How to Make a Barrette

Attach decorations to a barrette with a hot glue gun.

Children of all ages will enjoy making decorated barrettes at home. Use various materials from your crafting supplies to make one-of-a-kind barrettes for any occasion in a matter of minutes. Make simple decorated barrettes with flowers, pennies, buttons, pom-poms or glitter. Decorating a barrette is a simple project suitable for even young children.

Things You'll Need

• Silk flower
• Hot glue gun
• Barrette
• Sharp scissors
• 3 shiny pennies
• Small buttons
• Glitter glue
• Paintbrush
• Pom-poms
• Wax paper
• Brightly-colored nail polish
• Glitter nail polish
• Clear nail polish

Instructions

Flower Barrette

1. Select a silk flower. Pull the flower off the stem.

2. Remove the plastic piece from the back of the flower and the center piece from the front. Discard the back and set aside the center piece.

3. Apply a generous amount of glue to the top of a barrette with a hot glue gun. Place the flower in the center of the barrette and press it into the glue.

4. Turn the center piece over and cut off the plastic stem with a pair of sharp scissors. Place hot glue on the bottom of the center piece and press it into the middle of the flower. Allow the glue to dry.

Penny or Button Barrette

1. Select three shiny pennies or several small buttons. Using a small paintbrush, paint the pennies or buttons with glitter glue, if desired.

2. Apply hot glue to the top of the barrette with a hot glue gun.

3. Place the pennies or buttons in a row on top of the barrette. Allow the glue to dry.

Pom-pom Barrettes

1. Select one large or several small pom-poms.

2. Clip the barrette to a piece of wax paper.

3. Place a small amount of hot glue to the back of each pom-pom. Place the pom-pom(s) on top of the barrette. Allow the glue to dry.

Glitter Barrettes

1. Select a barrette; wide barrettes work best.

2. Paint the top of the barrette with a brightly-colored nail polish. Allow the nail polish to dry.

3. Paint over the nail polish with glitter nail polish and allow it to dry.

4. Apply two coats of clear nail polish to the top of the barrette and allow to dry completely before use.

References

• KidGlue: How to Make Flower Hair Barrettes
• Kaboose: Coin Barrettes
• Kaboose: Glitter Hair Clips

Resources

• Artists Helping Children: Hair Barrettes and Clips Crafts