Little Girl's Hair Bows

Yeah, they are easy. I found a few great sites. I was just saying last night that I need to make more.

A bit of a suggestion, I got my clips, alligator and french from Hobby Lobby...they are awful. I have all of these beautiful bows with clips that are falling apart. The ones from Sallys aren't any better. I think I am going to try to find somewhere online. If someone has suggestions on that, that would be great!

This is the best site I have found... http://bowdesigns.50webs.com/index.html

It also helps to search for sites of people who are selling them to get ideas :) Good luck!

Here's a link to a website with several ideas already on it. Hope this helps!

http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf60137910.tip.html

If the link doesn't work, then pull up the thriftyfun.com website and search on how to make hair bows.

They have bow making kits at Michael's and Hobby Lobby. This website is also really good and free : http://www.theribbonretreat.com/custom/free_projects.aspx

Hope this helps!

I make hairbows and sell them. I started with this site for free instructions: www.bowdesigns.50webs.com

It is a great place to start! Later on I did buy some different instructions, but for just making your own bows, you probably won't need anymore than that! Good luck, its fun - but addicting!!

J.
www.pumpkinsboutique.etsy.com

It sounds like you have quite a few, so my suggestion is look at your favorites carefully! Break it down into fabric, ribbon, lace, etc. If you have to take one apart, do it. Use a hot glue gun to piece them together. You can buy the barettes at WalMart. Look where they have the hair products and/or the craft area. You can buy a lot of leftover pieces of fabric, etc. cheaper, so look for where they put all of that. With a little imagination, you can do wonders. Here's a few websites.

http://www.lookatmebaby.com/free_hair_bow_instructions.php

http://members.aol.com/juliemooredavis/myhomepage/howto.html

or here are sites where you can bid for booklets:

http://americanhomespun.com/Ribbon/how-to-make-hairbows
http://www.theribbonretreat.com/Catalog.aspx?cid=153

You can google "how to; hairbows" or look on ebay, there are a few companies that sell them for about $1 each when you buy in bulk (20+) and they have butterflies, bees, lady bugs, Elmo, Cookie Monster, etc. I found that buying from one of these companies saved me time, money and my husband fussing at me for yet another good intentioned project! lol

Best wishes!

http://bowdesigns.50webs.com/index.html is an awesome site. I wish I could say that I have made all of my daughter's bows, but found that I enjoy supporting WAHMs that make them, and figured I would spend just as much if not more getting enough ribbon to make the variety I want! Hope you enjoy it!

**ETA I just read the other responses (after I responded) and saw someeone else (who actually sells hairbows!) recommended the same site. Really, it is awesome!

I make hairbows and sell them online and at shows. One of the best sites for FREE instructions is www.bowdesigns.50webs.com.

You will find a ton of other instructions online that you have to pay for but you shouldn't have to do that.
If it turns out you want to keep buying your bows don't hesitate to check out my website.

MyMommyMakesHairbows.com

Good luck! Making hairbows is so much fun!

Hi C.! I'm not sure if I could tell you how to make hair bows, but I do remember seeing books about making them in bookstores, maybe Hastings or some other major bookstore. Even a craft store like Michaels or Hobby Lobby might have books on hair bow making. I have two lovely girls myself and a handsome son...going on ages 17, 15 and 13...they grow so fast, don't they? Have fun!

I don't know how to make them- found some cute ones for really cheap- not sure of your area- Fagan is in Seguin area and you can pick up I think they are afordable- verysweetbows dot com and then one in atlanta with goor prices and adorable bows!? Picture perfect hair bows- good luck making them at home?! Maybe you can go into business and sell them to us who are dexterity challenged!? :-)
KAT

You can purchase the clips to make hairbows at any craft store. You can also adapt most plain clips and those little plastic bar type barrettes that can be found everywhere.
Just fashion the bow and use hot glue to attach it to the OPEN clip. If you accidently glue it shut, allow the glue to dry, peel it off and try again. If you want hangy down things, attach them first. A really quick holiday bow is to get one of those curly bunches of ribbon in assorted colors from the gift wrap area and glue it to a clip. (Usually for older girls because they're so large.)
If you crochet, there are books available for crocheted bows. It's been years but I got mine at Hobby Lobby.
You can even do a ponytail bow. You just hold the ponytail band with the bow as you wrap the center around the bow.

