How to Make Flowers For Hair
Flowers can make a beautiful addition to many hair styles, from bridal and flower girl hairdos for weddings to hula girl or princess costumes for Halloween. First, choose a hair clip, elastic band or headband that works well for the hair style you want. You can buy a wide variety of artificial flowers, including some that are virtually indistinguishable from real flowers, at many craft stores, or you can make your own flowers from fabric. You can make all the layers of the flower from the same fabric, or use several different contrasting or complementary fabric colors. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Hair clip, elastic band or headband
- Hot glue gun
- Glue gun sticks
- Scraps of fabric
- Scissors
- Fray check (optional)
- Beads or jewels (optional)
Instructions
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Cut the fabric into six squares of varying sizes, such as two squares each of 4-inch, 3-inch and 2-inch sizes.
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Fold each square of fabric in half, then fold it in half again. Trim curves into the unfolded edges of the fabric to make petals.
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Unfold the fabric, then cut slits between the petals without cutting them apart. Apply anti-fraying gel to the edges of each petal to prevent them from raveling (optional).
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Stack the flower petal with the largest pieces of fabric on the bottom and the smallest pieces of fabric on the top.
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Hot glue the pieces of fabric together in the center.
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Fluff out the flower petals. Pull some of the petals from the lower layers up through the slits between the upper petals, to make the flower more three-dimensional.
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Glue beads or jewels to the center of the flower for extra decoration (optional).
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Hot glue the back of the center of the flower to the hair clip, elastic band or headband.
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Tips & Warnings
You can attach a single large flower to a hair clip for a bold floral statement, or make several smaller flowers to cover the clip completely.
To attach artificial flowers to a hair clip or band, pull the flower off the stem, or cut the stem short. Then hot glue the flower to the hair clip or band.
You may want to place a piece of wax paper, cardboard or scrap paper under the glue gun while it’s heated to prevent it from dripping on your work surface.
Use caution when working with scissors and hot glue guns. Unplug the hot glue gun as soon as you’re finished, and let it cool completely in a safe area.
