Thermal Notebook

Hey guys. So today I am going to show you a craft I saw on YouTube and have been wanting to do this for a while, but because of school, and such, I haven't gotten around to it until today. Although were no longer doing back to school blogs, it's cool enough to count for Halloween. Here we go! It is a thermal notebook, so it changes color due to heat.

All you need is a notebook, black acrylic paint, a paintbrush, paper towels, and Liqud Crystal Thermochromic Ink, which you can purchase from SolarColorDust.com (you only need the $10 container. I got the $25 one because it was the only one in stock, and I used less than half of it). 

To start, open your notebook to the first page, then flip it upside down, so there is nothing under the cover. This is just to prevent anything happening to your pages. Put paper towels between your notebook and the table you're working on, so you don't spill on the furniture. Now, paint the cover black. It has to be completely black for the color to show, so do multiple coats. 

Once that has dried, depending on what bottle your ink comes in, (mine came with a dropper, but the smaller ones come in a syringe) squirt the ink directly onto your cover, and paint it on lightly and in one direction (either horizontal or vertical). Let it dry completely (DO NOT MESS WITH IT! IT WILL SCREW UP THE WHOLE THING, THEN YOULL HATE IT!!!!), then if necessary, do multiple coats. 

That is all! If you put it on too heavily or you touch it before it's dry, it will look weird, which is the odd blob in the middle of mine, but it still works as long as it is no longer white. If it doesn't dry a greenish color or black, etc of some sort, the color won't change, so rub it off like mod podge and fill it in again.

If the color isn't as vibrant, put the notebook in a ziplock bag, then put it in the freezer for about five minutes, then take it out of the bag and touch it. It'll work then ;)

I hope you like this craft! It was somewhat hard when it doesn't dry evenly, but it worked out, and I'll be able to play with it in history class, so it'll be nice! Try it out!