Fur pom poms are the finishing touch to any winter accessory – but did you know that you can make them from scratch?

These adorable faux fur hat toppers come together super quickly. They are hand stitched using a running stitch around the edge and stuffed with a small amount of poly fill to give them shape.

The trickiest part of learning how to make faux fur pom poms is figuring out how to cut it so that you don’t destroy the fur. The rule of thumb when cutting faux fur: always cut only the back. You want to only cut the knit backing of the fur and not the fur itself, or you’ll get a choppy edge on your fur. So if you’re using rotary cutter, you’ll want to do a light cut on the back of the faux fur.

You can also cut it with a scissor from the front. Use something – such as a pen, to find the fabric between the fur – just as you would find the scalp when parting hair – and cut there only.

Another thing to note is that classic craft fur is very long and shaggy. You may want to try ironing it before making your piece. You also may want to give it a “hair cut”. Most pom pom tutorials require trimming, and faux fur pom poms aren’t really different.

The main difference is: you don’t want it to look too choppy. You can accomplish this by cutting with your scissors parallel to the faux fur, nipping away at the ends.

Should you make or buy your fur pom poms

Before you learn how to make faux fur pom poms, it’s worth considering: is it even something that’s worth making? Not everything needs to be a DIY!

Personally, I’m not sure. It’s not that expensive to buy fur pom poms and they tend to look really neat and nice when you buy them. And while you can make them look neat if you DIY, it’s not something that comes together neatly by default.

You may want to make your own faux fur pom poms if:

• You have an easier time getting craft fur than pom poms
• You have faux fur handy but not pom poms
• You like the shaggy look
• You need a very specific color or size that you’re not finding
• You only need them occasionally (and don’t need a big pack) and faux fur is something you keep handy for other crafts too

Or, even if you just prefer to do things on your own rather than buying the parts, you might enjoy to learn how to make faux fur pom poms to have another skill under your belt.

What you’ll need

• Faux fur
• Poly fill
• Needle
• Thread
• Rotary cutter (optional)
• Good fabric scissors
• Optional: button or snap

How to make faux fur pom poms

1. Cut a square for faux fur, roughly 2-3 inches by 2-3 inches, depending on how big you want it. Make sure to only cut through the back knit layer of fabric and not the fur strands. Do this by cutting lightly with a rotary cutter on the back. Or, separate the strands on the front and cut between the rows. You can also cut a circle if you prefer, however, due to the nature of fur, I found it easier to cut a square. It works both ways.

2. Start sewing a running stitch (in and out) around the perimeter of your square, picking up only the back layer as much as possible.

3. As you sew, pull the thread to cinch/pleat the fur.

4. When you’re almost done stuff your faux fur pom pom with poly fill.

5. Pull the whole thing tightly shut. Sew between the ends of the faux fur a few times – until you feel it’s strong enough. If you want to make them removable/exchangeable, you can sew on a button or snap at this point. Or you can leave the thread on to sew directly to your project.

Otherwise, knot your thread and trim.

6. Smooth out your fur so that it’s facing the top of the pom pom (away from the sewn edge). Use your needle to pry out any fur that got caught in the sewing. Slowly trim down the faux fur until your pom pom is a good shape. To avoid choppy edges, cut with the scissors the same direction as the fur and snip away slowly – over a garbage can of course!

You have successfully learned how to make faux fur pom poms! What will you be using yours for? Do you prefer buying or DIYing these? Comment below!

I hope you enjoyed learning how to make faux fur pom poms! What will you be using yours for? Comment below!

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DIY Fur Pom Poms

Learn how to craft your own DIY fur pom poms that come together in just minutes! These are fabulous additions to winter accessories and a great add-on for your knit and crochet projects.

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Materials

• Faux fur
• Poly fill

Tools

• Needle
• Thread
• Rotary cutter (optional)
• Good fabric scissors
• Optional: button
• or large sew-on snap

Instructions

1. Cut a square for faux fur, roughly 2-3 inches by 2-3 inches, depending on how big you want it. Make sure to only cut through the back knit layer of fabric and not the fur strands. Do this by cutting lightly with a rotary cutter on the back. Or, separate the strands on the front and cut between the rows. You can also cut a circle if you prefer, however, due to the nature of fur, I found it easier to cut a square. It works both ways.
2. Start sewing a running stitch (in and out) around the perimeter of your square, picking up only the back layer as much as possible.
3. As you sew, pull the thread to cinch/pleat the fur.
4. When you're almost done stuff your faux fur pom pom with poly fill.
5. Pull the whole thing tightly shut. Sew between the ends of the faux fur a few times - until you feel it's strong enough. If you want to make them removable/exchangeable, you can sew on a button or snap at this point. Or you can leave the thread on to sew directly to your project. Otherwise, knot your thread and trim.
6. Smooth out your fur so that it's facing the top of the pom pom (away from the sewn edge). Use your needle to pry out any fur that got caught in the sewing. Slowly trim down the faux fur until your pom pom is a good shape. To avoid choppy edges, cut with the scissors the same direction as the fur and snip away slowly - over a garbage can of course!

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There’s something so FUN about tulle pom poms. They’re light and ideal for a fun, graceful touch.

When I made A’s first birthday hat, I used a different method and it was “meh”. While I plan to share that hat tutorial soon, I knew that I first needed to figure out a better method to teach you how to make a pom pom with tulle.

Contents:

• What you can do with this tulle pom pom tutorial
• Tulle pom pom garland
• Photo background
• Hair clips and headbands
• Wrist bands and pony holders
• Pen toppers
• Costume wands
• How to make a pom pom with tulle in different sizes
• What you need
• How to make a pom pom with tulle
• How to finish off a tulle pom pom headband

The classic way to make a tulle pom pom is to think of it as yarn. Frankly, this method is cumbersome with tulle. First of all, you’re limited to using a narrower tulle ribbon. And while I did use that, it was still very challenging. You need the tulle to line up exactly and ruffle up in the middle. It’s just too wide a ribbon to get the desired effect with the yarn method of pom pom making.

