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4th of July DIY Layered Beans

I decided to make Fourth of July Layered beans to go on my dinning room table. I love how they turned out! And that I can use them for years to come. I learned a trick or two along the way when making this. I wanted to share it with you just in case you wanted to make this fun decor for your home. Here we go.

 

4th of july layered beans home decor

 

 

4th of July home decor

 

Supplies:

  • 3 bags of Great Northern white beans (2lbs each)
  • Icing color gel – Red-Red and Royal Blue (I used Wilton brand)
  • Cookie sheet
  • Wax paper
  • Gallon Ziploc bags (I suggest the slider Ziploc bags)

 

4th of July Red, White and Blue beans

Before I give the directions let me tell you what I did. I started out by using the liquid bottles of food coloring dye. I used the blue dye first. After using almost all of the liquid blue dye, the color wasn’t the blue I was looking for. Since I had a jar of the blue icing gel by Wilton, I added that and wow, what a difference! Much better.

Next it was time to do the red. When I used the red liquid dye I was not getting the color of red I was hoping for.  I used the entire bottle and the beans were more like pinkish red to me. Not the color for the Fourth of July. So because I did not have any gel icing color on hand my darling husband went to the store to pick me up a jar. I then added red gel to the beans and again I was so much happier with the color. My advice is to skip the liquid food coloring altogether.  Just use the gel food coloring my Wilton.

Also, after I air dried the beans for several hours, they still were not dried completely.  They also had a stickiness to them.  This could be because I used like an entire bottle of liquid dye then used gel. I don’t know for sure. So I decided to bake the beans in the oven on a low setting for 10-12 minutes to help them dry and maybe even set the color in better. So just know that baking them is optional, but it worked for me.

Directions:

  1. Pour one bag of beans into the Ziploc bag.
  2. Add the Wilton gel icing color to the beans. Start with a small amount and you can always add more until you reach your desired color.
  3. Mix the beans with the gel food coloring inside a ziplock bag by rolling the beans around. Mix well.
  4. Once mix throughly and the color is to your liking, pour beans onto a cookie sheet covered with wax paper.
  5. Let air dry for 2-3 hours.
  6. Bake in oven at 200 degrees for 10-12 minutes (this helped mine dry.) This is optional.
  7. Once the beans are completely dry, layer the beans into a jar of your choice. I went with the Red first, White next and Blue last.

 

Fourth of July Craft

There you have it. This was so much fun to make and I absolutely love how it turned out! I plan on doing this same project for other holidays, but with different colors. Like Halloween, Valentines day and even Christmas. I hope you enjoyed this DIY as much as I did!

Fourth of July DIY home decor

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  1. Ali Gilbert says

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    I LOVE this idea!! So cute!!

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    • Amy Tinnin says

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      Thank you!! It was easy to do and really made a great center piece for my dining room table. 🙂

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  2. angie says

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    I just made these tonight and used the gel icing alone and couldn’t achieve a nice bright color but with some regular food coloring added I got nice bright colors so I’m thinking it may be needed to use both to get the brilliant colors!

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    • Amy Tinnin says

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      Oh good! I am so glad you had both. Thanks for letting me know. That helps a lot! I’d love to see how they turned out. 🙂

      Reply

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