With so many fun bobby pins floating around (see here or here) I was determined to DIY some colorful ones for myself. For those of us with crazy short hair, blinged out bobby pins is where it’s at.
When spray paint didn’t work I used Anna’s idea of painting with nail polish. Voila! And one you get started painting these little guys, you get addicted! So I made three versions – neon, glitter and sparkle.
Instructions are super easy.
For neon:
1. Slide the bobby pins onto cardboard or paper to make them easier to paint. Otherwise they fall over pretty easily, making them hard to paint. Learned this one the hard way.
2. Paint two coats of neon nail polish, drying in between.
3. Apply top coat (optional).
4. You don’t need to to paint the back of the bobby pin – once it’s in your hair no one will see that part.
For glitter:
1. Paint the top of the bobby pin with clear polish. Or you can use Mod Podge.
2. Make a little pile of glitter and dip the top of the bobby pin in.
3. Let dry and apply another coat of polish or Mod Podge.
For sparkle:
1. Glue on a strip of rhinestone trim the length of the bobby pin. I used Tacky Glue because it dries clear.
2. Wind any kind of trim between the rhinestones. I used what I had on hand – neon rope from Home Depot and mint colored crochet thread.
3. Glue the ends of the thread and snip off any excess.
To give them a sparkle use hair sparkle can put a clear coat on before and after the sparkles
Beautiful. I just made some nail polish bobby pins, then I came across this tutorial. I love all of the fun versions you have made. I’m going to have to try it out!
:) Rachel
Hey, I love these ideas, and I found your site via Pinterest, and I have been looking at your site all afternoon, so many great ideas!
Only thing is, the bobby pins are backwards, the correct way to wear a bobby pin is to put the wiggly side inside, you get a more secure grip that way! Don’t feel silly for not knowing this, I only learned this about 6 months ago, but it does hold better that way.
What an awesome idea! I can’t wait to give this a try. I featured this today on Sew Woodsy!
These are awesome. I wear bobby pins everyday and would love to pizazz them up. I would love if you shared them on my link party.
http://www.kampenlane.com/2012/04/hope-everyone-had-great-weekend.html
Can’t wait to see what you make next.
~Taylor
What a cute idea!
Thanks for linking to a Round Tuit!
Hope you have a fabulous week!
Jill @ Creating my way to Success
http://www.jembellish.blogspot.com/
How cute! And super easy! I would love for you to share this with my “Unveil Your Genius” link party.
http://taylornorris.blogspot.com/2012/04/unveil-your-genius-link-party-8.html
Happy Sunday!
Perfect!!! I’d love to have you share at my party…it JUST opened!!!
http://www.itsoverflowing.com/2012/04/overflowing-with-creativity-19.html
XO, Aimee
Featuring this project next week on Handmade Tuesdays :)
Cute idea! Thanks for sharing your talents! I am going to make some of these for my grandkids~ God Bless~
I love these! I know my little Craft Diva will too! Thanks for the great idea I saw at A Glimpse Ahead linky party.
cute! great idea. love it.
cheers.
Haha! I used to do this in high school! I completely forgot about it!
These are great and I love when you use Caroline or yourself to model your creations :) What beautiful girls!
They look great! I want to make some for my girls!!
Great idea! I love the neon bobby pins : ) I think the new tool for customizing accessories is nail polish. So many colour options available at a great price.
Thanks for sharing your great idea!
I love this idea! I’m going to go through my nail polishes and pick out a few fun summer-y colors and give my bobby pins and makeover!
I think I need to create a Henry Happened pinboard because you are totally taking over the one I have devoted to DIY. I have a stash of bobby pins that this would be perfect for!
These are so cute!!! Nice job!! they turned out great!
Oh so cute! I love this DIY!! I am starting to get more into projects. Just did another project this weekend!
Amy
fashionandbeautyfinds.blogspot.com
ohh!! SO fun! my favorite is the orange and green criss crossed like that. <3
These are so great! I love that you used nail polish. Clever clever!
You always come up with the cutest accessories!
These are so cute! You have such great DIY projects! Love them.
What a great way to use up nailpolish I never wear!
These are so so pretty! My daughter would go crazy over making these – I see a DIY in our future!
Jo-Anna
Very cute! My teen is all about the sparkle so I am going to show these to her!
Oh my goodness, my girls would go crazy over these! And I love the bling that you added to them! Super cute!
Those are so cute. Love the bright colors!
How cute Stephanie! I’ve been wanting to do some for Emelia and you’ve inspired me. Have plain bobby pins and nail colour. Will do! (PS I had to look away quickly when I saw those roots! LOL Not. You should see mine sometimes! LOL)
Anne xx