How to Craftily Make Designer Hair Combs
Feminine or funky hair combs can dress up your hairstyle. It might be an addition to a costume, an addition to your outfit or some zany social statement. You can purchase embellished hair combs, but why do that when you can make your own at home, for a fraction of the price and a lot more crafty fun.
- Difficulty:
- Moderately Easy
Instructions
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Use pieces of broken costume jewelry to create designs on your comb. Secure using a hot glue gun. Be careful not to burn your fingers!
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Make an elegant comb by using gold braided trim you can purchase at the fabric store. Add a piece of costume jewelry to dress it up.
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Make use of your silk flowers. Create a comb bouquet to tuck into your hair.
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Make use of leather and beads to create your decoration. Leave some dangling leather and slip on several beads.
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Get fuzzy funky. Purchase some boa ribbon at the fabric store and fasten to your comb.
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Glue single beads along the comb and add a centerpiece ornament.
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Take links from funky old bracelets and dress up a comb. Add a centerpiece ornament to give it a finished look.
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Design another comb using a different color of braided rope.
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Add a spray of tiny pearls to dress up the flowers.
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Tips & Warnings
Use interesting and bright colored buttons for embellishments.
Hot glue may melt some embellishments, and you may need to use another strong holding craft glue.
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- Photo Credit B.Holmes
Comments
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opalpearl3
Jan 14, 2009
Love the great ideas for creating hair combs. Thanks.
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Dusty Mills
Jan 07, 2009
What a great idea! These kind of combs as well as barettes, are so expensive anymore. I'm going to make some of these, I even have most of the materials you used. Thanks for sharing.....
