So I have been trying for a long time to make cute hairbows and mine just never looked as cute and poofy as my friends her made their girls' bows. So I learned how to do curly-cues and it is so easy. It doesn't require talent and they look cute no matter what. Here is how to do it.
Supplies:
>thin ribbon (I like the ones in the scrapbooking section because they are cute, small, and you don't have to buy a whole spool)
>small dowel (hobby lobby, lowes, and home depot has them)
>bowl of water
>hot glue gun
>scissors
>hair clips (Sally's has the ones for bows)
>needle and thread
>pins
>thimble
Directions:
>Preheat oven to 200 degrees
>Cut your ribbon twice as long as the dowel (if dowel doesn't fit in oven then cut to fit)
>Completely immerse ribbon in water until saturated
>pin one end of ribbon on dowel (use thimble to push it or you will have major imprints on your thumb!) and coil ribbon around dowel tightly
>bake for 20 minutes
>Cut ribbon in pieces to desired length and sew together
>Glue on hair clip (you can also sew the curled ribbon to a straight piece and then glue the straight piece to the clip to cover up the clip)
>Viola! Beautiful bow with no talent required!
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5 comments:
Love it, Sis! If I ever have a girl I will definitely try this. =) We can't wait to see you so soon!
Of course it takes talent, you did a great job, very cute!!
Good job, Charity! I was looking at bows yesterday at a specialty shop and they were selling them for $6/each! I was like...what?!?! (well, it was a shop in Brentwood). Yours turned out great.
They look so cute! Good Job Charity!
Charity--I finally checked our blog and saw that you had commented. Your kiddos are so cute and it was great to hear from you. I still use my ad225@byulaw.net address--email me sometime!
Take care.
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