Description

Making ribbon hair bows is easy and fun.Whenmaking ribbon hair bows you have a variety of colors andmaterialsat your disposal and it is easy for kids to join in thecreativeprocess. You can use your completed bows to accentuateclothing,control wild hair, and to be the perfect accessory for aponytail.The following is an easy to follow guide on how to makeribbon bowsfor your hair.

Materials required:

Colored Ribbon - Grosgrain or other as desired
Hot glue supplies - gun, sticks, electricity
Clips or fasteners
Velcro or fastener
Metal wire that is twistable
To begin making ribbon hair bows you will want to cut a lengthofribbon. The amount of ribbon you need will be determined bywhatsize bow you would like to create. Obviously a bow for aninfantwould be of a smaller variety, requiring less width andlesslength. For an infant baby bow you, for example, you could useredgrosgrain ribbon with a width less than 2" and a length ofroughly15".

For an older child increase the length and size of your ribbonasneeded.

A simple hair bow is tied in the same way that you tie yourshoe,with a loop and a twirl. Create the bow with your ribbon,practicemakes perfect. Don't worry about making mistakes when asyou cannotdamage your ribbon and can still undue your work at thisstage andstart over. When your bow is tied and ready, cut the endseitherwith fray shears, or normal scissors to create the desirededge foryour bow. Make sure your bow loops are of similar size andthenclip the ends of the ribbon with your fastener.

Next you will be using your glue gun, the glue gun is certainlyhot,so be careful if working with children that no one getsinjured. Thebow should be fastened at this point by the clip,attach your velcrofastener to the ribbon and use the glue gunsparingly to attach.Remember the glue gun can be quite messy ifyou use too much, soonly apply as much glue as is necessary.

That is all there is to it for a simple hair bow. Therearecertainly more difficult projects including corker bows andhairblow flourishes that you can include for your next ribbonprojectbut we will cover them in a more advanced tutorial.