Another issue with the yarn method is the tying. Tulle is simply too wide and makes for too bulky a center. A good pom pom has an invisible center. And while this would be rectified by using something thinner, you need to be careful not to go too thin as it won’t really work.

Another issue: it required too much trimming. The bits of shimmery tulle looks so much like plastic and acted like glitter. It was all over. And every time I’d see another piece of “plastic” on the floor with a young baby around, I’d have a panic attack. It was also too easy for the little princess to pull pieces out.

So I pivoted completely to another pom pom making method I know well: tissue paper pom poms. And this worked fabulously!

When making a tulle pom pom using this method, you simply layer sheets or ribbons of tulle, accordion fold them, tie them off, and separate the layers. This makes for wavy ribbons that fill the space much more efficiently. It’s easier to control the size and density of your pom pom, and you’re retaining the sheer look of your tulle by allowing the light to shine through. And almost no trimming is needed!

Learning how to make a pom pom with tulle using this technique was a game changer!

And while I did it with 2.5 inch wide tulle ribbon for smaller pom poms, you can go with larger spools of tulle ribbon too. It also uses much less tulle making it more cost-effective. It takes a fraction of the time too.

What you can do with this tulle pom pom tutorial

There’s so much you can do with tulle pom poms! I first learned how to make a pom pom with tulle to make A’s birthday hat, however, here are some more ideas to get you started.

Tulle pom pom garland

I love the look of a tulle pom pom garland. Make it as empty or as full as you’d like. Make it in fun pastels for Easter decor. Make it in pinks for a ballerina party. Make it in black for a dark Victorian vibe for Halloween.

Since the center of your tulle is a hanging ribbon (which you can trim down to nothing with a dab of glue) it’s begging to be tied around a string. Just tie all your tulle bows around a center string, choose if you want trailing ribbons or not, and trim. Place them as you’d like and hot glue in place if you want. You can make it a closed string as people do with felt pom pom garlands, or spread them apart.

Photo background

Tulle pom poms make gorgeous photo backgrounds. Just gorgeous! It’s fantastic for a wedding, baby or bridal shower, or for a spring birthday party. Make it for a bat mitzvah, quinceañera, or sweet sixteen. And of course, it would be fab for a first birthday party.

Just make a bunch of garlands and hang them vertically. Have guests take photos between them or hugging them. Or, for a softer look, have them step forward from the backdrop so that it fades into the background.

Hair clips and headbands

I turned the pom poms that I created for this tutorial into a headband for A. I trimmed two of them smaller and kept the cream colored one large and loose.

You can also make this into a hair clip by simply gluing it onto an alligator clip.

Wrist bands and pony holders

Turn these into pony holders by tying them onto a pony holder – that’s it! So easy! But here’s an even cooler idea. Keep your tying off ribbon long, and tie it around a wrist. It makes a super cool corsage-like accessory for special occasions.

Pen toppers

As a child, I loved those fluffy fur/feather pen toppers. Why not make a spinoff by attaching tulle pom poms to the tops of pens? It would be so much fun for your tween to write with this in class!

Costume wands

On that note, while a star might be the go to shape for wands, why not make a tulle pom pom? It is a fantastic companion to a costume that has a tulle skirt.

This can work for princess costumes, fairy costumes, or just for pretend play!

How to make a pom pom with tulle in different sizes

As I mentioned above, it’s easier to control things with this method of pom pom making.

The easiest “control” for your pom poms will be the width of your ribbon. If you don’t find a size that you like, you can get one the length that you’d like and cut it to width.

I made these with 2.5 inch tulle ribbon, however six inch ribbon would work fabulously as well. I’m not sure about wider tulle, but I imagine it will. You may need to simply layer more to accomplish a fuller result.

There are two controls for the overall texture and fullness of your pom pom. The first is your length and your accordion fold. The second is how many layers you use.

To make a fuller pom pom, cut your tulle longer. Your tulle length will also vary, of course for the width of the tulle. Doing deeper folds will provide for more variation and movement which will fill things in more. Too thin a fold will be hard to tie as well. Aim for four-ish sets of folds.

Additional layers will fill things in more as well, however, too many won’t separate and ruffle nicely. I did between 5-7 on my tiny ones.

Ultimately, nailing how to make a pom pom with tulle is about finding the right balance of layers, ribbon length, and fold depth for your final size. Of course, I shared the details for mine in the step by step tutorial below.

What you need

• Tulle. I used 2.5 inch tulle, the smallest size this will be workable with. Six inch tulle would be fabulous as well. Mine has a shimmer finish but you can use whatever you’d like.
• Ribbon – I used 1/8 inch white satin ribbon
• Scissors
• Recommended: hot glue gun to secure knots

How to make a pom pom with tulle

Note: I’ve included measurements as I did it, however feel free to experiment according to my notes above!

1. Measure a seven inch ribbon of tulle.

2. Layer 5-7 ribbons of about the same size.

3. Start gathering your ribbon into an accordion fold. I like to do it from one direction with my fingers, but you can flip it over for each fold if you find that easier.

4. Gather it in the center as accurately as possible. Tie a length of ribbon around it.

5. Pull it tight. If you’re having trouble getting a tight knot around the middle, simply make a single knot to hold it in place, then wrap your ribbon tightly around the center. You’ll find that it holds it better and now you can double knot tightly.

6. Begin separating your layers. Just pull up one layer at a time on each side and fluff it up.

7. If your pom pom is small and your layers are tight, you might have a harder time finding each layer, but don’t worry about it! Just separate what you can and fluff up those layers!

8. Trim off any bits and pieces that seem out of place. Your pom pom shouldn’t need too much adjustment but there may be bits that annoy you and you can totally safely trim them off.

