DIY Baby Headband Holder – Easy Bow Storage Solution!
Make your own DIY baby headband holder that can hold dozens of baby bows! Learn how to make a perfect bow first then check out this cool and easy DIY. This post contains affiliate links and gifted products from Plaid.
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When Princess A was first born, she had a nice selection of bows, stored neatly in a storage bin, like the rest of her stuff….
Then I discovered the art of making bows and things spiraled out of control. Plus, I discovered the art of shopping for bows and things mega spiraled even further. And then I received a load of hand-me-down bows fro a friend and things reached rock bottom and I new I needed help.
And who will help me if I do not help myself?
So I sat down and made a DIY baby headband holder.
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How to make a DIY baby headband holder
Now, I wish it went so smoothly. Half my things were already in moving boxes (would you believe I packed my craft supplies first? I don’t know what got into me.)
The beginning went smoothly but the end ended up being somewhat “hack-y”. But overall it’s a really cool and EASY DIY.
I was looking for a good neutral color to paint my base, and decided on silver. I used FolkArt Treasure Gold in Platinum, using two coats.
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And, incredibly, it actually looks like metal – at least in real life! More than one person who saw it, wanted to know how it was done and was surprised it wasn’t metal. I was quite impressed with this new-ish paint and will definitely be keeping it handy for more faux metal crafts.
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I used cup hooks to make this DIY baby headband holder, mainly because the shape is very secure, allowing me to put a few headbands on each hook.
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The headbands are arranged in rainbow order for aesthetics and practicality. Incredibly, there are over 60 headbands on this DIY baby headband holder.
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The very thick banded ones need their own hooks, but since we only have a few of those, we can fit plenty of the regular elastic (and even wider elastic) ones.
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And finally, don’t limit yourself to headbands! This tutorial is fantastic for necklaces and bracelets too. You can make it as a key holder, a mask holder, or anything that fits on cup hooks.
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What you need to make a bow holder
- A wooden base
- Treasure Gold paint in Platinum (or your favorite acrylic craft paint)
- A flat paint brush
- Drill
- Cup hooks – mine were white coated 7/8 inch hooks- this exact set
- Ribbon
- Ruler
- Pen
- Sawtooth picture hangers – get ones with nails – not screws (that was a mistake on my part)
- Optional: a good hot glue gun (this is the hack-y part)
- Optional: narrow duct tape
Baby Headband Hooks Tutorial
1. Paint your base, dry completely, and if you’d like paint another coat
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2. Using a ruler, mark the placement of your hooks. I placed mine every inch because I wanted to fit a lot of headbands. It’s tight but functional, and I prefer to have more hooks with fewer bows.
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3. Drill holes where you marked.
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4. Screw your cup hooks into the holes.
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5. Tie a single length of ribbon around each end of your holder. Note: this is the part that got a little hack-y. It might hang better if you screw an eye at the top and hang it from that. I did hot glue my ribbon in place. Then, I decided that a ribbon isn’t the best way to hang this, but it looks pretty, so mine ended up being decorative anyway.
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6. If your wooden base was just a bit too thin for the cup hooks (whoops), run a piece of duct tape along the back to cover up the slightly-peeking-out screws.
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7. Finally, attach a sawtooth hanger to each side. The screw-in ones were really difficult to work with so I hot glued mine on! This will only work if you have a good hot glue gun. Use this as your main hanging mechanism.
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Time to load your DIY baby headband holder with loads and loads of pretty bows and enjoy it with the pride that comes with DIY!
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Boy, you were not lying about spiraling out of control with bows for your girl!
You are awesome, and enjoy your new home!
Haha, thanks! We most definitely are! Craft room = almost good to go (and I keep getting comments about why am I not making a Pesach kitchen there. Who needs a Pesach kitchen when you can have a craft room ? 😉 )