Easy DIY Nail Art Templates! (2024)

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October 26, 2011 by Heather 31 Comments

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I’ve got 2 little girls who love having their nails painted. What’s more fun than having painted nails? Fancy painted nails! My mom has a really neat set of tools for making shapes on your nails and my girls love it when she uses it on them. We don’t have anything too fancy around here, but my husband (who is totally outnumbered by females in our home) & I came up with an easy solution!

Here’s what you’ll need:

– Nail polish (at least 2 colors)
– Label stickers (can be found at a dollar store)
– one of those scrapbooking hole punches that will punch a shape
(I love finding uses for the scrapbooking tools I bought long ago, before I started “digital scrapbooking” and making photobooks!)

Start by painting your nails.

Then get your punch & stickers:

Pick a shape (I went with a leaf here, in honor of Fall), punch the sticker, then stick it on your nail.

Paint your 2nd color over the hole in the sticker (this is a great time to let the kids help- it doesn’t matter how messy it is as long as it doesn’t go off of the sticker- it’s like a nail polish bib! 😉

Remove the sticker (it does not need to dry) & Voila!

Your options are only limited by your hole punches!

Hope you have fun with this easy tip & remember to include your kids!

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Heather is a Canadian mother of 2 girls. She has a Liberal Arts degree and loves photography. She is always looking for ways to make fun memories with her girls and share them them online through HowDoesShe and her blog, Raising Memories.

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Gina says
October 26, 2011 at 8:07 am
That is brilliant! I love it!
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- Nicole says
  October 26, 2011 at 10:06 am
  What a great idea. So much better than taking your children to a nail salon. Nail salons have so many harmful chemicals that children shouldn’t be exposed to. Plus you get to have fun with your daughter!!
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- Heather says
  October 26, 2011 at 10:34 am
  Thanks Gina! 🙂
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Tile Supply Girl says
October 26, 2011 at 9:33 am
That looks like a lot of fun! I think you should make some with Halloween colors too. 🙂
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patti says
October 26, 2011 at 10:22 am
Cool! GREAT idea!
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- Heather says
  October 26, 2011 at 10:34 am
  Thanks Patti 🙂 Hope you get a chance to try it! 🙂
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Felicia says
October 26, 2011 at 10:25 am
Great idea! I can’t wait to paint my nails!
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Julie says
October 26, 2011 at 10:45 am
Cute! Have you seen the Konad/Bundle Master stamps? They are SO fun! The only downside is that my girls’ nails are still a bit small for some of the designs, but super affordable and I know we’ll have so much fun with them for years!
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- Heather Lynne says
  October 29, 2011 at 8:55 am
  Sounds interesting! I haven’t heard of them- I’ll have to google them!
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tina says
October 26, 2011 at 12:36 pm
See Also
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brilliant. can’t wait to try!!
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Missy says
October 26, 2011 at 7:43 pm
This is so fun – my daughter is going to LOVE it!
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Nesleirbag says
October 27, 2011 at 12:04 pm
You have pretty hands and even have cute toes! It’s all about the fun!
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- Heather Lynne says
  October 29, 2011 at 8:56 am
  Why thank you! I was a little hesitant to post a picture of my toes, haha! 🙂 Thanks for making me feel better about it!
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stacy says
October 27, 2011 at 8:29 pm
I L.O.V.E. this idea!!! I have three girls and they always want fun things on their nails and I am not a great artist…here is my solution!!! Thank you!
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- Heather Lynne says
  October 29, 2011 at 8:56 am
  You’re welcome! Hope you have fun with it! 🙂
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Jennifer says
November 1, 2011 at 12:55 am
Nice! What fun!
Thank you very much for sharing at Show & Share!
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Yuki says
November 2, 2011 at 4:14 pm
I have 3 little girls and they are going to LOVE this. Thanks for sharing.
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- Heather Lynne says
  November 19, 2011 at 11:30 am
  You’re welcome! 🙂
  Hope you have fun with it!
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Tia Hopper says
November 2, 2011 at 9:49 pm
This is genius!!!
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Leah says
November 4, 2011 at 3:43 am
Can’t wait to try this!!
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Wendy says
November 18, 2011 at 6:13 am
Wow. Thank you for your shareing.
It seems really funny.
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chelle says
December 5, 2011 at 12:31 pm
That is such a GREAT idea!! I would have never thought about using a ‘garage sale’ sticker and punching a shape into it!!! COOL! must try!!!
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Lizzy says
December 6, 2011 at 1:11 pm
I love this! This is perfect for little girls!
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Alison says
February 14, 2012 at 8:01 am
You have cute hands and fee. You should be a hand and foot model!
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Marko says
January 4, 2014 at 11:27 pm
WOW just what I was searching for. Came here by searching for diy nail art templates
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