I’ve already shown you how easy it is to make cute hair clips for babies and little girls and flower flip flops… so now it’s time to make some fun flower headbands!
Make some for your baby or little girl, or give some as thrifty gifts!
This fun project idea comes from my friend Joli! These are thrifty, quick-to-make, and seriously cute!
What You’ll Need:
- Stretchy, Soft Headbands {I got these Free at Kohl’s!}
- Silk Flowers {I paid around $1.00 for each flower bunch at Michael’s}
- Hair Clips {I found these at Sally Beauty ~ ‘Salon Care Metal Clips’} I bought a box of 100 for $5.39, so they worked out to just 5 cents each!!
- Jewels or Buttons {can be found at any craft store}
- Hot Glue Gun
What You’ll Do:
- First we’ll start by making a hair clip, just like when we made the oh-so-cute hair clips for babies and little girls!
- Depending on the size of your clip, measure out the amount of ribbon you’ll need to cover both the inside and outside of the clip. For the clips I used, I needed just under 7 inches…
- Now, go grab your glue gun, and let’s get started!
- I use the hot setting on my glue gun. The lower temperature glue won’t work well, so make sure it’s hot… but no burning fingers, okay??
- Begin by gluing the ribbon to the lower inside portion of the clip. Pinch the clip open while gluing, and be careful to keep the ribbon straight!
- Then, add some more glue to the back of the ribbon, and wrap it around to the bottom side of the clip. Make a nice crease at the point of the clip.
- Add some hot glue on the inside of the clasp, and glue ribbon.
- Then, add hot glue to the remaining amount of ribbon. Pinch clasp, and wrap all the way around and under. Again, make a nice crease at the point.
- It should look a little something like this…
- You did it ~ now you’ve got a super-cute clip!
- Now… on to the flower!
- First… remove flower from stem, then remove all plastic parts from the front, back, and check between the petals, too…
- Now… add a smidge or little circle of hot glue in between each layer of petals, to glue the layers of flower petals together…
- Once the glue has dried, glue on a pretty jewel or button to the center…
- Sooooo cute! Now, go grab your clip, and add some hot glue onto the top of the clip…
- Now, attach the bottom of the flower to the glue on the top of the clip…
- Cuteness! Now… you can use this as a fun Flower Hair Clip just as it is… like these Christmas Hair Clips and Valentine’s Day Hair Clips!
- Or… after the glue has dried, simply attach the clip to the headband of your choice ~ I attach them near the seam of the headband, to hide it…
- Good job… you did it! Wasn’t that easy??
- Have fun experimenting with different colors, layering flower petal colors, and jazzing them up with pretty jewels and funky buttons…
- You can also vary the size of the flowers! And… don’t forget ~ these are interchangeable, so you can attach different flowers to different headbands…
- This is definitely a quick project, and these make great thrifty gifts, too!
How Much Did it Cost?
- Hair Clips {Box of 100 for $5.39 at Sally Beauty Supply} = 5 cents each!
- Flowers {$1.00 per bunch at Michael’s}
- Jewels {$2.99 for pack of 55 at Michael’s}
- Headbands {I got these Free at Kohl’s! Regular Price: 6-pk. for $6}
- Total Cost per headband: About $1.10 ~ $2.10 each!!
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