What's up, everyone? We haven't been on here in a little while but I had an excellent idea that I knew I would need to post about! First of all, I'm obsessed with Disney's MagicBands... Need more information? The Walt Disney World website has some excellent
information on the subject! And this is a pretty picture-heavy post, just a fore-warning!
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| Red, Green, and Blue MagicBands with Magic Bandits |
Between my husband and I, (Whoa! Is it possible the last time we posted we weren't married yet?! Crazy!) we have almost every color! I received my pink MagicBand in November of 2013 when we were staying on Disney property to celebrate our one year wedding anniversary (they were still in testing at this point), and Josh received blue. Earlier this year, we received our annual passholder bands and I chose yellow for me and orange for Josh. We stayed on property again, this time with family, and I selected red for me (Josh reused one of his MagicBands - Yes, you can do that!), and finally we will be staying on property with more family in the end of June, so we ordered green for me and red for Josh.
I love our MagicBands, but sometimes there's just something missing, and since we're well into our collection I decided I'd do some research on personalizing my MagicBand! Pinterest gave me some excellent ideas on what I could do to decorate them, and most of the ideas came from
this post on DISboards. I couldn't wait to try it out! So far, I've decorated three of our MagicBands and they've turned out pretty great!
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| Not many supplies needed! |
You'll Need:
- A MagicBand
- Nail Art Pens
- Clear Nail Polish
Make sure your MagicBand is clean and you have a good work surface available! (I tried doing some designs last night when it was dark... Yikes! Good lighting is definitely key.) For my first design, I went with swirls, so I started to lightly sketch it out on the MagicBand with my white nail art pen.
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| Sketch your design |
Continue on with your design, adding or taking away as needed.
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| Continuing the sketch |
At this point, after I switched to the other part of the MagicBand, I messed up my design! Oh no! It's completely permanent! What are we going to do?!
Nail. Polish. Remover. Easy as that!
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| Nail polish remover works wonders! |
After you've got the basic design you want, add little details! (And remember, when doing designs, you have to add a Hidden Mickey! I don't make the rules.)
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| Swirls & dots |
After I got the main part of the MagicBand finished, I outlined the Mickey head (where the RFID chip is located) and added my initial "S" into it.
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| Outlined Mickey and "S" |
I continued by adding glitter to a few of the dots and the other Mickey head... Then finally covered it in clear nail polish (after it dried for about a day) to seal everything in and give it a bit of a shine!
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| Add a bit of sparkle! |
Here are some of the other designs I've created, as well! For the yellow/bee design, I simply used my black nail art pen and clear nail polish. For Josh's orange & blue striped MagicBand, I used tape (to created the stripes) and blue nail polish, then outlined the Mickey head using a nail art pen... Go Gators!
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| Can you spot the Hidden Mickey? |
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| Not sure why the middle looks yellow... It's definitely orange! |
But, it's definitely times like these that I wish Bonnie were here! She is so much more gifted with paint and definitely more patient than I am! If you paint your own MagicBand, post a picture in the comments so we can see! Have a Magical Day, everyone!
