Are yous looking for creative ways to decorate your phone without having to purchase a case every time you want a new await? Here is how to brand your ain decorative phone cases easily and economically!

Basically, all you lot need to buy is a transparent phone case. Yous will create the pattern yourself, using a few uncomplicated materials that you probably already have effectually the house.

The commencement task is to make a template. And then, permit'southward begin!

Step ane: Make a Cardboard Template

The materials and tools that yous volition need to make a cardboard template for this simple project are:

  • 1 clear phone example for your phone (I prefer flexible silicon, just you lot tin besides use the rigid type if you like);
  • i canvas of thin paper-thin, part of a tissue or cereal box volition work well;
  • 1 pair of scissors; and
  • one pencil.

1. Place your phone on meridian of the thin piece of paper-thin, and trace its outline onto the cardboard with a pencil.


two. With a pair of pair of scissors, cut out the outline of your phone.


3. Insert the template into your clear phone example. With a pencil, trace the outline(due south) of the hole(s) in the phone case onto the cardboard template.


4. Cutting out the pigsty(s).

Lastly, I suggest you draw an up arrow to mark the acme finish of the template.

Now you take a cardboard template to make decorative phone cases with! (Notation: You can use this template many times over to create a multifariousness of designs for your telephone.)

STEP two: Select a Decorative Method

Select one of the three decorative ideas below, and follow the respective instructions to make your own decorative telephone instance!

Thought #one: Use a page from your favorite coloring book or magazine

(The designs featured here are from the coloring book,
MAGIC GARDEN Fantastic Flowers to Color.)

To brand a colorfully designed telephone case like the ones in the image in a higher place, you will need a page from a coloring book or a magazine. If you don't take either, you can besides utilise wrapping paper, cloth or anything else with a nice pattern.


1. Choose the pattern that you want to use, and select the area that yous similar all-time for your phone case. Placing the clear case over the pattern will help you lot visualize the final result.


2. Place the cardboard template on top of the area of your pick, and trace its outline with the pencil. Retrieve to trace the hole(s) as well.


three. Cut out the the traced outline. Insert it into the clear phone example.

You lot're done!

Thought #two: Create your ain art

To create a telephone case with your own art, y'all will need a sheet of paper, which is larger than your phone, and whatever you would like to use to make your art (markers or pens for drawing, pieces of newspaper or material for a collage, etc.).


1. Place the cardboard template on superlative of a blank sail of paper, trace its outline and cut it out.


2. Fill the cut-out slice of paper with your ain art. (Note: Make sure to create your fine art on the right side of the paper.) Y'all tin can depict, pigment, or even make a collage, as long as the finished slice remains thin and flat.

Insert your fine art into the articulate phone case, and you now have a one-of-a-kind phone case!

Idea #iii: Use pocket-size memorabilia (stamps, tickets, etc.)

To make a phone instance with small pieces of memorabilia, such as stamps and tickets (museum entrance tickets, railroad train tickets from your adventures abroad, etc.), you lot will demand a sail of clear plastic (for example a clear plastic binder) and a permanent marker.


1. Identify the cardboard template on top of the clear canvas of plastic. Trace its outline onto the plastic sheet with a permanent mark, and cut it out.


ii. Accommodate the small decorative pieces on the backside of your phone, and carefully place the clear plastic sheet over them. (Note: The clear sheet is placed there to foreclose the small pieces from sliding around.)


three. While holding the clear sheet in place, carefully put the clear phone case onto your telephone.

Now you tin carry around a small collection of your memorabilia wherever you go!


With this technique, you can modify your phone decoration anytime and however many times as yous wish. Not just are these decorative ideas easy and economic, they also make your phone case 1 of a kind!

Below are some ideas that you may observe interesting, either equally alternative means to create your own art for your telephone example or as split up craft projects:

Hurray for DIY projects!