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Which was 50 back to school hacks. Today will be 12 DIY

school supply hacks, which means

DIY's which I actually can do because

I suck at DIY's, as well as

hacks, which means things that make things

super easy... DIY's and hacks together?

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Why use everyday boring highlighters,

when in just a few seconds,

you can turn your highlighter into a rainbow

or a super pretty ombre

watercolor.

To make the rainbow highlighter

take a

blue and yellow and pink highlighter.

Take the pink and color one corner,

then take the blue and color the other corner, leaving a bit of yellow in the middle

Blue will run into the yellow, create green

The pink will run into the yellow, and create orange

and it will just blend and yeah!

It will make a pretty rainbow!

And to make the ombre version,

I'm taking the pink and blue highlighter,

using the blue to color the pink highlighter.

The trick is to always color the lighter highlighter color.

At this point you may just get like a two-toned highlighter.

And then all you need to do is,

either dip your highlighter into some water very quickly,

or run it through the tap very quickly,

and then dab the water off with a tissue

And this will make it look like a watercolor

and much lighter than it normally is.

Or you can just draw vertically up and down,

until the colors mix together

You can also use this water trick to make any

of your highlighters that are too dark,

a little bit lighter as well as more pastel looking,

Now you have a beautiful ombre

watercolor highlighter that is soooo pretty!!

It'll make you want to study for exams

just so you can highlight your notes.

And this DIY literally took me 5 seconds,

so you guys should definitely give this one a go!

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You can personalize your pencils and pens

super easily,

so that no one will steal them from you

For the pencils, grab some washi tape

and then line it up with the top, pull it all the way down to the bottom

and cut it to length

and then just give it a bit of a roll

to stick it down along your pencil

You might have to do this one on the side if the washi tape doesn't reach all the

way around pencil this works the best with completely round pencils that's

pretty much it and these actually sharpen out really well and you'll

never mistake your pencils for other people's pencils again

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you can always buy colorful pens but if you have some old boring ballpoint pens

at home and you want to jazz them up a bit you can use this DIY to do that and

save yourself some money first of all put two tablespoons of water in a bowl

and then a 1 tablespoon of glue. You can use PVA glue or Elmer's glue for this. Simply

stir it up until you get this milky white formula. Now you want to dismantle

your pen and it's actually really easy with these type of pens you simply

just pull the nib and it comes right out and all you need to do is put the liquid

glue and then a tip it into your pen make sure there's like a bowl underneath

because it will come out the other side but this will make sure you have a nice

glue coating in the inside of your pen. Now grab your glitter and mix it up until

you have your perfect color i decided to mix up everything would look like and

then funnel this into the tube before the glue dries and then it will just

stick to the edges of the tube and make this beautiful glitter pattern

Once it's dry just put the nip back on carefully make sure not to scratch the

edges while you put it in so just drop it in a super gently and now you are

done and now you have these beautiful glittery pens that any unicorn it would

want to steal from you my favorite is this peak purpley color it's holographic

goodness it is so pretty

Have you ever wondered whats its like to write with a quilt you know like the olden days

well i'm gonna show you this great DIY so you can create your very own all you

need is some large feathers from the craft store design and paint your

feather and you can totally get creative with it I got some neon paint

and some metallic paint and just went nuts

grab your pen and unscrew it and then just pull out one of those color

pen tubes in any color you want, measure it up and cut off any excess tube

now grab scissors and cut off the tip to reveal the opening tube and all you need

to do now is to put it together and push it into the feather stem, it is actually

that easy. i found that most large feathers actually fit perfectly with the

pen tube like a snug sock so i made a so many of these and got super obsessed

with how pretty they were.

♪ I'm like a bird, I wanna fly away ♪

Who needs silver staples in your life because they

can be so boring

you can make your own color staples in just a few minutes, just grab your

favorite sharpie color and just color the top of them and yeah that's pretty

much it you can make so many different colors super quickly and it's just way

more fun to staple things with .. with colored staples for some reason. now I'm

going to go find something to staple.

You can make these super cute USB holders from erasers. If you're always losing your USBs or mistaking it for other peoples, this

is the perfect way because it's like a two-in-one and all you need to do is

find a cute eraser that will fit the end of your USB in and then use an exacto

knife and some small scissors and dig out a hole that will fit your USB and

just keep it digging this may take a little while but trust me it's worth it

in the end until you get the exact depth and width that you need. If it's a bit

bigger than normal and your USB keeps slipping you can use hot glue to glue your USB but

otherwise it usually just won't budge if it's the right size and then you just

stick it in and you get this super-cute USB eraser and I actually created one with

an actual eraser shape and made the top the lid so that it hid my USB perfectly.

