I think I stood in Target for about 10 minutes, debating what umbrella to buy. The mod-looking clear vinyl one? No thanks, I like to hide my rainy-day-hair. The super ginormous really expensive one? Nah, I’m sure I’ll lose this one like every other umbrella I’ve ever had. (What is it with umbrellas and sunglasses?)
So I went with the plain ol’ black. Borrrringggg. But with a few polka dots? Bring on the rain!
DIY Polka Dot Umbrella
To jazz up your umbrella you will need:
- Acrylic paint. I used two different colors – a silver and a light blue – but it’s hard to tell in the pictures.
- Circle sponge brush
Dip your brush into the paint and start stamping! I alternated the two colors with each row. My (attempted) pattern was to offset each row of circles from the one below. It’s not perfect but I doubt anyone is going to stare too closely.
And it’s a good thing I finally have an umbrella because we woke up to a tornado warning. Yikes. Hope everyone stays safe!
Hi there, absolutely ADORE your site. I just want to know when it starts to rain, wont the paint be ruined, I absolutely LOVE this idea just worried about the rain.
Zama :)
What lovely and easy idea. Brilliant! Thank you for sharing Stephanie.
Would you mind sharing the colors you used, love it……………great idea.
Great idea! Now I just have to find my umbrella . . . (;
This is so adorable! You are really creative!
Wow–how’d you get the dots to line up so well, looks professional! Very cute :)
Genius, genius, genius!! Was just thinking today as I walked in the rain to my office how I was in need of a new umbrella.
Yep, it hits me about this time every year that I have no idea where my umbrella is. Where do all those umbrellas, sunglasses and socks end up?
I bought an expensive Marimekko umbrella a few years ago and it broke about a week later. And then my heart broke too. Sigh. I’ve been stuck with an ugly cheapo umbrella since then, but I like your idea of jazzing it up a little with polka dots. So cute!
Another genius creation by Stephanie! It’s gorgeous! That’s a really good idea for those little pocket umbrellas. They only ever come in boring colours.
Stay safe!
Have you taken it out in the rain…how did it survive being wet? it’s adorable!!
It rained like crazy yesterday – a funny coincidence for this post! – and the umbrella was great. It survived with no streaks!
so fun! i thought you bought it like that. you did a wonderful job!
Wow! I would have never thought to do this. This is why I love reading blogs. What a great idea. This is especially great for a kids project! Thanks for sharing!
Super cute! I’m all for anything involving polka dots!
Love it!! I have umbrellas everywhere. I have to have to auto-open ones.
Very creative! I like the mix of different colored dots.
Mo
I Love your sense of creativity! I Love your joy of life! And I Love that you Can share it with all of us. Thank-You!
Buying a cute umbrella is always such a headache, I feel like most of them are ugly. LOVE this DIY…so genius!