A Cheap, Adorable + Super Quick DIY for even the DIY Challenged!

If you're a mom, soon-to-be mom, or even an aunt or friend to a little girl, then you HAVE to try this DIY. It's probably one of my favorite DIY's ever and here's why: I'm obsessed with putting headbands and bows on Emerson. Although, she looks very cute without them, WITH them she just screams adorable. I'm much too thrifty to spend a fortune on bows and headbands. Etsy has some very cute ones, as do other websites + stores, but for more than I want to spend. So, in true Chelsea fashion, I created my own for a fraction of the cost.

I've posted a tutorial on this before, but I have since deleted that blog, so I figured I'd share another (and simpler) tutorial with you guys! I recently discovered that Walmart has a whole rack of $1 bows in every color you could need in the Children's section. Dollar Tree + Big Lots also have a decent selection, as does Target (but they're a little more expensive).

Today I'm going to share how to create a headband using a pre-made ribbon bow for under $5 (or less)! These make great gifts and are super fast + fun to make. They're VERY simple and can be done in under 5 minutes, yes even for those of you that consider yourselves DIY-challenged. To make it even easier for you, I've included step-by-step picture tutorial.

Materials Needed:
Hot glue gun, hot glue sticks, scissors, pre-made ribbon bows (from one of the stores-or even another- mentioned above), elastic ribbon (shown in red), and/or braided elastic (sizes 1/4" + 1/2" used for mine + they're shown in white).

Each container was $0.97 at Walmart

$0.97 at Walmart                                           

The tutorial I am about to share costed me a total of $2 because I had the glue gun, glue sticks, and scissors on hand already. All I had to purchase was the elastic ribbon + hair bow.

Step 1 Cut your elastic to the desired length (you may need to measure your tiny human's head prior to doing this--I just guesstimated) and hot glue the ends together to create a circle (headband).

Step 2 Choose a pre-made bow that you bought and flip it over so that you're looking at the underside of the bow. (Most bows come as a "barrette or hair clip", so I'm going to show you how to remove that and still keep the bow in tact). 

Next, carefully remove the ribbon (you may have to yank it a little bit because it is glued) that is wrapped around the center of the bow in order to gently remove the barrette or clip. 

 If you've done this correctly, you should have 3 separate parts now: the bow, the center ribbon, and the clip (as seen below).

Step 3 Reattach the center ribbon by wrapping back around the middle of the bow and hot gluing the ends together on the underside of the bow. 

Step 4 Using a dab of hot glue on the ribbon headband that you created in Step 1, attach the bow to the headband (I usually glue the bow on the headband where the two headband ends came together so that that part can't be seen once the headband is assembled). 

            

Step 5 Make sure the bow is attached evenly + sturdily to the headband + put that bad boy on your little model and be amazed by her adorableness!

I created a total of 6 headbands today. I used 2 bows that I purchased from Walmart (the plain red + the cherries) and 4 smaller bows that I purchased from Dollar Tree, which came 2 to a pack. I used the white braided elastic ribbon for the smaller bows and the larger red elastic ribbon for the two larger bows. I made all 6 bows in under 20 minutes for a total cost of $7...WAYYYYY cheaper than I could ever buy them! 

Happy Crafting!