How to Dress Up Bobby Pins

Intermediate 45 min 28 steps 15916 views Rating: 4.3/5 Published: 2026-02-21

Get some bobby pins, and slide them over the top of a sheet of paper.. Paint the top of your bobby pins using a single stroke.. Wait for the nail polish to dry, then add a second coat of nail polish, if needed.

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1

Get some bobby pins, and slide them over the top of a sheet of paper.

Step 1

Get some bobby pins, and slide them over the top of a sheet of paper.

2

Paint the top of your bobby pins using a single stroke.

Step 2

Paint the top of your bobby pins using a single stroke.

3

Wait for the nail polish to dry, then add a second coat of nail polish, if neede

Step 3

Wait for the nail polish to dry, then add a second coat of nail polish, if needed.

4

Add a clear top coat to protect your work, if desired.

Step 4

Add a clear top coat to protect your work, if desired.

5

Wait for the nail polish to dry overnight.

Step 5

Wait for the nail polish to dry overnight.

6

Carefully take the bobby pins off of the paper.

Step 6

Carefully take the bobby pins off of the paper.

7

Get a coat button that you find pretty or interesting.

Step 7

Get a coat button that you find pretty or interesting.

8

Turn the bobby pin over so that the side you plan on wearing outward is facing y

Step 8

Turn the bobby pin over so that the side you plan on wearing outward is facing you.

9

Slip the button over the tip of the bobby pin.

Step 9

Slip the button over the tip of the bobby pin.

10

Slide the button all the way down to the other end of the bobby pin.

Step 10

Slide the button all the way down to the other end of the bobby pin.

11

Secure the button with a drop or two of hot glue or super glue.

Step 11

Secure the button with a drop or two of hot glue or super glue.

12

Let the glue dry completely before you wear the bobby pin.

Step 12

Let the glue dry completely before you wear the bobby pin.

13

Slid your bobby pin(s) partway onto an index card.

Step 13

Slid your bobby pin(s) partway onto an index card.

14

Make sure that the side you want to decorate is facing up.

Step 14

Make sure that the side you want to decorate is facing up.

15

Choose something to glue to your bobby pin.

Step 15

Choose something to glue to your bobby pin.

16

Place a drop of glue onto the back of the gem.

Step 16

Place a drop of glue onto the back of the gem.

17

Press the gemstone onto the bobby pin.

Step 17

Press the gemstone onto the bobby pin.

18

Wait for the glue to dry.

Step 18

Wait for the glue to dry.

19

Take the bobby pin off the paper.

Step 19

Take the bobby pin off the paper.

20

Cut a 10-inch (cc-centimeter) long piece of thin beading wire.

Step 20

Cut a 10-inch (cc-centimeter) long piece of thin beading wire.

21

Slip the wire part-way through the bend in your bobby pin.

Step 21

Slip the wire part-way through the bend in your bobby pin.

22

Twist the wire shut, then snip off the shorter piece of wire.

Step 22

Twist the wire shut, then snip off the shorter piece of wire.

23

Thread the wire through your first bead.

Step 23

Thread the wire through your first bead.

24

Wrap the wire around the bumpy part of the bobby pin.

Step 24

Wrap the wire around the bumpy part of the bobby pin.

25

Thread another bead onto the wire, and wrap it through the bobby pin again.

Step 25

Thread another bead onto the wire, and wrap it through the bobby pin again.

26

Keep adding beads and wrapping the wire until you are one bead's width from the

Step 26

Keep adding beads and wrapping the wire until you are one bead's width from the end of the bobby in.

27

Wrap the wire a few times around the tip of the bobby pin without adding any bea

Step 27

Wrap the wire a few times around the tip of the bobby pin without adding any beads.

28

Pass the wire back through or under 2 to 3 beads, then snip it off.

Step 28

Pass the wire back through or under 2 to 3 beads, then snip it off.

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