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How to Make Bow Hair Clips

Learn how to make bow hair clips with step-by-step instructions. We use ribbon and a hot glue gun to make these easy DIY bow hair clips.
Prep Time1 minute
Active Time2 minutes
Prep Time: 1 minute
Cook Time: 2 minutes
Yield: 1 clip
Cost: $.10

Equipment

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Cut a strip of ribbon about 6 inches (15 cm) long.
    make diy bow hair clip - step 1 - measure ribbon
  • Place a drop of hot glue at the end of the ribbon. Then, glue the ribbon into a loop with the ends overlapping a bit.
    make diy bow hair clip - step 3 - ribbon loop
  • Add a drop of hot glue on the inside of the ribbon loop, right where you previously glued the ribbon ends together.
    Press the top of the loop down on the hot glue dot, forming a bow. Try your best to center the glue so the two bow loops looks equal on both sides.
    make diy bow hair clip - step 5 - glue ribbon loop
  • Place a drop of hot glue on the middle of the hair clip, then glue the ribbon bow on.
    make diy bow hair clip - step 7 - hot glue ribbon to hair clip
  • Cut a small strip of ribbon about 1.5 inches (4cm). The ribbon should be long enough to wrap around the top of the bow, and meet together underneath at the alligator teeth. 
    make diy bow hair clip - step 8 - cut ribbon to wrap bow
  • Put a drop of hot glue to the top of the bow to secure the shorter ribbon on. Next, wrap the ends of the short ribbon around the alligator clip and glue it inside the open clip.
    Alternatively, if the hot glue is causing your ribbon to crinkle a bit, don't put the drop of hot glue on the top of the ribbon. Simply wrap the short ribbon around the alligator teeth and secure it underneath with hot glue.
    make diy bow hair clip - step 11 - wrap short ribbon around hair clip
  • Add any additional embellishments, such as a pom pom to the middle of the bow.
    pom pom bow hair clips

Notes

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