I featured this project when I guest blogged at Design Dazzle last month, but I decided to show you again just in case you missed it!
As a mother of a three year old little girl with long blond hair in ringlet curls, I’m always looking for a new way to organize her hair bows. Let me show you who I’m talking about…
Yes, she’s my everything! I just can’t bring myself cut her curls so it’s been a lot of ponytails and hair bows recently…. but how to organize her hair flair?
I’ve seen some adorable and crafty hair bow holders before, especially at local craft shows. I decided to create something fun and whimsical to contain the chaos!
Pretty cute, huh? Here’s how I completed the crafty girl hair bow holder!
First I gathered my supplies:
- a wooden circle from Michael’s for $5 (but I had a 40% off coupon)
- two spools of brown ribbon
- accent ribbon for the braids
- tiny elastic bands
- black craft markers
- clear nail polish
- small stencil sponge
- a cheap hair bow
- hot glue gun
- peach, pink, black acrylic paint
- white Scribbles dot paint
First thing I did was paint the large wooden circle peach.
While I let the paint dry, I decided to prepare the ribbon for braiding. I cut 6 pieces into 24 inches each. I taped three of the pieces to the table (one side of the hairdo) and started to braid.
When each braid was complete, I secured the ends using small elastic rubberbands.
I then proceed to braid the other three ribbons together and secured with an elastic band as well. Now it’s time for the bangs!
I cut some various short lengths of brown ribbon and hot glued them to the wooden face.
I then glued the braids to the top of the wooden circle down to about where the ears would hit. I didn’t mind leaving the elastic band to show at the top of the head since I knew I would be covering it with a hair bow in just a bit.
Next I added some accent ribbon to cover the elastic bands on the bottom of the braids and a glued a large hair bow to the top of the face to cover the ends of the braids. I also added some clear nail polish to the ends of the ribbon to keep it from fraying.
Now it’s time to paint the face! I used my little stencil sponge to apply black paint for the eyes (it made a perfect round circle!) and dotted the centers of her eyes with my white Scribbles paint.
I cleaned my little stencil sponge and used it to apply the pink paint for her cheeks. I then used my black craft markers to add a smile and eyelashes. The wooden circle came with a pre-drilled hole in the center, perfect for a cute little nose (and to use when hanging of course)!
And that’s it!
Just clip on your little lady’s hair bows and hang on the wall!
angie says
October 10, 2011 at 8:56 pmhow cute
FlipChick Designs says
October 10, 2011 at 11:46 pmOh my goodness that is the CUTEST! My little girl would think that was amazing!
[email protected] Artsy Mama says
October 11, 2011 at 1:46 pmThis is SO adorable…but not quite as cute as the little lady herself! 🙂 Boy is she precious! I really like this idea; I’d have enjoyed having one of those as a little girl. I’d be thrilled if you’d link this idea at my kids’ crafts party!
http://oneartmama.blogspot.com/2011/10/fall-craft-challenge-5-kids-craft-or.html
howtonestforless says
October 11, 2011 at 4:27 pmThanks Amy! I’ll stop by this evening. Can’t wait to see the other projects!
Stephanie says
October 12, 2011 at 8:03 amThat is so cute, my daughter needs one for all her bows.
wendy says
October 12, 2011 at 1:29 pmBeautiful Girl ! Adorable Project!
The Mom @ Babes in Hairland says
October 14, 2011 at 4:23 pmWhat a darling idea! We’re all about hair at our place & we’ve go so many bows this is such a fun way to store them. Just popping by from JaG blog!
Dora says
June 27, 2014 at 10:57 amI use to make hairbows and sell them, but now I only make bows for my daughters. Needless to say they have a lot of bows and I was looking for something cute that I could do to keep all their bows together instead of just putting them all in three different buckets (which is where they are now) I love love love this and it will look so cute on their bedroom wall. I plan to make two one blonde and one brown (cause that is what color my girls hair is) Thank you so much for sharing this it is awesome.
jade says
September 3, 2015 at 11:30 pmLOVE IT!!!!! How big was the wooden circle that you got?
howtonestforless says
September 8, 2015 at 10:26 amThank you! It was a 7 inch circle