HAPPY CRAFTING!!

I don't know how to make them, but you can go on line and maybe look up crafts or go to DIY.com and they might be able to help you. Let me know if you had any luck.

I remember making hair bows and ribbons for my hair when I was a teenager. I don't remember how I made them other than using a glue gun. You can get the "blank" clips and ribbon at any craft store. Plain ponytail holders can be bought at Wal-Mart.

Don't just buy the cutzie(i.e. expensive usually) little trinkets to glue on them from the craft store. You could use anything, look at the dollar stores.

With information on the internet these days, I bet you could find all sorts of patterns to try.

Good luck and have fun.

I just searched on the internet until I found some really good tutorials. A lot of the websites want you to buy their booklets on how to make them but if you look hard enough you will find people showing you for free. Try www.youtube as well. Hope this helps.

K.

If you don't have luck making them....go on ebay. Do a search and have it listed by "lowest price and shipping". That way, the best deals are listed first. Lots of ladies make these and sell them.

They cost a fraction of what you pay at those boutiques. Also, you pick from a ton of colors. Some can put in "grippers" which are basically little strips of that rubber material you line your cabinets with. This keeps them in place if your girl has fine hair.

Go to Walmart or Michaels, they both have cheap "how to" books on bows.

I personally do not know how. My boss made them for her granddaughter and it looked simple. Check for patterns at the fabric store. They sell so many nice ribbons and ready to assimble clips. Hope you find the answer. Also youtube.com has some great instructional viedos that might have something like that ....search!!!! Good luck.

I would love to learn how too!

If you are talking about the little barrettes, Joanne's fabric has packs of them in different sizes for cheap. Then just tie bows or buy some of the very cute iron-ons or even buttons they have and glue them on.

I think you can go to Michaels or Hobby Lobby and they have tutorials on how to make them. Give them a call and see what you find out! Good luck (:

Hello C., I do know how to make hair bows and I will tell you how I learned how. I took one apart to see how that one was put together and what was needed. As time went on I got more creative and added my own touch. I even made matching bows to go with the clothes that I made for my daughter.My daughter is grown now but I get to make them for my granddaughter. I hope this helps. Have a great day.

Hello C.. A friend of mine got a pattern/instructions on how to make them online. She just went to Google or Yahoo and did a search. She also bought a large variety of ribbon in bulk online for an excellent price. Now, her little girl has a ribbon for every outfit. Good luck!

you can look at http://www.ribbonhairbow.com

Just about any arts and crafts store will have various types of hairclips in the beads section. Find the style/size you want and whatever you would want on them; like ribbons, bows, beads...whatever your heart desires and get use a hot glue gun to put them on the clip...and there you go, a cheaper hair clip.

Good luck!

Happy to see your post. I'm pregnant with a girl and cannot believe the prices for ribbons and bows! I'll be reading your responses and follow some of the recommendations. Congrats on your beautiful little girl!

hello C. ,my name mary and i read your posting and
i dont know how to make them but i recenty had my 5 year old nieace move in with us,mind you i have 2 boys and we havent had a little girl in our house since my nieces were little , so the poor child had her hair all pooffyy for the first week until my older sister told me she would buy her daughters bows at macallen bazzar ,the one on 23rd , years ago and so yea they still sell them there the old lady on the 2nd to the last isle sells them 3 for 5 dlls and she will even make the 2tone ones for the same price:) last weekend though i went to the alamo flea market and found a lady with a stand that also made them and she sold them at 1dll for the little pair and 1.50 for the bigger pair and the single big one for also 1 dll now that was worth the walk i loaded up and she even gave me her# incase i needed to order certain colors:) if your intrested here is her ####-###-#### i dint get her name she said to ask for the lady that makes bows lol well hope it helps .
mary

Make a thin tube of fabric turn inside out and run a thin piece of elastic through it sew ends together and then sew the fabric ends together make a small bow for the front. You can make them to go with any outfit that she has. You will need to measure the size of her head and allow for stretching you will not want it to tight or to loose. Have fun making them.

Do an online search you can find free instructions. My favorite is Wal-Mart of all places... The one in Buda starting carrying them last Christmas and I've been in love ever sense! You can get four or six bows for under $3!!! Hope this helps.