How to finish off a tulle pom pom headband

Since I made mine into a headband I figured I’d show you a glimpse of the process!

First, I placed a bit of hot glue on the core of the pom pom, by the ribbon. I glued it to the center of my elastic. Then, I double knotted the ribbon around the elastic, pulled tight, and trimmed it close. Tip: if you wet your ribbon before pulling tight, you get a more secure knot!

I repeated with two slightly smaller pom poms on either side (trimmed down in size a bit) and then closed off my elastic with a bit of hot glue. It looks gorgeous on our little princess!

You’ve successfully learned how to make a pom pom with tulle! What will you be making yours for? Got any tips to add? Comment below!

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Read on to learn how to make a DIY glasses case that’s super easy. You’ll also gain some cool eye care tips for Open Enrollment along the way! Thank you VSP Vision Care for sponsoring this tutorial!

Ever feel like crafting is hard on your eyes? If you’re like me, and you wear glasses, you might be extra concerned about how close-up and detailed you get with your crafts.

As a mom and crafter, eye care is incredibly important to me. I do experience some eye strain, and I need to stay on top of my prescription regularly so that I can safely drive carpools and care for the little ones.

Today, I’m going to share with you all about caring for your eyes with low-cost solutions, along with a cool DIY glasses case that’s easy to make and won’t strain your eyes while doing so!

One of the most important lessons I’ve learned in motherhood is that an integral part of self-care is the very basics. Shower. Eat. Go to the doctor.

Caring for your eyes is part of that, and while it can be hard to fit it in, having proper eye care coverage is essential. When I start getting migraines, I know it’s time to care for my eyes. I’m now working on catching any changes in my vision before migraines happen by scheduling regular eye exams.

With open enrollment season coming up, it’s time to look into VSP Vision Care for the family. Enrolling in VSP Vision Care will get you great savings on eyewear for the entire family so that you can do more of the things you love. It’ll help you get more convenient access to eye exams so that you can better care for your eyes and your health.

If there’s one thing we know the kids NEED it’s a healthy mother! I’ve learned that I can’t afford not to care for my overall health. I’m committed to this lifestyle change. VSP Vision Care offers the coverage that makes it more doable, so that I can continue to care for my kids properly, dodge those headaches before they come, and continue making cool crafts the way I want to.

How to make your own DIY glasses case

While the bebe sunglasses featured here did come with their own case, I like to have something slimmer to slip into my handbag.

I chose my favorite soft, flexible faux leather fabric with a fleece lining to make this. I kept the tutorial super simple so that anyone can give it a go, regardless of crafting experience. But you can also truly make it your own!

I hot glued the ends closed instead of sewing it. I also tried two different styles. On one, I color-blocked it by simply laying a contrasting piece of faux leather on top.

On the other, I added rivets after hot-gluing it closed, so that they’re purely decorative.

Here are some other ideas of how you can use this template to customize it for yourself:

• Color block it by painting a section with flexible craft paint or nail polish
• Punch holes along the edge and try a blanket stitch, whip stitch, or even just a running stitch using contrasting thread
• Punch a hole, add a grommet, and attach it to a wristlet
• Attach a string under the closure flap to turn it into a crossbody bag.

While I used a monk head screw as the closure because it’s the easiest (punch a hole and screw it on), you can also set a snap, use a hook and loop closure – the possibilities are really endless. Just use my template as your starting point and craft it how YOU like to craft.

What you need to make your sunglasses case

• Faux leather
• The template
• Good scissors + detail scissors
• One monk head screw
• Hole punch that can punch through leather
• Hot glue gun and sticks
• Optional embellishments: contrasting leather, paint, grommets, leather lacing, etc.

How to make a DIY glasses case

1. Print and cut out your template. If you plan to make more than one, print it on cardstock for durability. Punch spaces for the holes as well. Note: the template is designed for a pair of glasses that measures approximately 5.5×2.25×1.25 inches when closed. Enlarge the template for larger, bulkier pairs.

2. Trace your template onto the back of your faux leather. Make a dot through the holes to mark those too.

3. Cut it out. Punch out the holes too.

4. If you’re decorating your case with paint or faux leather do so at this stage.

5. Attach your monk head screw to the base of the case (not the flap). Thread the screw side through your hole from the wrong side to the right. Screw the head onto the right side of your leather.

5. Fold your case in half and hot glue around the bottom and side. Test out the closure, and, if need be, make four notches around the hole that the monk head screw goes through.

6. Embellish the edges if you’d like.

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What did you add to your DIY glasses case? Comment below!

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Sometime about two years ago, I had a brilliant idea to try to adapt a certain pattern to make a cool fall leaf friendship bracelet pattern. I added it to my calendar for “next fall” and then life happened. Life being Princess A, our big move, 2020 madness, being sick and recovering – and everything in between.

So work really was whittled down to the simpler things and this complex idea of creating a new pattern was pushed to the back burner.

Contents:

• Discovering this fall leaf friendship bracelet pattern
• The formula for this fall leaf macrame bracelet
• What you need to make this
• How to make a leaf friendship bracelet

I pulled out this idea again this year, and realized I really don’t like the original pattern I was going to adapt, but still wanted to create a leaf friendship bracelet pattern… so I got to work.

I sketched. I graphed. I tried doing a little math. And the result just wasn’t what I was looking for.

So I started playing with threads instead. I knew the look I wanted but didn’t know how to get it. So my next thought was “if someone has already done this there’s not point in still fighting for it!”

A defeatist attitude, I know, but sometimes it’s important to know when to let go.

So I started heavily digging into and looking for fall leaf friendship bracelet patterns and let me tell you: it is nearly an untouched market.

First, there’s the typical one that I don’t love because it leaves loose threads on the side that aren’t knotted and are therefore subject to fraying (other than that it’s quite cool).

Then I found the one below and I shrieked “Voila! That’s the look I was trying to get!”

