Do It Yourself!
Curly/ Corker Hair Bows...
Supplies:
Ribbons
(I used
3/8")
Dowel
Rods (I
used 3/8")
Binder
Clips or Clothes Pins
Hair clips or
bands
Hot glue gun
Strong thread, craft wire, or dental floss
Instructions:
Wrap your ribbon around
dowel rods, securing with either binder clips or clothes
pins. It takes about three feet of 3/8" ribbon to fill a
one-foot long, 3/8" wide dowel rod. The more ribbon you
curl, the fluffier your bows will be. Six rods of ribbon
will make two small-sized clippies for little girls.
(The 12 rods you see made 4 bows total like those
illustrated above.) Eleven to Twelve rods will make two
full, medium-sized bows for bigger girls.
Bake the ribbon rods on
a cookie sheet for about 20 minutes at 250 degrees. Bet
you never thought you'd be baking ribbon now did you?
Let them cool
completely! (This is the point at which my
toddler begged
for a
"bite.")
Carefully unwind the
ribbon from the rods. Now it will stay in the shape of
the rod.
If you're making
streamers for hair ties, you can keep them long. If
you're attaching them to barrettes or clippies, trim the
curlies down to the desired length. I'd suggest cutting
them in half (for bigger girls), or in thirds (for
little girls, babies and toddlers). Snip them at a 45
degree angle. **Some ribbons will need the edges sealed
to prevent fraying. You can do this by slightly melting
the cut edge with a flame.
Group together the
ribbons you want for one clippie, making sure the colors
don't clump together. (I pinched the middle of each
piece and stacked alternating colors up, pinching them
in my fingers.)
Tie the bundle together
tightly, with a long, double piece of thread, or with
craft wire or dental floss. This is where a second
person comes in handy. Wrap around it & tie it
several times to get it very secure.
After your bundle is
securely tied together, finish arranging the curls to
lay how you want them.
Hotglue your bundle to
a ribbon-lined clippie
or
barrette... or for bigger girls you can tie it to a hair
band.
Tada! What perky little
hair bows, and for a fraction of the price!
Variations: You can
make this with long or short ribbons, on hair bands for
big girls or clippies for little girls. You can
experiment with different sized dowel rods and different
sized ribbons, and different types of ribbons, all using
this same basic method.
Last, if you decided to
do this project yourself, please send me a photo with
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Featured Reader's Results:
After giving up on the
curly bow directions from Hobby Lobby, Denny J. of
Kansas stumbled upon this tutorial and said it was super
easy to follow. She made this cute little bow to match
her daughter's Christmas outfit!
Now she plans to make a few
for her nieces too. Thanks for sharing Denny!!
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