Gift presents for kids: DIY Feather Hair Clips

A DIY and it’s not a bracelet –  are you shocked?! I bought a bunch of feathers back when I went through my hat phase,  intending to make some earrings (still hoping to get around to that …  someday). But first,  I thought I would make some hair clips for Caroline.

Another super easy project. All you need are feathers (these are guinea feathers),  barrettes (I used some that we already had on hand) and glue. I tried to match the color of the hair barrettes to the feathers but it turns out that it doesn’t really matter because you can’t see them.

I bought this E-6000 for a Father’s Day project because it’s supposed to be the best glue for glueing stuff to metal. And so far it has held up to lots of toddler hands pulling at it.

First,  pick out 2 longish feathers and 1 smaller one for each clip. Glue the two bigger feathers on first,  giving it a minute or two to set. The long ends seem unsightly but you need something to put the glue on so it doesn’t gunk up the feather.

Then add your smaller feather to hide the ends of the first two.

I really like the guinea feather colors. I’m on a mission to get Caroline to wear something other than pink.

These were a hit with C –  they lasted in her hair way longer than hairclips usually do. This is not her modeling though –  she’s actually doing her best to avoid the camera as I clicked away.

Source: henryhappened.com

Hair accessories: Tea Time Rose Hair Pin tutorial

  
 Hair accessories:  Tea Time Rose Hair Pin tutorial



I love this hair pin, so sweet.

Fit for tea time, no?

Or maybe stopping to smell the flowers…

or the blue spruces…whatever suits your fancy.

One things for sure, it will surely upgrade any ponytail.
You have no doubt seen these everywhere, they are so easy to make.  I can’t believe it took me so long to whip one up.  And so so inexpensive!  I used silk because I wanted it to have a “going to church”  or “meeting the Queen”  look, but since I only needed a little strip it still only cost me $2 for the fabric, and that gave me four hairpins.  I bought the feathers in a little bag at the craft store along with the clips, each really inexpensive.  Shall we get started?  Yes let’s…

Rose and Feather Hair Clip Tutorial

Supplies:

• fabric at least 25 inches long and 1½ inches wide for one flower
• feathers
• hair clip,
• hot glue gun

The bigger flowers I made were made with 32″ x  1½” pieces of silk, but for the smaller flower that my little one is using I used a 24 inch long piece.

Start by folding the strip of fabric in half.  For the flower shown I folded the shiny side in.  Then tie a knot at the end.  Then glue the end over to the side with the hot glue gun.

Now run a thin strip of glue around one side.

Working fast, twist the strip and pull around the hot glue.  You can do it as loose or as tight as you want.  I did mine pretty loose.  Now just continue around the circle, working on a about 1 inch at a time. When you reach the last inch, just fold it under to the bottom and glue.

Now we have a rose.  If you notice, I let my twists get a little bigger as I went.

From a piece of scrap fabric cut a circle just smaller than the flower then drizzle hot glue on the back…

And press the piece on.

Depending on what hair clip you decide to use, you may need to add a little fabric.  For this kind, I would.  Just cut out a piece of scrap fabric the same size as the clip wrapped around.

Using hot glue, open the clip and glue the fabric to the inside…

turn over and add more glue then fold fabric over, and then again to get the little piece covered on top.

It should look like this.  I trimmed up my edges a bit.

Now take a feather and glue to the underside.

Then glue on your clip with the pointed end facing the feather.  Hold it for a minute to set.

Now your finished!  So easy.

And so cute!
Source: @themotherhuddle.com

Gift presents for kids: Making Cute Hair Clips + Tutorial

Gift presents for kids: Making Cute Hair Clips + Tutorial
Kids craft ideas

I had so much fun making these cute and easy hair clips after finding several great tutorials (1,2,3,4,5). These are ideal for babies, but fun for older kids and adults, too!

I experimented with three different types of ribbon materials. The top three use self-adhesive paper-crafting ribbon from Joann’s, and the last two use regular ribbon secured with Fabric Fusion adhesive (I don’t know where our glue gun is, nor do I ever use it, although it would probably be handy here). The purple one and green gingham one in the center are wrapped with textured tape from Making Memories and were the fastest and easiest to make. I found instructions on this tutorial for making the bow on the white one. To embellish the green gingham clip, I glued on a white button and used the flower heads off of two brads for the ends. (Note: be extra cautious with this kind because of the possible choking hazard).

Postscript: I noticed that one of the tutorials linked above is not available right now because the author is doing some site work, so I’ve decided to do a quick version below. I am using the textured tape here, but you can also use craft adhesive or a glue gun to hold regular ribbon in place.

1. Materials needed: Metal single prong hair clip (I got my box from Sally Beauty Supply), about a 7″ length of ribbon, and adhesive. The lighter is for sealing the ribbon ends, if needed, to keep the edges from fraying.

2.Pinch the clip open and lay your ribbon beginning on the inside bottom, being careful to keep it on straight.

3. Wrap the ribbon around and adhere it along the bottom of the clip, making a nice crease at the tip.

4.Push the ribbon into the gap behind the pinching ends to cover the back.

5. Continue to wrap the ribbon up and over the top.

6. Bring the ribbon over the top tip (again making a nice crease here) and adhere it to the inside top of the clip.

7. Add embellishments, if you’d like.

Source: thepaperseed.com