I was a bit unsettled with the fact that it was so complicated and technically in the area of craft we like to call “macrame” rather than “friendship bracelets” (even though they’re sort of the same thing.) As in, it’s quite advanced, even though it’s insanely cool.

But I figured it’s already out there, I can’t make it, it’s time to move on.

Discovering this fall leaf friendship bracelet pattern

After I’d thoroughly given up, I was actually looking through posts on my own website! and I came across this insanely easy friendship bracelet pattern.

I had a mega face-palm moment after realizing that I had been sitting on my fall friendship bracelet pattern all along.

So I adapted it, tweaked it, and then made a couple, fine-tuning it as I went along.

Here’s where I’ll insert a small-ish note about originality: sometimes it gets incredibly frustrating to always be innovating when others copy. However, I truly believe that as a craft writer, I’m best off sharing things I’ve come up with myself and staying original. The exception is if it’s a basic learning skill to master a craft, or when I modify someone else’s craft, but do attribute my inspiration (while adding my own spin to it).

But there’s a catch: often I come up with an idea, 100% on my own, but if you search almost anything will already exist. As they say, there’s nothing new under the sun.

So it can be gut-wrenching to put in this much work (I’m talking literally days of obsessing over this) to realize that an idea already exists.

That happens every time I share an “original” bracelet.

I’m sharing this with you so that you can understand that if you’ve seen my idea elsewhere and think “nah, this is old news” – it wasn’t to me and therefore it probably isn’t to everyone.

It happened when I first shared my zigzag friendship bracelet pattern – and I was researching which keywords to use for it. I had literally come up with it as a child, before I’d ever touched the internet. And it has my own spin. But it was tough discovering that it’s already out there. The same happened when I shared this daisy-chain-like bracelet. I was aiming for the chain look, and never even put in the daisy part, discovering years later that a very similar bracelet exists.

So the same happened with this bracelet. The good news is, this time, anyone who’s done it as done it very differently, and not as a friendship bracelet – more as a hemp bracelet – and the engineering of it IS different. I mean, until I bump into the one. But meanwhile, here’s how it came together – and finally, here’s a tutorial for those who want something EASY and very doable!

The formula for this fall leaf macrame bracelet

The idea is to add a central thread to carry some beads to convert a simple daisy chain bracelet into a super cool fall leaf friendship bracelet pattern.

These beads form the central vein.

Another adaptation was to make this center section slightly shorter than the side portions so that we can form more of a leaf shape.

So what’s the perfect formula?

This easy fall leaf friendship bracelet pattern looks best with seven complete backward forward knots (14 total knots) per side, and 3x3mm round beads in the center.

It can also be done with larger leaves that are ten backward/forward knots (20 total knots) and four beads.

Of course, you can experiment, or just rely on my experimentation….

Check out the image below for a visual:

And here’s a good stretch in the 7 b/f knot and 3x3mm bead combo that I recommend:

These variables will change with different thread weights, different bead sizes…

You can play and make this your own by switching up these variables. You can also try making an ultra delicate one with just one bead in the center, or even adding more colors and making the sides thicker.

What you need to make this

• 2-3 colors of embroidery floss
• 3 mm metal beads
• Scissors

How to make a leaf friendship bracelet

1. Cut 7 strings roughly from shoulder to fingertip in length. You can use 3 doubled over strings for six of them as you need at least 2 of each color. Your central/beaded string can be any color but it’ll show a little. I’ve switched between using a “joker” neutral color, a color that’s in the bracelet but that’s not the working color, and the working color.

At every round/new leaf you’ll be able to arrange your strings in the order you’d like.

Start your friendship bracelet however you’d like. I used Lark’s Head Buckle method. Since this bracelet repeats a very specific process, I started the tutorial with a new round, so pretend there isn’t a pretty leaf sitting above the first stitch in my tutorial – rather your knotted together string/starter buckle.

For each round you’ll want to divide your strings as follows – from left to right:

Working color, hidden color, hidden color, slightly showing color, hidden color, hidden color, working color.

2. If you’re right-handed it’ll probably be easiest for you to knot the right string. (If you’re left-handed you might want to try mirroring my tutorial). Take the right-most string Make a BACKWARDS FORWARDS knot around the next two strings. That is a backwards knot pulled tight, followed by a forwards knot pulled tight. If you’re not familiar with these basic knots, you might want to learn how to make your own friendship bracelets here.

3. Continue making TEN backwards/forward knots (large leaf – pictured) for a total of TWENTY knots. OR make SEVEN backwards/forwards knots (small leaf) for a total of FOURTEEN knots.

4. Flip over your bracelet. Repeat the process. Take the right-most thread and knot it around the next two using backward/forward knots.

Tip: you CAN leave your bracelet in position and simply work on the left-side of the bracelet. HOWEVER, you might find it difficult, and your tension might be different, resulting in different lengths.

Make the same amount of knots. You now have two knotted portions flanking a loose thread.

5. Add 4x3mm beads (large leaf) or 3x3mm beads (small leaf) to your center thread.

6. Now take your left thread that’s your working color. Make a FORWARD knot around all of your threads.

Pull your center thread so that the leaf sides bubble out. You might need to sort of pull the thread (and if the coloring makes sense knot it around the others) as you work your bracelet to keep it tight but eventually it’ll hold. And if it’s not totally pulled it’ll still look great.

Now do a backward knot with the same thread.

7. Take your next working color – the one that’s most to the right. Make a BACKWARDS/FORWARDS knot around your other threads.

8. Arrange your threads for the next leaf and continue working this leaf friendship bracelet pattern by repeating the steps above!

You’ve successfully knotted this leaf friendship bracelet pattern! Now make a few more and try different color variations. Give it a go with different thread weights, bead sizes – whatever floats your boat!

Variation: @pride.pixels on Instagram shared this beautiful variation, knotting the middle instead of adding beads! So simple and brilliant. You’d need at least 3 center threads handy for that.

