DIY headbands without a hot glue gun!

Is it possible?

Is it really, really possible to make headbands without a glue gun?

Yes, and I'm going to show you how!

You will need:

*1.5" or 7/8" grosgrain ribbon (depending on the size of your headbands)

*plastic headbands

*double-sided sticky tape

*lighter

*scissors

I made a few headbands with 1.5" ribbon, and a few with 7/8" ribbon. Both work just fine, depending on the size of your headband. You could use hot glue in place of the sticky tape, but that would defeat the purpose of this tutorial. ;)

Cut your ribbon to about 14" long. Don't worry about heat-sealing the ends at this point. Cut three pieces of sticky tape to 12" long. Place one on the outside of the headband, one on the inside, and set the third aside for later.

Peel back the cover from the sticky tape on the outside of the headband. Press your ribbon down onto the headband.

Starting in the middle, fold one side of the ribbon over so it is covering the inside of the headband.

Take the other piece of sticky tape and press it onto the ribbon, on the inside of the headband.

Starting in the middle, press the ribbon onto the sticky tape.

When you get to the end, cut the extra off and heat seal the ends. Instead of just a quick pass of the lighter, you will actually melt the ribbon a little bit. Press the ribbon together, and you are done.

There are a few variations of this project. You can take another piece of sticky tape and put it on the inside of the headband, and place a piece of 3/8" grosgrain or velvet ribbon down for "grip" when you are wearing the headband.

Another variation: Cut a piece of sticky tape 1/4" long. Press it down on the inside of the headband, towards the right (see picture). Cut a piece of 3/8" grosgrain ribbon, heat seal it, and make a loop on the headband. You will connect it with another 1/4" piece of sticky tape. Now you have an interchangeable headband that you can put your bows on.

You can also just wrap the ribbon around the headband like the blue one here.

If you have any questions, let me know! :) These are SUPER easy and super cheap to make. If you make some, I'd love to see them. Just leave the link in the comments.

Click here to see where I will be linking this project!

Tuxedo Hair Bow Tutorial - Sneak Peek!

How cute are these little bows?? You can buy them here for $1.99, or you can tune into my blog later on today for a tutorial and learn how to make your own!

And if you check back in later this week, you will find a tutorial for these little guys (Lego Men Crayons)!

DIY Hair Accessories (Round Up)

I've wanted to make a tutorial on these rolled fabric flowers for a while, but I have seen so many lately that there is really no point in repeating what everyone else is already saying. :) So here is a round-up of all the great hair accessory tutorials I've found this week. Happy crafting!

Funky Loopy Bows

Rosette Hair Clip Tutorial

Rolled Fabric Flowers

Anthro-Inspired Headband

Pretty Organza Flowers

Unique Fabric Flowers

Rolled Roses

More Rolled Flowers

Tattered Fabric Roses

If you don't have an ounce of creativity in you, check out these wholesale hair accessory sets in my shop. 

FREE BEST SELLING HAIR BOW E-BOOK

Hello everybody! I'm so happy to share with you one of my BEST SELLING e-books ever! After reading this e-book, you will know how to make bows like those pictured below, and on my website. If I get a good response from doing this, I will offer more FREE e-books in the future! So please tweet, stumble, digg, share it on facebook, shout it from the roof tops! :)

FREE LOOPY BOW EBOOK

This e-book also includes wholesale information, so you can buy your supplies for about half of what retail stores are charging you!

If you love the e-book, I hope you don’t mind me ask­ing a favor.

As you prob­a­bly know, my liveli­hood depends on read­ers like you who share my stuff with other peo­ple. Thank you so much for all the sup­port over the past year.

If this e-book is use­ful to you, I would really appre­ci­ate if you would:

1. share this blog post on Twit­ter or Face­book or any­where else you hang out online
2. review the book and/or link to this post if you have a blog of your own

And as always, I’d love to hear what you think. Please com­ment below and let me know what you think of the e-book.

Free tutorial courtesy of Nellie Bug's

Tell me what you think!