Quick and Easy Ways to Use Nail Polish For Arts and Crafts

Have you ever noticed how nail polish is more durable than other paints? It has a silk like texture which after drying out turns glossier. Not all art and craft paints have that same capability. Just think about acrylic paint. It does not look very nice in dry form. To shine better, it needs topcoat. So can we replace it with nail polish? No, because most projects need a lot of color. Our nail paint is usually too less in its bottle.

Conversely, miniature objects can definitely be adorned with it. It has already been mentioned in one of the Girly Stuff posts, but not with much detail. We only found out how to paint a sticker with nail polish. That is why, we have this post today. Here we will take a look at other different ways through which nail polish can be used in various tiny arts and crafts projects. So let’s get started.

Easter egg for decoration:
Any egg that you want to use only for decoration purpose and not for eating can be painted with nail polish. Just take a look at the picture here. The green paint beneath the stars is actually nail polish of NYC. But yes, for this project, choose the tiniest egg. It will ease the painting task. Also do not forget to empty the egg. Do not try to paint it in one sitting. Instead start from the top, allow it to dry out and then touch the bottom portion.

Protect and beautify a tiny tree stem: 

Do you use tree stems in your arts and crafts projects? If yes you must know that in bare form they remain vulnerable to bugs. Nail polish can totally take care of this problem. So get stems painted with a nail paint of your choice. To keep their looks natural, it is best to go with either nude brown or lime shade. The top coat can also be helpful.

Floral design for greeting cards: 

Nail paint can give a completely professional touch to a greeting card. Does your plan include floral patterns? If yes nail art polish might help you achieve it better. However, on glossy greeting card papers, it will not work too well. In that case, you have to choose only the traditional nail polish.

Nail polish on polymer clay object: 

You do not require painting an entire polymer clay project with nail polish. The material already has nice color. But if you wish you can make eyes out of black nail polish for your animal or human figures. This is extremely easy and above all saves time. All you need to do is to apply two tiny nail polish dots above the nose of your figure. Do remember that you can perform this task only after the figure has come out of the oven fully baked. Another thing worth mentioning here is that nail polish’s topcoat forms a nice gloss on tiny polymer clay objects.

Tips/Warnings

• Nail polish cannot be used on printer papers and fabric. 
• It is important to keep all the windows in a room open where the painting with nail polish is taking place. Otherwise, the strong smell of the nail polish will keep disturbing. 
• For arts and crafts, it is best to go for cheap nail polish.