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As a tween, a family I babysat for had the super cool Klutz friendship bracelet book. That was my first step towards making my own friendship bracelets.

After that, I got so obsessed, I’d spend hours in craft stores picking out the perfect shades of embroidery floss. Only the best would do (I’ve since recovered from this mindset). I became the queen of bracelets among my family and friends. I’d sell them to neighborhood kids for 50 cents. That was my first experience with majorly underselling myself at an hourly rate of 25 cents… not accounting for materials costs. There were many more instances of undercharging for my craft to come.

Today, friendship bracelets remain a popular craft. Friendship bracelets for beginners can mean lots of things. For many (me included) it means basic knotted bracelets. I’m talking about the ones that you learn the craft on.

For others, anything that can be shared among friends is what you’re after.

And finally, while embroidery floss might be the go-to, there are other materials you can use.

Scroll through for some brilliant ideas from me and my fellow bloggers.

Which string should you get for making friendship bracelet patterns for beginners?

You may have noticed that I linked to two types of embroidery floss. There’s the individual skeins of DMC (which you can also buy in multi-packs) and then there’s the bulk rainbow packs you can get on Amazon.

I’m going to be straightforward.

Quality matters. But not everything you make has to be the best.

The silky texture of better floss makes for a beautiful bracelet. For the delicate, elegant, grown-up bracelets where you’re adding metal beads, these will have an impact. There’s also nothing quite like picking the perfect shade…

However, for your average tween or kid craft, definitely go for the cheap stuff. It’s more of a yarn type of texture rather than a thread texture (if that makes sense) and not as elegant but still cool and fun. It’s also not as accurate with colors. But it’s not a weaker option that breaks faster.

Knotted Friendship Bracelet Patterns

These are the basics that I learned back in the day, or that I figured out later on. There’s also some ideas I’ve never tried but that are really quite standard. If you make each of the friendship bracelet patterns for beginners in this section of the post, you’ll gain a good understanding of how friendship bracelets work, and how the patterns form.

How to Make Your Own Friendship Bracelets

In this post, I share the three basic friendship bracelet patterns for beginners that every crafter should know. I also share some basic tips to get you started.

Easy Friendship Bracelet Pattern

This is a slightly different take, something I wouldn’t have even thought of making as a tween! It looks a bit complex but it’s so easy and a great introduction to making this type of bracelets.

Diamond Pattern Friendship Bracelet

For me, the criteria for a good bracelet for beginners is something that you can remember without following the instructions each time. I’m a causal crafter and I’d rather knot by rote than keep track of where I am on a pattern. This bracelet is so cool because there’s a basic logic, so once you make a couple of rounds you’ll be able to continue it on your own.

Wave Pattern Friendship Bracelet

This is so simple and cool! When learning to complete friendship bracelet patterns for beginners, you’ll find two elements to how patterns and textures form (besides for the colors you’re knotting). There’s the knot itself that forms a sort of “stitch”. And then there’s the thread running through the knot. This pattern showcases the thread running through.

Beaded Friendship Bracelet Patterns

Adding some beads to your bracelets seriously ups their game! This section includes two types of beaded bracelet. You have the basic friendship bracelets with beads added to make for gorgeous, grown-up arm candy. My favorite bead for this is a simple 3-4mm round spacer (look for the kinds without seams). You also have more kid-friendly bracelets – some knotted and some not – that feature beads and are great for stacking, handing out to friends, and summer camp crafts.

How to Add beads to Chinese Ladder Friendship Bracelets

Adding small round spacer beads to the spiral staircase/ Chinese Ladder style bracelet turns it into gorgeous jewelry. And it’s one of the easiest bracelets to make!!

Easy Beaded Friendship Bracelets

Another insanely easy style, this one can be made with or without beads added. For younger kids, pony beads on cheap embroidery floss make a fun, tween-y vibe. For grown-ups, I used good quality DMC threads with metal spacers for another gorgeous bracelet that even I like to wear!

Heart Friendship Bracelets

This might not be a friendship bracelet in the macrame sense of the word, but there’s nothing like hearts for friends! And since you are DIYing the beads too, you can even personalize them with any theme, including names. It’s really fun for when you need quicker group crafts.

Letter Bead Friendship Bracelet

Another fantastic idea for group settings where you want it to be cool, these letter bead bracelets have adorable button closures too!

Sliding Knot Beaded Friendship Bracelets

These are technically knotted soo…. Using a thicker cord allows you to fix beads in place. Use this tutorial to make all kinds of bead/knot combinations – as long as you have a central string for the beads, you can make different knots and vary your beads. It’s also a great resource for learning how to make a sliding knot.

Rhinestone Beaded Friendship Bracelet

This isn’t strictly a beaded bracelet, but if you like to relax with your bracelet-making, and not worry about beads, but like that touch of metallic that seriously upgrades it, this is for you. This tutorial teaches you how to add little touches to your bracelets AFTER you make them.

Unique Beginner Friendship Bracelet Patterns from Different Materials

If you love making bracelets but are tired of always working with floss, this one is for you! Technically, you can make any of these with embroidery floss too (you might need to bulk some of them up by doubling it) but these ideas were created specifically for the materials used, so enjoy!

Gimp Bracelets

Gimp, lanyard, boondoggle, or plastic lacing – whatever you call it, it’s a much easier material for little hands to handle, but also doesn’t hold the individual knots as firmly as you make it (once you’re done, they’re all good.) It’s bright, colorful, and great for the younger set, especially when gimp is an on-trend craft.

Braided Friendship Bracelets

A simple braid does the trick and can be made from anything! Here, I used baker’s twine when that was the range. Try leather lacing, rope, or anything really.

Fabric Scrap Friendship Bracelet

This one made form fabric scraps is a winner! You can do it with super wide scraps too. And you’ll learn how to finish the bracelets off professionally.

