Project: Custom headbands...

Want to learn how to custom make your own headbands, for very little money, with no limitations on the style? It is SO easy, and I will show you how to do it. There's nothing complicated about this, and you definitely don't have to be creative or talented, because it is so simple. This first post will show you how to make a headband with a flower blooming off the side of it.

What you will need:

-headband-

(you can get this from the dollar store, a pack of three actually, in ALL different shapes and sizes)

-scissors-

(if you have nice material scissors that's great, if not, regular scissors should work)

-hot glue/hot glue gun-

(I think this is the best way to go. You can try material glue, but it needs to dry fast and STRONG)

-a (fake) flower-

(go to Goodwill, the dollar store, Wal-mart, anywhere really. I got a bouquet of the white flowers I use for 50 cents! You can't beat that...)

-ribbon-

Ok, let's start...

:::::Step One:::::

Start pulling apart the layers of your flower. If you don't have any layers to your flower, skip to Step Two.

Pull off any rubber, metal, plastic, material fasteners that keep the layers together. You want nothing other than the material layers of the flower so that when we glue it to the headband, we won't be dealing with a bulge in any area that would interfere with the flower sitting flat on the band. Once all the fasteners are out, glue each layer back together with hot glue in the arrangement you would like.

:::::Step Two:::::

Take the newly assembled flower and poke a hole through the middle (if it doesn't already have one). You can do this easily by hammering a nail stright through the center and into a piece of wood.

Then, take the ribbon and loop it through the center. Flip the flower over so the bottom is facing up. Tie a knot, flip the flower over, and pull the ribbon tight so the knot on the bottom is flush with the flower. This will allow you to tie a knot as close and as tight on the front of the flower as possible. Turn the flower around again, remove the knot on the bottom, cut the ribbon leaving a 1/4 of an inch left, and glue the remaining ribbon to the bottom of the flower. If you want to be extra neat and tidy, cut out a circle of ribbon and place over the glued ribbon to give it a nice appearance. It is the bottom of the flower, so it isn't a big deal, unless you are OCD like me. : ) Next, turn the flower around once more, and do the same (cut the remaining ribbon, and neatly glue the remining over the side of the knot). LASTLY (yay!), glue the flower wherever you wish on your headband, and wear it with a killer outfit. THE END!

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