How To Make Your Own Makeshift Lapel Pin

Preface: I was looking for a Ravenclaw lapel pin because I love Ravenclaw and that would totally be the house that I get sorted into in the Harry Potter universe. Unfortunately, I could only find Gryffindor and Slytherin in stores and the Ravenclaw pins that I did find online were hella expensive, almost $10 without shipping and handling added. What the heezy? Thus, I figured, why not just make one? Quick, easy, and takes less than twenty minutes. That’s what she said.

Materials:
- An image of whatever you want to turn into a pin (in this case, I used the Ravenclaw house crest)
- Aluminum foil
- Cardboard
- Scissors
- Tape, or if you want some permanence, glue
- An old lapel pin or lapel pin backs, which you can probably get at craft stores like Michael’s

Instructions:
1. Cut out the image of what you want to turn into a lapel pin.
2. Place the cutout on top of the cardboard (don’t glue or tape yet) and cut a larger piece from the cardboard that borders the original image.
3. Take off the original image and wrap the cardboard piece in aluminum foil. Yeah, shininess! 
4. Tape or glue the original image back onto the wrapped cardboard piece.
5. Turn over the cardboard piece and tape or glue it onto the front of the lapel pin.
6. Show off to all your friends. 

There you go. Quick and easy. Now you have a shiny Ravenclaw (or whatever else you want) pin. I know that basically all I told you was to paste and image onto the front of a lapel pin, but hey, I did say that this was makeshift and it gets the job done. You can make so many variations of this, adding whatever else you want (i.e. ribbons and whatnot), so experiment!

Okay, there we go! Now go enjoy being a little bit more crafty.