Leather Braided Friendship Bracelets

Here is a cool example made from leather cord! Did you know you can get it in pretty much any color?

Paracord Friendship Bracelet

Paracord is a fantastic material for crafting (you can often get it in the Dollar tree!) Here, a basic stitch was used for a hybrid friendship bracelet/paracord effect. I can see this making a cool watch band!

Bonus: Kumihimo Bracelets

These gorgeous braided bracelets look like ropes, only you can choose the color scheme and pattern! Isn’t it just stunning?

What are your favorite friendship bracelet patterns for beginners? Comment below!

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Even before we brought our princess home from the hospital, she had a stash of bows. And hardly a day goes by when she doesn’t wear something pretty in her hair! Occasionally it’s a hat or a wrap headband but usually it’s a bow!

I hope you enjoy learning how to make hair bows with the various methods that I and many other bloggers have decided to share with the world. These easy tutorials use different methods, offer various degrees of difficulty, and are great for different age groups.

Scroll through to browse or click on the type that most interests you using the table of contents below:

• How to Make Hair Bows with Ribbon
• How to Make a Hair Bow out of Ribbon
• How to Make a Perfect Bow
• Pinwheel Hair Bow Tutorial
• Oversized Hair Bow
• How to Make Hair Bows with Tulle
• Big Tulle Hair Bows
• No Sew Tulle Hair Bow
• Tulle Hair Bow Puff
• How to Make Hair Bows with Cricut
• Cricut Hair Flower Accessories
• Basic Hair Bow with Cricut
• Unicorn Hair Bow
• How to Make Hair Bows with Leather, Fabric, and More
• DIY Fabric Hair Bows
• Crochet Hair Bow
• DIY Leather Hair Bows

How to Make Hair Bows with Ribbon

Ribbon is an incredibly versatile material to have handy, especially in a variety of patterns and styles! These tutorials for how to make hair bows all use lengths of fabric – meaning ribbons. However, you can DIY your own ribbons for more texture by taking the fabric you want (as long as it’s nice and flexible it’ll work): leather scraps, felt, jeans, etc and cutting it into long ribbon-like strips. And of course, you can buy sample packs of ribbon for the best variety.

How to Make a Hair Bow out of Ribbon

This super simple shape can be made in a few different styles to suit your tastes. Use a single ribbon, layer one on top of another, or do it butterfly style. These are perfect for babies and toddlers as they are lightweight and easy to wear.

How to Make a Perfect Bow

Want to keep things SUPER simple? Learn how to make a perfect bow with a simple cheat – a really fantastic way to make a hair bow for babies! This is another style that we love to put on Princess A since it’s lightweight and easy for babies to wear.

Pinwheel Hair Bow Tutorial

While I did not make these, Princess received these from someone in literally every color and it’s so cute. It’s an awesome bow to just match every outfit up with a simple accessory. And while this one is also “faked” it’s slightly more convincing than the ones I made!

Oversized Hair Bow

This tutorial is pretty much the same as the previous only BIIIGGG! And while I never knew big bows were a southern thing, I think that smiling face is universal and the bow is so cute!

How to Make Hair Bows with Tulle

One of my first “now I have a baby girl too” craft supplies that I purchased (along with new shades of vinyl and miles of elastic) was tulle. I thought I was gonna make tutus and whatever but turns out, bows are just awesome. So I made bows with tulle too. I hope you enjoy these tutorials using tulle!

Big Tulle Hair Bows

A few layers of ribbon and two contrasting shades make for the perfect delicate, summery hair bows. The tutorial also teaches another ribbon hair bow method so enjoy them both!

No Sew Tulle Hair Bow

Add an extra little touch to your hair bows with this sweet tutorial. Make these using alligator clips or try elastic for baby headbands too. And don’t forget – a little extra sparkle goes a long way!

Tulle Hair Bow Puff

Not every bow has to actually be a bow – flowers are fun too! Well, they’re not actually bows, but still… I had to put some in! This tulle puff is fantastic for photoshoots and birthday cake smashes. It’s really fun for dressing up a little more on any occasion you princess is feeling pretty.

How to Make Hair Bows with Cricut

The hair bow trend exploded with its own styles once Cricut crafters got their hands on them… You can use basically any Cricut machine to make hair bows, depending on the material you use. With paper thin faux leather, you can even use the Joy (but you’re limited size-wise). The Explore machines can cut genuine leather using the deep point (black) blade. The Maker machines cut it best using the knife blade, or the rotary blade for some faux leathers.

Cricut Hair Flower Accessories

I made these on my Maker for my nieces when A was roughly the size of a bean in my womb. I did not know at that point that I was gaining valuable experience. Once again, these are flowers not bows but they operate the same way and were a huge hit with my nieces. The shimmery metallic faux leather is just so classy!

Basic Hair Bow with Cricut

Making basic layered bows can lead you down a never ending road… ask me how I know! The possibilities are endless and there are so many shapes and themes to try! These are stiff bow-shaped leather or faux leather hair accessories that have a cult-like following and are really easy to assemble once your machine has cut them.

Unicorn Hair Bow

Once you start making Cricut hair bows, you’ll want to start adding all sorts of add-ons to make different themed bows. This unicorn hair bow is a great place to start.

How to Make Hair Bows with Leather, Fabric, and More

Want to make more traditional bow-ey bows? Learn how to make hair bows that require slight levels of skill – beginner sewing skills, beginner crochet skills, and basic glue gun skills…. Kidding.

Seriously, though, these more traditional looking and sophisticated bows can be made as hair bows and bow ties, so boy moms, I haven’t forgotten about you!

DIY Fabric Hair Bows

Sew your own bows using the fabric of your choice. The biggest advantage of sewing bows is durability and a professional finish. You can use fabric scraps to make this as it’s small enough to pull out those bits and pieces. And of course, you can use pieces of fabric that you’ve dyed, painted, or otherwise decorated as well.

