The easy peasy 'smaller' hair bow/hairband

Hey everyone!! I hope you are enjoying this beautiful Friday!! Since everyone enjoyed the 'Girly Valentine's Headband' I decided to make a bow headband tutorial!!
Now since my little princess is only 9 months, and has next to no hair, I make everything right now into headbands....You can by all means make it into a clip!

What You Will Need:
*Scissors
*Rubber Band (or anything that is easy for you. Some people use jewelery wire.)
*Hot glue gun
*Elastic ribbon Measured to the size of the head (or your clip whichever you prefer)
*Felt if you'd like
*19 inch long piece of 1-1 1/2 inch wide ribbon (if you like bows bigger than make it 30 inches long)
*8 inch long piece of any size ribbon (*I am using small 1/4 of an inch sized ribbon)

First make sure all of your supplies are ready, and handy because you don't want to have to start over.  Cut your ribbon to the sizes you will need before you start and lay them out, you will not need your scissors again until your bow is finished so put them aside

Take your 19 inch long piece of ribbon and hold it under your thumb letting equal parts of ribbon fall to either side of your hand.

Then wrap the piece of ribbon twice, making sure the ribbon ends face opposite directions (up & Down)

Lay your ribbon flat on the table....or wherever you are doing it.  Make sure you put it down so the ribbon kind of creases....if you don't it will unwind and fall flat.

Pinch the center of the ribbon as it lay flat.

Wrap the rubber band around the center where you have pinched the ribbon *it isn't going to look perfect but don't worry, you'll have time to pull at it and fix it in a minute*

Pull the ends to the same side, pull the loops apart from each other so they make a bow

now take your 8 inch ribbon and tie it in a knot.

now is when you will need your scissors and your hot glue gun.

take the knotted piece of ribbon and glue the knot onto the center of the bow where your rubber band is.

wrap one of the sides around to the back and glue it.

Cut the extra ribbon from that side

Fold the other side over the back and glue it.

Cut the extra ribbon from that side.


Now your bow is finished!

For those who are making a headband grab your elastic and glue the ends together.

I always use a piece of felt between the headband and the ribbon or whatever it is I am putting on the headband.  I just don't like the flat on the head and headband look. If you are using felt then glue it onto the headband.

Now glue your bow onto the felt part of the headband or where you connected the ends.

And you have your headband and Easy Peasy 'smaller' bow!!
At this point you can leave the ends straight across or you can cut them on an angle or you can cut a 'V' into them.  After that to keep from fraying I just use a lighter very quickly over the ends to harden them.....They do make "Fray Check" and that will take care of the fraying ends too.

If you are using a clip, take the clip and clip it onto a piece of wax paper so you don't glue it together.  Put glue on the top of the clip and put the bow on it....some people cover the clip in ribbon to make it look nicer.  Some people even take the knot of the bow and instead of gluing it behind the bow, they glue it right to the clip.

HAPPY CRAFTING!!

**Check back tomorrow for the 3 layered Easy Peasy hair bow**

Have a great Friday everyone!!!

TTFN! ;)