Feeling crafty?? You’ll love this BIG List of Fun DIY Hair Clips and Bows!
They’re SO easy to make, and make super-cute gifts, too!
DIY Hair Clips and Bows:
DIY Flower Hair Clips and Headbands
Start creating your own adorable headbands with these easy tutorial for How To Make Cute Flower Headbands for Babies and Little Girls!
How to Make Korker Hair Bows
Learn how to make Korker Hair bows with this easy DIY tutorial!
DIY Hair Clippies for Toddlers
Let me show you how to make Cute Hair Clips for Babies and Little Girls!
Make some for your baby or little girl, or give some as thrifty gifts!
These are thrifty, quick-to-make, and seriously cute!
Here’s what you’ll do…
What You’ll Need to Make Hair Clips for Babies
You’ll just need a few simple things to make the CUTEST hair clips for babies!
Check your craft supplies, or add the following to your shopping list to make sure you’ve got everything on hand…
Ribbon {I found these spools in a $1.00 bin at Michael’s} ~ I use 3/8″ ribbon, but you can also experiment with different widths! 5/8″ would work, too!
Hair Clips {I found these 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!! Or… they are also available on Amazon.
Jewels or Buttons {can be found at any craft store}
Hot Glue Gun
See… I told you this was going to be EASY!!
DIY Hair Clip Reviews
What Your Frugal Friends Are Saying About These DIY Hair Clips…
Katie writes: “Love these hair clips!!!”
Deanna writes: “These are adorable, great gifts for friends’ children on the cheap!!!”
Kyan writes: “I love the ideas you post on here! As I too have become obsessed with making the clippies! I have had so many people ask me if I sell them and I wasn’t, but guess what….I have my own Etsy store now! I thank you so much for the idea that has not only allowed me to style my Princess for next to nothing, but is also creating a little side income! THANK YOU!!”
Miranda writes: “Loving these ideas!! I am totally going to make them for my neighbor’s little girl & my niece as Christmas gifts… can’t wait to get started.”
Elizabeth writes: “I have become ADDICTED to creating hair clippies for my daughters after reading your tutorials. I’ve even found a pattern for a “clippie board” so that the girls have a place to keep their clippies without losing them in a drawer somewhere. My girls and my niece are getting homemade clippies and clippie boards for Christmas and I cannot wait to try out a flower clippie. Thanks for all the great ideas!!”
How to Make Hair Clips for Babies and Little Girls
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…
Now, go grab your glue gun, and let’s get started!
I use the hot setting on my glue gun. The lower temperature glue won’t work well, so make sure it’s hot… but no burning fingers, okay?? 😉
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!
Then, add some more glue to the ribbon, and wrap it around to the bottom side of the clip. Make a nice crease at the point of the clip.
Easy so far, right?
We’re almost half way there!
Add some hot glue on the inside of the clasp, and glue ribbon.
Then, add hot glue to the remaining amount of ribbon. Pinch clasp, and wrap all the way around and under. Again, make a nice crease at the point.
Good job… you did it!
Wasn’t that SO easy??
Now… you can leave these clips as is, or you can jazz them up even more with some fun jewels or buttons! Make sure the jewels or buttons are glued well and fastened tightly!
Have fun choosing colors and accessories to add some bling!
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! Or… they are also available on Amazon.
- Ribbon {$1.00 for 3 yd. spool at Michael’s}
- Jewels {$2.99 for pack of 55 at Michael’s}
- Total Cost per clip: About 17 cents!!
For thicker hair {or if you’d prefer a barrette style clip}, you can pick up these unfinished barrettes in the Wal-Mart craft section or at your craft store. Just hot glue a piece of ribbon onto the top, then glue on your flower.
How to Make Christmas Hair Clips for Babies and Little Girls
Want to make these a little more festive for the holidays?
Have fun playing around with colors like this…
Or use Poinsettias as your flowers, like this…
Now you’ve got the prettiest little clips to go with those gorgeous Christmas dresses!
Christmas Hair Clip Reviews
What Your Frugal Friends Are Saying About these Christmas Hair Clips…
Becky writes: “Just finished these hair bows for my little girl! They will look so cute with her Christmas dress! Thanks for the great idea!”
Missy writes: “I made red and white poinsettia clips for my girls…I whipped them up right before church last Sunday! They were super quick and easy (you don’t even have to cover the clip if you’re in a hurry, the flower is so big it covers all the ribbon anyway) and adorable! Lots of compliments! Thank you so much…another great idea from Frugal Girls”
Then make some for Valentine’s Day, too!
How to Make a Double Bow Hair Clip
What You’ll Need:
- Grosgrain ribbon {3/8″}
- Alligator Clip {like this one}
- 5/8″ Smooth Ribbon
- Hot Glue Gun
- Pretty doo-dads for embellishing! 😉
What You’ll Do:
Glue 3/8″ ribbon to alligator clip, so you’ve got a cute little clippie to use as the base. {go here for step-by-step instructions}…
Cut 3 pieces of 5/8″ ribbon into these sizes: one 5 1/2″ long, one 4″ long, and one 1 1/2″ long
Glue the two longer pieces into two separate loops, like this…
Glue the larger loop onto the top of the clippie, just like this…
Place a small dot of glue on the inside center piece of the loop, then press the top down, so it will look like this…
Now grab your smaller loop, and glue that on top of the clip {with just a small dot of glue in the center}, just like this…
Just like we did above… now place a small dot of glue near the inner base of the loop, and gently press the top down, like this…
Now grab your little flat piece. This we’ll glue right around the center, with both ends hiding underneath the top of the clip. Start like this… then just wrap it tightly around, and glue the other side where the ends meet {on the inside of the clip}…
It’s getting CUTE!!!