Crochet Hair Bow

These crochet bows were made a few years ago, also as a gift for my nieces, sons, and nephew. The boys got them sized as bow ties and the girls as hair bows. They take minutes to whip together and are a fantastic way crochet beginners can start practicing those stitches.

DIY Leather Hair Bows

Finally, these simple leather bows are similar to those you might make on a Cricut but much more classy and sophisticated. They also don’t require any special equipment to make them, so all of you who have been holding out on a Cricut, this one is for you.

Have you enjoyed learning how to make hair bows? Which is your favorite style? Comment below!

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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.

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.

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.

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.

The headbands are arranged in rainbow order for aesthetics and practicality. Incredibly, there are over 60 headbands on this DIY baby headband holder.

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.

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.

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

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.

3. Drill holes where you marked.

4. Screw your cup hooks into the holes.

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.

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.

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.

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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Bows are my little princess’s crown, and I have really enjoyed making these sweet little accessories for her. You can make really sweet hair bows out of ribbon, but if you want to go a little bigger, today’s tutorial is for you!

• How to turn your bows into big hair bows
• Supplies needed to make big hair bows
• How to make a hair bow out of ribbon
• How to make tulle hair bows

I’m going to teach you a technique how to make big hair bows using ribbon. Yes, you heard right. The trick is to scale it to the size you need. Big relative to a baby’s head isn’t the same as your tween’s head.

To make this, I used 3.5 inch wide fabric ribbon with the wires removed. You can also make these using layers of tulle, or anything wide. If you need it bigger, stack two pieces of ribbon, or see if you can find even wider ribbon!

4 inch ribbon is readily available in different fabrics.

6 inch wide ribbon is slightly harder to find in anything other than specialty materials – such as burlap, and tulle. I have however seen it in pretty lace and other fantastic bow materials.

Instead of ribbon, you can, of course, use fabric for this tutorial.

As with my other tutorials, the main reason I call this ribbon is that you’re using ribbons of whatever material you choose. So if you want to use leather or vinyl, you can simply cut ribbons out of it.

When learning how to make big hair bows, you’ll find that it’s much easier to work with ribbons, as you can simply snip off a piece instead of measuring exact sizes each time.

How to turn your bows into big hair bows

Just as I shared in my previous bow tutorials, there are a few ways to finish things off and turn them into hair accessories.

That will of course depend on your base…

• Flat elastic – finish off 1/4 inch flat elastic to turn it into a baby headband in the size of your choice.
• Nylon baby headband base – these are really easy to use, comfortable for baby, and perfect for newborn headbands
• Alligator clip – Alligator clips allow you to attach your bows wherever you want to.
• Barrette – This gives you more of a straight attachment to just clip it onto a high pony and is ideal for tweens.
• Pony tail holder – I wouldn’t recommend this for big bows as precise placement is a little harder.

Supplies needed to make big hair bows

• Glue gun – quality matters! I love my Arrow glue gun
• Thread (optional)
• Ribbons – I used about 3.5 inch wide for baby sizes, wires removed
• Optional: tulle ribbon – the one I used is 2.5 inches
• Optional: leather scraps cut into ribbons
• Contrasting thinner ribbon – about half-inch works great, or cut ribbons from leather. I love lace trim for this too.
• Fabric strips – stiffer fabrics like denim work best. You can make the ends no-fray with nail polish first.
• Scissors

How to make a hair bow out of ribbon

1. Determine how big you want your bow to be and cut a length of ribbon that size. Cut your narrower ribbon about an inch long.

Tip: if your center ribbon is a material that’s hard to work with, such as leather, you may prefer to work with a scrap ribbon that you’ll hide, like I did here.

2. Glue your middle ribbon to the top center of your main ribbon, leaving a little tail on top. (See picture).

3. Accordion fold your main ribbon.

4. Wrap your center ribbon around, trimming as needed and gluing in place. That. Is. It.

Of course, attach it to your base. You can add a felt circle to the inside to make it more comfortable. Or, if you used a scrap ribbon, you can use the covering ribbon (like the black leather I used here) to attach the headband/clip too. Just stick it in before you glue it in place.

Update: the tutorial on how to make a tulle bow has moved with a better process!

I hope you enjoyed learning how to make big hair bows! Please share, which is your favorite? Comment below!

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To teach you how to make a perfect bow, I’m gonna teach you a stupid simple hack that gives you much more control over the outcome.

It also allows you to make really cute two-tone bows, but you can also use it to make single-tone bows that look like they were actually tied.

Skip to:

• What you need to make this bow
• How to make a perfect bow – the cheat way

A few notes:

• Because these aren’t real bows, you hot glue the middle and they can’t be pulled open.
• If you’re looking for a strategy to actually tie a bow, this is the wrong post for you (my sincerest apologies). This tutorial for how to make a perfect bow is for cheaters like me (or clumsy fingers like mine).
• You can make these in large for gift boxes, etc, but I’m showing you this tutorial on a hair bow.

Just a little background: I was sick when pregnant with Princess A and can’t really say I ever totally got back to myself. But I needed a crafting outlet, so low key crafts won me over.

I’d sit down with a bag of ribbons, leather scraps, and other “ribbonables”, some elastic, and a hot glue gun, and just make piles and piles of bows. I’ve made more bows than Princess A can really wear – and shared some too.

There’s nothing quite like a little bow on your princess’s bald head, and so I’m sharing a few simple strategies for making them.

This one is a basic bow – two loops, with two tails sticking out. And that bit in the middle holding it all together…

What you need to make this bow

• Hot glue gun – I LOVE this one. Quality does matter when using a glue gun in durable crafts.
• Ribbon, lace trim, or leather scraps – or anything you can cut into ribbons
• Scissors
• Something to put it on, such as elastic, alligator clips, or nylon headbands
• Ruler

How to make a perfect bow – the cheat way

1. Cut two pieces of ribbon to size. I prefer to cut extra and trim. So, the length of the small one should be about 3.5- 4 times the thickness of your main ribbon. The other should be about four times the length you want your bow to be, with a little extra just in case. So for a two inch bow with half-inch wide ribbon, I cut one almost 2-inch length and one nine-inch length.

