Are you ready to do the hippy hippy shake and get all groovy??
Well these mood rings will get you in the mood!
These are so much fun to make and seriously so simple! I found some colour change nail polish for a couple of bucks at the reject shop (think dollar store my northern hemisphere friends) and thought it would make for some groovy bling.
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Paint the ring blanks with the nail polish, I did two coats.
Pour the Dimensional Magic in and I set it in polystyrene to rest flat while it dried.
And you're done, how crazy simple is that, I wanted to show you how they looked after the colour change so I heated up a rice pack. You can see a dramatic change in the pinky purple one but the blue/green is very subtle change. Obviously Elizabeth was more impressed with the Pink/Purple change.
DIY Delight or Disaster? Oh it's a Delight, so simple to make and they really did work, I was worried the dimensional magic might affect the outcome but it was perfect. I used to love mood rings as a kid, then I saw the movie My Girl (you know Macaulay Culkin) and now they make me cry a little but these are pretty groovy man!
Thanks for reading,
Mel xo
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Cheri used to buy these mood rings and each time she lost the little paper with the color explanations, so she lost interest ..lol, but I did not know there is color changing nail polish available ! {this coming from a (ex)manicurist!} Great idea however!
ReplyDeleteThis is so cool and easy to make! What a great gift idea for the younger ones to do! Your creativity is amazing!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun idea!
ReplyDeleteVery groovy project Mel. I remember the mood rings from the 70s. Love the colours.
ReplyDeleteYeah baby!!
ReplyDeleteI didn't know there was color change polish, I'll have to look into that for a stocking stuffer.
ReplyDeleteThis is an uber cool project!
Another brilliant post. I never would have thought to use color changing nail polish on anything but my nails. What a simple and fun project. Love it!
ReplyDeleteHow fun is that for a kid?! Is your dollar store really called the Reject store??!! I loved the movie My Girl. Sad, but good!
ReplyDeleteI love this..SUCH a fun idea .. I am going to give it a whirl . HUGs and have a blessed rest of the week.
ReplyDeleteOh wow those are so cool! Looks like the nail polish works great. It's on my list of things to look for now :) Great project Mel!
ReplyDeleteToo cool!!
ReplyDeleteHow cool is that! I remember mood rings when I was in high school, along with hip hugger bell bottom pants. The 70's, man. :D
ReplyDeleteOkay... wha...!?!?! There's colour-change nail polish!??
ReplyDeleteAnd what on earth is Dimensional Magic? I'm learning SO much in this post! Love it! Pinned it!
Super fun!!! I also loved mood rings...and My Girl. sniff sniff. I keep seeing it on tv lately and wonder if my girls are too young for a tragic love story.
ReplyDeleteThese look awesome Mel. My girl wanted one a little while back and I saw one at the local dollar store. Trouble is it hasn't moved from black which means moody (I think). My daughter keeps saying its not working. I have to argue! LOL
ReplyDeleteAnne xx
I think I still have mine (from the 70s) tucked away. I remember how much I loved these as a kid. This would be such a cool girls' party favor or project. Delight for sure, Mel and I love how easy it is to make!!
ReplyDeletewhat a super fun idea!! girls would love this!!! Pinned...
ReplyDeleteEmily@nap-timecreations
you are bringing back memories!! pinning!!
ReplyDeleteThese are AWESOME Mel. I have never seen the colour changing varnish and now I need to look out for the dimension magic too. Really cool!
ReplyDeleteTotally groovy and I've pinned this!
ReplyDeleteLove these! You just never know what treasures you can find at the dollar store. Are you familiar with the band Relient K? They have a great song about mood rings. Your post made me think of it. Visiting via 'IGottaCreate" link up (I am number 116).
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