Hello Everyone!
As many of you already know I am headed to Disney World soon to participate in the Crochet Crowd’s Wish Upon A Stitch! I am so excited! So to prep for the trip I have been making new Mickey Ears like this Black Rose one and I just finished a DIY Magic Band and Magic Keeper!
This is the new Magic Band 2- so that means you can pop the middle part out and put it in a Magic Keeper! I love the versatility of the new Magic Bands.
I made a Mulan Inspired Magic Band this time (Last Time I did a Steampunk Beauty and the Beast– here is the link to the Blog Post and Video)
Here is the video tutorial:
Materials (Affiliate Links)
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- wax stick for rhinestone: http://amzn.to/2yWy9qh
- Sally Hansen Wine Not color: http://amzn.to/2yabiZn
I painted a base coat with nail polish then I painted 3 coats of this beautiful red color and I painted the edges with a copper color. Use nail polish, it seems to work the best with magic bands. The last one I had held up really well and so I am doing the same thing this time.
Just like last time I added a watch face because I wear my magic band on my left hand and I didn’t want it to interfere with my watch.
Once the nail polish was dry I glued (I used E6000) on charms and rhinestones and whatever else I could find. I found a Dragons, Chinese Coins, Rhinestones, flower, and a sword for symbolizing Mulan.
Once the glue was dried I painted a final coat of base coat on the magic band. Let it all dry and you are good to go!
Fair warning-It may not work with all the paint on the magic band… I had no problems last time, but you never know with the new version. I will try it out and let you know how it goes.
These Magic Keepers are so cute, but plain black. I just have to paint everything, and I think it looks so cute now that it is done!
I painted a layer of clear gesso to prime the plastic to prep it for water marbling. For water marbling I just had a bin of water and then I placed drops of nail polish and swirled them around. Once I was happy with my marbling I dipped my Magic Keeper in the water and it turned out so cute!
Once it was dry I added some holographic nail polish on top to add some sparkle, you can never have too much sparkle. Once it is all dry I added a layer of base coat on the top to seal it, now it is good to go for my week at Disney!
Have you ever decorated a Magic Band? How did you decorate it?
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October 11, 2017 at 11:18 pm
Love your work!
Have fun at Disney World.
October 12, 2017 at 2:02 pm
Thanks!
November 7, 2017 at 9:18 pm
I love this! I am hoping to do something similar for my upcoming trip to Disney, so thank you for the tutorial! I was wondering, however, did you try this at Disney yet and did it have any problems? I’m especially curious if having metal near, but not on, the puck was a problem?
Thanks!!!
November 8, 2017 at 3:45 pm
Thanks for stopping by! I had no troubles using the magic band at Disney! It worked great and it was fun to see people’s reactions to the band! Just don’t put metal on the puck, but near it doesn’t seem to affect it. Enjoy creating and send me a pic when you are done, I would love to see it!