2. Lay your long ribbon flat and Bring the two sides to the front, crisscrossing them over each other as pictured.

3. Center your small ribbon on top of the X, gluing it in place with just a dot of glue.

4. Flip it over. If you’re attaching an elastic or clip, place that in position.

5. Glue your small ribbon shut in the back, trimming any extra.

You’ve successfully faked how to make a perfect bow! Congrats!!

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Plans for 2020: go and have a baby girl after being a boy mom for seven years and make piles of bows.

If you’d asked me in 2019 what my plans were for 2020 I probably wouldn’t have answered that. I don’t think any of us could have answered that question accurately.

But that’s what happened and I’m incredibly happy that, despite the roller coaster that was 2020, despite our family’s personal losses and struggles, we came out with one of the best gifts we possibly could: our little princess.

Table of Contents:

• Materials needed to make ribbon bows
• How to make a hair bow out of ribbon
• How to make a hair bow out of ribbon – single layer
• Using this technique with a stiff material such as leather strips
• How to make a double layered hair bow out of ribbon
• How to make a hair bow out of ribbon butterfly style
• Loved learning how to make hair bows out of ribbon? Check out these cool crafts!

And I haven’t stopped making bows.

Yes, she has more bows than she could possibly wear. Doesn’t mean I’m gonna stop!!

I plan to share them with you in this space. Many of the techniques are so similar, it’s not worth doing separate posts. For example, while this post deals with how to make a hair bow out of ribbon, you’ll see THREE styles, using the same glued loop technique.

The single.

The double layered.

The double butterfly.

But you can do the same exact thing with loops made of leather, fabric strips, or whatever you want. Basically, you can “DIY” your own ribbon and use that. With thicker materials, you might want to do it a bit differently, which I highlighted in the instructions below (so you really have four very similar techniques below).

These aren’t just for babies! Make them in any size, as any type of hair accessory.

I also used this technique to make Cricut bows that have a bit of an indentation in the middle, but you don’t need to do that either.

And finally, some people WILL find it easier to just tie a bow, however, I like that I have more control with this technique for how to make a hair bow with ribbon, plus, I can use different ribbons within the same bow for more texture and a more unique look.

I have a few more tutorials for how to make a hair bow with ribbon coming up as well – because there are SO many ways to do this. I will share them in this space (make sure you’re signed up for updates).

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I tried to use the same ribbon for the tutorials just so that you have a better visual, but I’ve used different ribbons to make this. You can see a few in the final images that are almost like the tutorial below. After I made them, I decided they’d look cute with a metallic leather center, so I added that on after.

So yes, you can embellish these however you want.

I made these into hair bands because Princess A doesn’t have much hair these days… but you can do alligator clips, barrettes, or whatever your princess is up to.

So grab a good glue gun, some ribbons, elastic, and a seat, and make piles and piles of ribbon bows!

Materials needed to make ribbon bows

• Glue gun
• Thread
• Ribbons – I used about half inch wide for baby sizes – including:
  • Ribbon scraps
  • Lace trim
  • Leather strips or scraps
  • Felt strips
  • Fabric strips – stiffer fabrics like denim work best. You can make the ends no-fray with nail polish first.
• Base:
  • Flat elastic
  • Nylon baby headband base
  • Alligator clip
  • Barrette
  • Pony tail holder

How to make a hair bow out of ribbon

How to make a hair bow out of ribbon – single layer

1. Start by cutting a strip of ribbon double the width you want your hair bow to be.

2. Overlap the two ends and glue to form a loop.

3. Wrap the center with a piece of thread. This helps form a more natural cinch in the center.

4. Cut a little strip of ribbon, and use it to wrap the center to finalize a faux bow. First glue it in place in the front (use glue in moderation here).

Then wrap and glue in place in the back.

Using this technique with a stiff material such as leather strips

1. If you’re using a stiffer, thicker material, place a line of glue in the center back of your strip and bring the two ends to the center, gluing it in place. You’re not overlapping these ends. You’re just gluing them to the center of your ribbon.

2. Cinch your ribbon as pictured and glue the cinch in place. Cut a piece of ribbon to use for the center.

3. To attach your elastic:

NOTE: On most bows I attach the elastic before the center ribbon, so that it’s smooth on the back. However, it’s especially important if you’re using leather.

Glue both ends of your elastic to the back center of your ribbon bow, where you formed your seam, overlapping them.

4. Wrap your ribbon around the center. This CAN be another strip of leather, however it’ll be harder to work with. You’re better off uisng the ribbon first, and covering with a strip of leather after. I find that mixing it up with ribbon adds dimension, texture, and loads of style. And I LOVE how this lace trim looks with leather.

5. Trim off any extras.

How to make a double layered hair bow out of ribbon

1. Make two ribbon loops, one the full width you want your hair bow to be, and one a little smaller.

2. I like double bows to NOT be cinched in the center. To do this, glue them down in the center so that they each form two loops.

3. Cover with a strip of ribbon in the middle

4. Fold your ribbon ends back, overlap in the back and glue down, trim any extra.

How to make a hair bow out of ribbon butterfly style

1. Create two loops the same size.

2. Place them next to each other, one on top, one on bottom, and wrap them together in the center so that they “butterfly”. Cover the wrap with a ribbon.

If you’re attaching strips of leather over the ribbon, like I did, just make sure they touch in the back but don’t overlap – it’ll be too bulky.

I hope you enjoyed learning how to make a hair bow out of ribbon! What’s your favorite style, material, color? Comment below!

Loved learning how to make hair bows out of ribbon? Check out these cool crafts!

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