How to Make Flower Hair Accessories

Make your own hair accessories with silk flowers.

Create your own custom flower hair accessories to match your favorite outfits or as low-cost accessories for special occasions such as outdoor weddings or renaissance fairs. Using artificial flowers allows you to enjoy your homemade floral hair accessories for years to come and opens up new design possibilities including exotic or hard-to-find flowers and impossibly colored blooms.

Things You'll Need

• Artificial flowers
• Scissors
• Plain barrette
• Hot glue gun

Instructions

1. Choose a large artificial flower or several small artificial flowers for your homemade hair accessories.

2. Turn the flower over and cut green stem just beneath the flower petals to create a flat bottom on the flower. This will separate the petals from the stem and the center of the flower. Discard the stem but set aside the center of the flower for later use.

3. Open a plain barrette or hair clip. Keep the barrette or hair clip open while you work to avoid gluing the clip shut.

4. Attach the flower petals to the top of the barrette or hair clip with a hot glue gun. If you are using several small flowers, arrange all of the petals until you are satisfied with their location and then glue down the petals.

5. Cut any remaining stem from the back of the flower's center with scissors to create a flat bottom.

6. Hot glue the flower's center to the middle of the petals on your barrette to reassemble the flower. Let the glue dry completely before you wear your flower hair accessory.

Tips & Warnings

• If you would like to add a few leaves to your flower hair accessories, attach them to the barrette first so that they peak out under the petals of the flowers.