Now go grab a pretty embellishment or flower… I found a set of four cute little flower clusters for around $2 at Jo-Ann’s {near the ribbon}.
Glue your pretty little embellishment to the top middle piece of the bow…
All done ~ wasn’t that easy?? Now… go make some pretty little clippies and bows of your own! 😉
Double Bow Hair Clip Reviews
What Your Frugal Friends Are Saying About These Double Bow Hair Clips…
Lampica writes: “Awesome, great looking and not too hard to make. Great for daughters, or maybe as a homemade gift. Quite unique.”
Laura writes: “I am sewing Easter dresses for my granddaughters and made some of these hair clips to match their dresses!! I can’t wait to see them all dressed up!”
Racheal writes: “Love this!!! So glad I found this site. Now I can make the hair pieces for my flower girls and junior bridesmaids to match the wedding.”
Angie writes: “These make great gifts! I know because I got several as gifts for both my girls.”
Robbyn writes: “You can also glue fake flowers to these clips (as above) and clip them on headbands or crocheted beanies. Great way to get an expensive looking hair decoration on the cheap that you can change with every outfit.”
Kristin writes: “Here’s a way to make the clips non-slip! In the isle with the contact paper, they have a rubber type that you can use in your drawers. (It looks like little circles all joined together.) Cut that 2 circles wide, and 8 circles long. Attach that to the top part of your clip, and now they won’t slip out!! ENJOY!!”
Fabric Flower Petals Hair Clip Tutorial
This pretty little fabric flower craft tutorial was submitted by frugal friends Jenny & Jess. ENJOY!
I’m going to show you how to make fabric flowers that can be used on a variety of things.
I realize there are lots of fabric flower tutorials out there as well, but these are very simple to make, yet look so elegant.
What You Will Need:
- Silky synthetic fabric (chiffon, taffeta etc.)
- A tea light candle or a lighter.
- Glue Gun
- Card stock (for circle templates)
- Scissors
- Felt circles
- Embellishments: tulle, pearls, feathers, beads, buttons,
- Optional for hair: headbands, clips, bobby pins
How To Make Your Flower:
1. First cut out a template of 5 to 7 circles on card stock paper. I like my smallest circle to be 1 inch. Then I make each additional circle a 1/2 inch bigger than the next. (ex. 1in., 1.5in., 2in., 2.5in. etc…)
2. Depending on how big you want your flower use your template to trace and cut out your circles. If you use a dark marker, make sure you cut inside your marker line so that it doesn’t show on the fabric.
I usually make dots around the circle just to give me a visual of where to cut. When you cut out your circles don’t worry about them being perfect.
I also like to cut the same size circle two or even three times especially when I am doing smaller flowers. Since your circles are not perfect they will just add to the layering effect.
3. Next, take each fabric circle and put it close enough to the flame so that it starts to curl slightly. Turn your circle around until all edges are curled to your liking.
I suggest that you do a couple of practice ones first. Also, for safety, it’s best to do it over the kitchen sink with the water running.
Are you wondering how I held the flower, lighter & took the picture? Yah, that’s not me. That’s my ‘hand model’ and friend Andrea. Thanks Girlfriend!
4. Once you have curled your edges they should look something like this. I ‘barely’ curled the edges for these flowers.
5. Next, start with the smallest circle and put a dot of hot glue onto the bottom/middle of it.
Then layer it inside the next biggest circle. Now take those two circles and add another dot of glue and layer it into the next circle. Continue until they are all glued together.
If you want to add tulle in the middle of a couple of the circles like I did with the one below, just add it to your layering steps.
You can embellish your flowers with pearls, beads or whatever else your little heart desires.
I like to attach alligator clips if they are going to be worn in your hair mostly because they are easier for my girls to put in their hair. You could also attach them to a flat back bobby pin or a headband.
If you do this it’s best to cut out two identical felt circles. Glue one felt circle to the flower and then glue it onto the top of the headband.
Take the second felt circle and glue it so that overlaps the the underside of the headband and attaches to the felt one you glued on the flower so that it holds it in place.
How to Make a Ribbon Flower Hair Clip
Frugal friends and sisters Brooke & Seasyn shared such a pretty flower hair clips!
She started with this tutorial from Domesticating Michelle, but then made the bow into 3 layers! Here’s what she said:
- I used the tutorial for the base but made it into 3 layers….with varying ribbon thickness.
- The thicker blue ribbon is cut at 10 inches, the thinner pink ribbon is cut at 7 inches, and the center decorated ribbon was cut at 5 inches.
- I just followed the figure 8, gluing directions for each set of ribbon then stacked them on top of each other and glued….with the button in the center hot glued in place from my bag o’ buttons I had laying around.
Shautel writes: “I made 2 of these and will definitely be making more.”
Hair Clip Organizer DIY Ideas
Need a tidy and organized way to store all of your hair clips?
Don’t let those hair clips, bows, and ties taking over the bathroom counter! Get organized with these cute and DIY Hair Clip Organizers…
Simple Ribbon Organizer:
Place two thumbtacks on the back of the ribbon, near the top, and hang!
Framed Hair Clip Organizer:
For this one… I painted an old frame a pretty metallic pink, removed the glass, put scrapbook paper over the cardboard, then added some thick ribbon from the Dollar Tree.
This works great if you’ve got just a few clips and bows… or a larger frame could be used for a bigger bow collection.
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