How to decorate a do-it-yourself phone case?

Nowadays, almost any person has a cell phone or smartphone, regardless of age and social status. Many of these devices are quite fragile, so they can easily be damaged externally. So, to extend the life of your mobile phone, you need to use protective cases. In addition, they still protect the equipment from the ingress of dirt and moisture inside. And after learning how to decorate a phone case with your own hands, you can also surprise others. Be patient, make a little effort, and your ordinary transparent silicone case will turn into something original, stylish.

Below we will consider the most simple and at the same time successful ideas that will help you decorate your phone case with your own hands. You will not need to spend a large amount of financial resources, and, most importantly, time, to implement these ideas. And now about each option in more detail.

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Use of special tape

In any stationery store, buy in advance several skeins of colored Japanese scotch tape and create, guided by your own imagination and useful recommendations.

In addition to this tape, you will also need a transparent cover, a stationery knife, a special rug or a tablet so that it can carry out all the manipulations.

And the decoration process itself is quite simple:

1. Take some types of colored ribbon.
2. Carefully cut off the pieces of adhesive tape, immediately stick them on the outside of the cover, while varying colors at your discretion.
3. Using a clerical knife, carefully make a hole for the main camera.

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Decor with acrylics

Perhaps you have some skills in working with paints or have artistic talent, then you will definitely like the idea of ​​how to decorate a silicone phone case with your own hands using acrylic paints.

To get started, prepare the paint, masking tape, cover, brush and cotton swab. Now get to work, following the instructions:

• To divide the cover into two parts, glue a piece of masking tape inside the cover. You can cut the base in the form of a cover, paste it inside and just paint it. Then cut openings for the flash and camera with a knife.
• Now paint the top with one color and the bottom with a different shade.

Important! Remember that you need to paint only inside the product, in no case outside.

• As soon as the paint dries, apply another coat. To avoid paint remaining around the edges, you need to immediately remove it with a cotton swab.
• When the second coat of paint is completely dry, you can remove the masking tape.

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Original DIY patterns

Perhaps you are interested in how to update the phone cover with original and stylish patterns? Now we will consider such an option.

In the course of work, you will need such materials and tools:

• brush;
• clear case;
• colored paper;
• glue;
• stationery knife;
• product template;
• surface for cutting paper.

And then everything is simple:

1. Find on the Internet a template for your phone model, download it and print it on paper of the desired color.
2. Cut the pattern with a clerical knife.
3. Print patterns and drawings that you like, stick them to the finished template.
4. Now insert your bright template into the case and put it on the device.

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Decor by nail polish

For those who like to do everything at once, use only improvised tools that can be found in any home, the option of how to decorate the phone cover with your own hands with the most ordinary nail polish is suitable. The main thing is that you have already bought a transparent cover, and varnish can be taken in any shade, it is better if there are several.

The decoration looks very simple, you need to cover the cover with droplets of varnish and just wait until it dries.

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Unusual confetti decoration

Are you interested in how to decorate a black phone case with your own hands? In this case, you can use the idea in the style of "confetti." You don’t need any special tools, the main thing is the availability of a cover, toothpicks and nail polish in several colors.

This decor option is almost identical with the above method of decorating the cover, the only difference is only its color.

Important! The varnish will need to be applied with a toothpick and wait until it dries.

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Glamorous Case with Rhinestones

Stylish young girls will definitely like the decor option, which we will consider in this section. Since it will relate to how you can decorate a phone case with your own hands with shiny rhinestones, you need to purchase in advance:

• the right amount of strass;
• rubber or PVA glue;
• case.

You need to work carefully, dripping a drop of glue on each rhinestone and slowly gluing them to the cover.

Important! It is better to start from the edge, gradually filling the entire surface with pebbles of different colors and sizes.

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Decoration with pearls and beads

This idea will also attract the attention of young people, in particular the fairer sex, because such original and stylish jewelry as beads and pearls will be used.

But you need to first think through the pattern that you want to lay out on the surface of the cover. Then you can safely take on the glue and glue the decorations, so that in the end you get a neat image or pattern.

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Decoration by watercolor

According to an already familiar pattern, prepare a transparent cover, a template of the appropriate size, a brush, a waterproof pen, watercolor paints and watercolor paper.

Important! Printing a template is recommended on special paper. If this is not possible, then you can draw a picture with a waterproof pen directly on it.

Then the drawing is painted with watercolors, and you need to let them finally dry. Now you can cut the template and paste it into the case.

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In this article, we have offered you some ideas on how to decorate a phone case with your own hands. But, as you know, decorating the gadget's protection is not limited to these options, so you can safely improve these ideas or invent your own ways of decorating!