DIY Hair Pins You Can Personalize with Any Word!

Use silicone molds and hot glue to create your own DIY hair pins! Make them with the sayings and paint colors of your choice. SO easy.

Skills Required: Beginner. You need hot glue gun experience – which sounds ridiculous, but getting hot glue into the tray can take a moment. However, it’s a relatively simple project that is easily achieved.

Hey there! This is Holly from Club Crafted, and I’m excited to share a fun way to make your own graphic DIY hair pins in any short saying with any colors using Mod Melts. This is one of those cute projects to paint, and I think you’re going to love it.

I’ve seen this style of hair pin a lot lately, especially ones with cute sayings in a variety of colors, but I prefer to DIY whenever possible so that I can customize things exactly how I want them.

With Mod Melts and a small alphabet mold, you can choose a few very short words – I used WOW, BAE and HEY – to attach to standard bobby pins and paint in whatever colors you’d like.

For an average sized bobby pin, you should limit words to three letters, but this DIY could also work with large clips/pins. Then you’d be able to add more letters. This might even be fun to do with a headband! Think of how long you could get the words. 😮

This fashion craft is very easy to make, and I preferred using hot glue for this type of project as opposed to something like resin, clay, or cement because of the quick dry time.

How to Make Hair Pins

Gather These Supplies

• Hot glue sticks – I used white but you can also use clear (or another color)
• Hot glue gun
• Silicone alphabet mold (letters about .5 inches tall)
• Bobby pins
• Craft paint
• Small paintbrushes (optional)

Begin by selecting the clips you would like to use as well as the word you would like to spell. You can also use initials!

Fill the Molds

Make sure the mold is clean and heat up the hot glue gun with a glue stick. You can use other colors, especially if you want to skip the painting step.

Once hot, carefully squeeze the lever to fill the desired letters with glue. Work carefully to ensure the entire mold is filled, and don’t stress if some glue ends up outside of the letter mold. Let dry for about 5 minutes.

Paint the Letters

Remove the letters from the mold and use a pair of scissors to very carefully cut away uneven sides or loose glue.

Because the glue is soft, it cuts easily. Once the letters are removed, you can continue filling the mold if you need to make more letters.

Paint letters in desired colors, let dry and paint a second coat for best results. If you do not want to change the color of the glue, skip this step.

Glue the Letters Down

Once the paint has dried and all letters are prepared, open the bobby pins and attach to the side of the mold with the flat side facing up.

This step is important to ensure the top and bottom of the bobby pin are separated by the silicone mold.

Use the hot glue gun to attach the backs of the letters to the tops of the bobby pins, making sure the letters are facing the correct direction you would insert the pins into your hair.

(After all, you want to be able to read it.) Then let dry before removing the pins from the edge.

Carefully insert the DIY hair pins in your hair (beware, the glue can potentially pull at your hair!) and have fun with your unique sayings!

Get the printable how to card for this craft below.

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Don’t forget to visit me at Club Crafted for more ideas! I’ve also got another simple accessory DIY you should check out . . . this glitter cell phone case! I’d also love for you to visit these other posts:

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• DIY Hair Bow Holder (Easy to Personalize)
• DIY Belt Buckles Made with Mod Podge
• These DIY Wooden Pins Make a Statement