I recently visited the Snoopy Museum at Grandberry Park in Machida (Tokyo).
The pamphlet design was lovely and I didn’t want to throw it out. While thinking about what to do with it, I came across a YouTube video on “making bookmarks from a manga flyer” using a peel-and-stick laminating sheet. (The trick is to transfer the printed image off the paper onto a transparent adhesive sheet — explained below.)
Same technique → make translucent stickers and turn them into Snoopy earrings.
Materials
What you need (total cost: ~500 yen / about $3):
・”Peel-and-stick laminating sheet” (100-yen / dollar store)
・The Snoopy Museum pamphlet (free)
・Earring components (from “PARTS CLUB” — about 300 yen total)
・A bowl or shallow dish (for soaking)
・A toothbrush
How to Make Them
The “peel-and-stick laminating sheet” from the 100-yen store.
As shown in the second photo, it’s a transparent adhesive sheet protected by a release liner.
Peel back the release liner.
Cut the desired image from the pamphlet and stick it down with the printed side facing the adhesive.
Replace the release liner on top and rub firmly to make sure it’s adhered.
Now peel the release liner off.
Soak in a bowl of warm water for about 20 minutes. The water softens the paper backing.
After ~20 minutes of soaking, gently rub with your finger and the paper backing rubs off in pieces.
Keep rubbing under water and it gets cleaner.
At this stage there will still be some grainy/rough patches you can feel with your fingertip — that’s leftover paper.
To clean those off, gently scrub with a toothbrush — soft touch.
Keep going until the surface feels smooth, no grit when you run your fingertip across it.
Let it dry.
The adhesive recovers its tack as it dries — and you’re left with a translucent Snoopy sticker.
Now stick them onto the earring components.
I bought the components at “PARTS CLUB” — a Japanese accessories-component shop. Got help from the staff there.
Stick the translucent Snoopy onto the assembled earring — done!
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