Flowered and sequined headbands are all the rage these days. I would love to have my own little collection but it’s hard when I’m broke. HA! So, I’ve decided to go ahead and make my own.
Pretty cute, huh? Here’s how I made them… for under $3 each!
So I first got the idea for these headbands when I was at Hancock Fabrics last week. I found these adorable flowers for only $1.99 each! I scooped up four of them right away in red, black, gold and white!
While at Hobby Lobby last week, I found these adorable sequin flower embellishments on clearance for $3 each. Perfection!
OK, now for the elastic headband. I was going to just make my own, but ran across these Goody ouchless headbands at WalMart for $4. Really? 6 elastic black headbands for $4? Perfect since I have 4 fabric flowers and 2 sequin adornments!
Let’s get to work! First thing I did was remove all of the safety pins that came on the back of the fabric flowers and sequin adornments.
Next I cut 2 inch circles out of some stiffened black felt I bought from Michael’s for $1.
I took out my handy dandy glue gun and got to work! I first glued one half of the felt circle onto the back of the embellishment.
Then I put down a small strip of glue and attached the elastic headband.
I then glued down the remaining half of the felt circle and pressed down firmly to make sure it was tightly secured.
I completed this process with all 6 headbands.
Ready for some photos?
OK, that’s it for my mini-photo shoot!
Total costs: $1 for the stiffened black felt from Michael’s, $4 for the six Goody elastic headbands from WalMart, $8 for the fabric flowers from Hancock Fabricks, and $6 for the two sequin embellishments from Hobby Lobby. $19 total for all of the supplies which equals out to about $3 for each headband!
Now if I know my sister at all, she’ll be calling me about 5 minutes after she reads this post to ask for some of these cutie patooties 🙂
Megan says
August 15, 2011 at 8:49 amYou know me waaaay to well! I want some 🙂
Red Brick Shanty says
August 15, 2011 at 4:21 pmLove these headbands! Super Cute!
Kristi @ Creative Kristi says
August 15, 2011 at 7:08 pmThese are adorable! I love the peach one! Good job & great ‘how-to’! I saw that you are coming to Haven! I am so glad that you are going to come & that this is your first conference! As the ‘smallest’ blogger on the Haven Team I wanted to stop by and say hi! I can not wait to meet you & I hope that you’ll let me know if you have any questions!
-Oh! I host a weekly linky party on Wednesday called “Workin On It Wednesday” where you can link up any project you are working on or recently finished. I hope you’ll join us!
-Kristi
@ Creative Kristi
howtonestforless says
August 15, 2011 at 7:51 pmThank you Kristi! I’m so excited for Haven and can’t wait to meet all of you lovely ladies. Looking forward to great tips and tricks, plus some chat time with other cool bloggers 🙂 I’ll see you Wednesday at your link party! Can’t wait to meet you in person in June!!
Jennifer says
August 15, 2011 at 8:50 pmI’m right there with you on loving all the pretty headbands out there! Yours came out great and I really love the flowers you found at Hobby Lobby:)
Sarah @ Thrifty Decor says
August 16, 2011 at 10:11 pmYou are too cute!! I so wish I could wear those, but they never look right on me. Love them!
debbie says
August 22, 2011 at 7:16 amHow cute and very crafty of you. They look great. Thanks for sharing at the newbie party.
Sofieke says
August 22, 2011 at 8:18 amHi,
what a great idea! These headbands look great! I saw you on the savvy homemade monday blog party.
Greetings Sofieke
Stephanie says
August 22, 2011 at 8:46 amThese turned out so cute! I want to make myself some headbands too!
The Shy Bee says
August 22, 2011 at 8:48 amGreat idea! Thanks for sharing! I love this NEWBIE link party! Please follow me back!
christine says
August 22, 2011 at 2:04 pmcute! great job!!!
Katy says
August 22, 2011 at 8:24 pmThey are all adorable. I think my favorite is the black one. I’m so addicted to headbands right now =)
Marie says
August 22, 2011 at 11:08 pmSo cute! I need some! I’m co-hosting a link party and I’d love it if you’d come link up on Wednesday at southernlovely.blogspot.com
See you soon!
Marie
mylilpinkpocket.blogspot.com
Katherines Corner says
August 23, 2011 at 11:19 amSo cute, them them, well done Hugs
Katherines Corner says
August 23, 2011 at 11:20 amoops boo boo in above comment, will blame it on menopause, I blame everything on menopause, giggle
meant to write love them not them them, did it make you go hmmm?
Melanie says
August 25, 2011 at 7:21 amToo cute!
I’d love for you to link up to our Crafts for Under Twenty Somethings Thursdays! It’s a party specifically for all things kids and teens, so your post would be perfect!!
Melanie
http://bearrabbitbear.blogspot.com/2011/08/crafts-for-under-twenty-somethings_24.html
Aspiring New Moms says
August 25, 2011 at 11:00 amI love it! I am your newest follower via the Mommy Club Link Party. The black one is my favorite, but they are all gorgeous 🙂
Robin says
August 25, 2011 at 12:41 pmI love the black one and want it for myself. I love this and I would love to see you link it up to Upcycled Awesome (we are also doing stashbusting projects 🙂
http://tinyurl.com/upcycled59
Erin of HomeSavvyAtoZ.com says
August 28, 2011 at 6:16 pmThese are so pretty! I have a million boring head bands laying around that could use this step up! Thank you so much for linking up at Savvy HomeMade Monday. We are partying again and I hope you will stop by! 🙂
aimee berrett says
August 28, 2011 at 6:37 pmstopping by from iheartnaptime’s sundae scoop. these are so adorable. i’ve made myself a few headbands, but gotten lazy recently. you’ve inspired me.
Jamie says
August 30, 2011 at 1:15 pmBeautiful. I love it. And it looks so simple. If you get a chance I would love you to link your hair band up to More the Merrier Monday. It lasts through Wednesday so you have plenty of time to stop by. See you there. http://diyhshp.blogspot.com/
Katy Lunsford says
August 30, 2011 at 8:40 pmSuper cute!
nicolette @ momnivore's dilemma says
September 1, 2011 at 11:39 pmLove the whole look of your blog. It’s darling!
I’ve recently started rockin’ these headbands…{felt a bit odd wearing them at first, but realize I can pull it off} Great ideas. Going to make some flowers this weekend….
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