Difference between revisions of "Make a Fake Belly Button Piercing"
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#Find a lightweight dangling earring. A small hoop or a lightweight chain are good options. You can even create your own belly-button jewelry designs using simple materials such as straight pins, beads, wire cutters and pliers. | #Find a lightweight dangling earring. A small hoop or a lightweight chain are good options. You can even create your own belly-button jewelry designs using simple materials such as straight pins, beads, wire cutters and pliers. | ||
#Remove the post from existing jewelry by snipping it with wire cutters. If the earring has a hook, either snip it with wire cutters or use needle-nosed pliers to open that link or loop attached to the hook and pull it apart from the rest of the earring.<ref name="rf3">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5vxuj50Hxs</ref> | #Remove the post from existing jewelry by snipping it with wire cutters. If the earring has a hook, either snip it with wire cutters or use needle-nosed pliers to open that link or loop attached to the hook and pull it apart from the rest of the earring.<ref name="rf3">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5vxuj50Hxs</ref> | ||
| − | #Create your own [ | + | #Create your own [[Make Hanging Earrings|beaded jewelry]] by sliding beads onto a pin. Using a straight pin with a beaded head, slide small beads onto the pin in a custom pattern.<ref name="rf4">https://www.wikihow.com/Make-Hanging-Earrings</ref> |
#*Slide the beads over the pin in whatever arrangement you like. Remember, the pin head will be the bottom of the jewelry, so the beads should be small enough they don't slide over it. Don't make the pin arrangement longer than what you'd like dangling from your navel. | #*Slide the beads over the pin in whatever arrangement you like. Remember, the pin head will be the bottom of the jewelry, so the beads should be small enough they don't slide over it. Don't make the pin arrangement longer than what you'd like dangling from your navel. | ||
#*Using needle-nosed pliers, bend the remainder of the pin so it forms a 90-degree angle. Clip the sharp end of the pin so that only about 1 centimeter of bare wire remains. | #*Using needle-nosed pliers, bend the remainder of the pin so it forms a 90-degree angle. Clip the sharp end of the pin so that only about 1 centimeter of bare wire remains. | ||
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=== Customizing Your Belly-Button Jewelry === | === Customizing Your Belly-Button Jewelry === | ||
| − | #Create custom fake belly-button jewelry just like you would create [ | + | #Create custom fake belly-button jewelry just like you would create [[Make Your Own Earrings|custom earrings]]. There are a variety of ways you can customize beads or create your own dangling belly-button jewelry. |
#Customize your bead by painting it with nail polish or covering it in glitter. Cover the bead with nail polish or a thin layer of white craft glue, then roll the bead in glitter. Let it dry completely before you attach it to your body. | #Customize your bead by painting it with nail polish or covering it in glitter. Cover the bead with nail polish or a thin layer of white craft glue, then roll the bead in glitter. Let it dry completely before you attach it to your body. | ||
#Create dangling earrings with a variety of materials. Instead of sliding beads onto a straight pin, stick the pin through all sorts of materials. | #Create dangling earrings with a variety of materials. Instead of sliding beads onto a straight pin, stick the pin through all sorts of materials. | ||
| − | #*You can decorate a tiny Styrofoam craft ball with paint, nail polish or glitter or roll a small ball of aluminum foil and decorate it in the same way. You can even stick the pin through a small fuzzy ball.<ref name="rf6"> | + | #*You can decorate a tiny Styrofoam craft ball with paint, nail polish or glitter or roll a small ball of aluminum foil and decorate it in the same way. You can even stick the pin through a small fuzzy ball.<ref name="rf6">[[Make Your Own Earrings]]</ref> |
| − | #Follow the instructions to make [ | + | #Follow the instructions to make [[Make Earrings|any earring design]]. Just be sure and stop before adding a post or hook and instead attach the jewelry to your belly button using the instructions above. |
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== Tips == | == Tips == | ||
