My son took these "Lottery Tickets" to school today. They were fun to make but I was wishing he only had 15 in his class instead of 23!
I printed the tickets on card-stock, cut them out and then covered them with clear laminate (contact paper).
DIY Scratch-off Lottery Ticket Download
I made a little heart stencil out of sticky backed shelf liner (this is just slightly sticky). Place it over the scratch off area.
Paint inside stencil with acrylic paint.
It takes about two coats. It worked better if I removed the stencil while the paint was slightly wet. If some of the paint comes off it can be touched up later. When I had problems with the words showing through I just went in with a small paint brush and gave the words another coat.
Trim edges and cut the tickets apart.
My son gave everyone a penny along with his Valentine to scratch off the message.
Before you roll your eyes and think these were way too much work-----please note that my son is in 6th grade. We have hit the end of the road for valentines! This was my last hurrah!
Thanks for taking the time to visit me today!
Cool Idea! I think I’ll make these this year. What a great idea for Mothers Day, Fathers Day, Birthdays, and rewards for kids like stated above!
These are amazing! So sad that it was your last valentine’s hurrah! I can totally understand why you went through all the hard work.
Thanks for sharing.
I’ve found that the paint scratches off easier if you add some dish washing liquid (1 part paint to 1 part soap).
I also use silver paint for the everyday day scratchers… red is very cute for Valentine’s day!!
Great job!
For me I found that if I used acrylic paint it was plastic enough that the dish washing soap didn’t make much difference. The dish washing soap is necessary if using tempera paints.