• Stencil brushes
• Acrylic paint

Start by washing and drying the flour sack towels. They will likely come out of the dryer a little wrinkled so it is best to iron them also.

Lay the towel on a flat surface on top of craft paper or cardboard as the paint will bleed through to the back.

Place the stencil in desired area and press down firmly. I prefer adhesive stencils because you don’t have to worry about them sliding around but any stencil will do.

Using the stencil brush and paint color of your choice, slowly dab and brush the paint over the stencil. The dabbing will help to get the paint into the fibers so there are no uneven spots.

Once you have painted the entire stencil, carefully peal the stencil off and place it in the next spot and repeat steps.

Allow the towels to dry and you are done! Yea, it’s that easy!

These towels can be washed on delicate and dried with no or very low heat. Hang drying is best.

Your kitchen has a little bit more style now! These make a great gift (Mother’s Day is right around the corner!) and are so inexpensive you won’t break the bank.

What design will you use for your towels? Tell me in the comments!