Start creating your own adorable headbands with these easy tutorial for How To Make Cute Flower Headbands for Babies and Little Girls!
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How To Make Cute Flower Headbands for Babies and Little Girls
I’ve already shown you how easy it is to make cute hair clips for babies and little girls.
Now it’s time to learn How To Make Cute Flower Headbands for Babies and Little Girls!
Make some for your baby or little girl, or give some as thrifty gifts!
This fun project idea for How To Make Cute Flower Headbands for Babies and Little Girls comes from my friend Joli!
These are thrifty, quick-to-make, and seriously cute!
Here’s what you’ll need to get started…
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Supplies Needed to Make Flower Headbands for Babies
You’ll just need a few simple things to make the CUTEST headbands for babies!
Check your craft supplies, or add the following to your shopping list to make sure you’ve got everything on hand…
- Stretchy, Soft Headbands (I got mine Free at Kohl’s with a coupon!)
- Silk Flowers (I paid around $1.00 for each flower bunch at Michael’s)
- Hair Clips (I found mine 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 G*n
How to Make Flower Headband for Baby Girl
Here’s what you’ll do…
1. First we’ll start by making a hair clip, just like when we made the Cute Hair Clips for Babies and Little Girls!
2. 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.
3. Now, go grab your glue g*n, and let’s get started!
4. I use the hot setting on my glue g*n. The lower temperature glue won’t work well, so make sure it’s hot… but no burning fingers, okay?? 😉
5. 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!
6. 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.
7. Add some hot glue on the inside of the clasp, and glue ribbon.
8. Then, add hot glue to the remaining amount of ribbon.
9. Pinch clasp, and wrap all the way around and under. Again, make a nice crease at the point.
You did it ~ now you’ve got a super-cute clip!
I told you this was going to be easy!!
Now… on to the flower…
10. First, remove flower from stem, then remove all plastic parts from the front, back, and check between the petals, too.
11. Now, add a smidge or little circle of hot glue in between each layer of petals, to glue the layers of flower petals together.
12. Once the glue has dried, glue on a pretty jewel or button to the center. Sooooo cute!
13. Now, go grab your clip, and add some hot glue onto the top of the clip.
14. Then, attach the bottom of the flower to the glue on the top of the clip. Cuteness!
15. 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??
16. Have fun experimenting with different colors, layering flower petal colors, and jazzing them up with pretty jewels or 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 New Mom 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 with a coupon)! Regular Price: 6-pk. for $6
- Total Cost per headband: About $1.10 ~ $2.10 each!!
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Just made my first clip—–my 7 year old LOVED IT (wanted to put it in her hair IMMEDIATELY!!!)—-didn’t have any big jewels so used a couple of small ones
Is there a particular glue g*n I should buy? Plus in work better??
Plug-ins I meant to say.
Excited to find your hair clip instructions. Our daughter wore a beautiful flower clip to her Father~Daughter Dance and has been asking for more since then. This is an economical way to make a big variety for her, and still have others to add to the top of girlfriend’s gifts, and/or to help raise money for PTAs or other cause. THANK YOU so much for sharing!
You’re very welcome, Sue! Have fun making your clips!! 😉
~ Heidi
My daughter just made a new version of these adorable bows at a sleep over. If you swap out the center jewel for a magnet, you can put other fun magnets on top of the existing magnet. Many of her friends have used bottle caps that have been decopauged with fun paper, fabic, or jewels. Also, Justice also has magnets that can be used as decorations on top of the center magnet. Happy Bow Making!!!
Great idea!
These look so easy! My 5 yr. old wears a headband every day (even to bed!) I’ve been trying to think of a way to make something with flowers on a headband or clip, and this helps a lot! I also like the ribbon hair clips to put on a headband! Thanks!
These headbands would really be cute on a summer hat, I was thinking of embellishing my hat, but did not want to limit what I could wear it with… removable bands… that would work
AWESOME TUTORIAL – I made a few really cute headbands, they make great baby shower gifts!
What brand hot glue tool do you have? Maybe I need a new one?
I have a hard time with the jewels sticking and the flower sticking to the clip. I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong. :/
Hi Kelsey ~ hmm… make sure to use the ‘hot’ setting on your glue g*n. Once it dries, it should be firm and secure. Hope that helps! 😉
~ Heidi
Thank you for these instructions. This is something I want to do for my daughter
You’re very welcome, Jessie! Have fun making the hair clips and headbands!!
~ Heidi