People will totally just think it's an eraser but BAM

it's a USB that's so cool right

If you have one of these sharpeners that don't have anything to catch the

shavings with you can actually make a DIY sharpener catcher with an old tic tac container.

or even at your very own cute starbucks one if you want a fun

DIY project. The tic tac one is actually super easy to make just hot glue your

sharpener and horizontally into the opening of the tic tac container and that's

pretty much it

you can even open it up and throw out the shaving even have like a little lid

to keep the top closed, you can decorate it if you want as well and it is just so cute

for the starbucks sharpener simply find a small condiments container with a

lid and paint the inside with white acrylic paint or nail polish, let it dry

it needs about two coats and then cut a hole in the lid so that your pencils can

fit in

you can use your sharpener as a guide and then cut it out with some scissors

molt some air dry clay so that it fills up the empty space inbetween the sharpener

and the bottom of the container

and create a pocket shape for the sharpener to sit in by pushing it down

this is so that the sharpener doesn't move around, then hot glue the air dry clay

to the bottom of the sharpener container and then the sharpener to the lid.

Print the starbucks label from the printer and just cut it out

use some clear tape and tape it over and that's it and the cutest thing was when I put

my washi tape pencil in it, it actually looked like a proper straw for the starbucks

container and it just looks so cute.

Paper clips aren't anything special, right? Wrong, you can make your normal paper clip 10 times cuter in like 2 seconds

all you need to do is take a regular paper clip blend it upwards towards the

open end of the clip and that's it

it looks like a complete mess now but when you actually clip it on it's a cute

little heart

I don't know why I've never done this before because it's so easy and i'll

definitely be using these with all future paper clips because it's just way

more fun

I'm always losing small objects like hair ties, bobby pins, elastic bands, yup and

paper clips now I can't help you with the first three things with this half

but I have one that will save your paper clips from going missing. All you need to

do is find any old fridge magnet, a pencil tin and hot glue.All you want to

do is cut the fridge magnet to size and then hot glue it onto the side of your

pencil tin. You now have a magnetic paper clip holder and so there will always be

a paper clip for you ready when you need one.

Create your own custom pattern folder dividers that are also super practical

simply just use washi tape and cut it to size, fold these sides across and then the top over

and that's pretty much it, it is so simple. Just use alternating patterns for all

your tabs and it will look so cute.

Now you can write whatever you want on it and, this is the amazing part, you

want to change what it says simply just peel the tape off and you have a

brand-new set of dividers ready to go.

So say yes to re-using dividers and saving some money.

I love this hack because it turns your binder into a super organizer. Just

get a piece of cardboard the size of your divider or cut one to size. I chose a

black because it really makes the sticky notes pop, mark out and punch holes on the

side so it fits perfectly into your folder now layout your sticky notes until

you get a pattern that you like and then hot glue them onto the cardboard

once you put it into your folder, you'll always have a set of stickies to remind you

to do things. This is a life saver for me because I never actually remember anything so I

really gotta write it down and stick it somewhere or I'm just gonna forget and that's

not good when you have things due.

So whilst filming this DIY, something so cute happened I was feeding my kitties

treats and they went nuts for it and when Mia gets really excited about food she

stands up like a little meerkat and Mickey just wants to give me high-fives

it is adorable I just had to share this with you guys.

This DIY is so cool because it turns your folder into a chalkboard or pretty much

anything else into a chalkboard and all you need is a chalkboard paint and a

paint roller, an optional use of a paint roller is literally to roll your cat

because Mia just loved this and she purred so much so maybe this is like a

cat massage device.Tape any section you want to keep clean, get some chalkboard

paint onto the roller and then roll away.

did you know you can get chalkboard paint in a bunch of different colors

like I had a hard time choosing because there were blues, greens, purples and I ended up choosing this

rose pink because I thought it was ust so beautiful. I used about two coats before I

got the finish I wanted and once it's dry you can decorate away. I found these

amazing neon liquid chalk pens as well which made it more fun decorating and

that means you can change the design on your folder anytime you like

and when you're sick of it just get a damp tissue or cloth and wipe it away and