Tying Hair Bows

Series Summary

Crafts are an important part of teaching children. They can improve a child's imagination, bolster and accelerate a child's creative development, and help them learn certain concepts in a fun and interesting way. Whether making hand turkeys from brown construction paper for Thanksgiving, building the world's largest Popsicle stick sculpture, or just making a mess of construction paper scraps, crafts are a good way to keep the kids busy and help them learn and have fun. In this free video series, learn how to make some simple beaded crafts. Our expert, Karen Weisman, teaches crafting professionally to children and adults. She demonstrates how to make some simple yet functional crafts. For instance, can't find the perfect hair bow or clip for an outfit? Let our expert show how to make beaded hair clips. Also, get tips for adding beads to headbands. Looking for an interesting craft to do with the kids? Make a beaded bird in a birdcage. Weisman even explains how to make a dragonfly pin. So, bond with children and create beautiful crafts today!

Video Transcript

"For our bead encrusted bow, we'll be using some wired ribbon, this one's a sheer ribbon. Any wired ribbon will do. An assortment of beads, I'm using some blue seed beads. You need some scissors, some nice thick tacky glue, and a plate to put the beads in. Okay, let's tie the bow. Now I find the nicest way to tie the bow is to start by making one bunny ear, and then another bunny ear. So you just fold your bow like that and just grasp the two bunny ears and we'll tie them in just a simple knot, okay, tucking it under and through. A simple knot like that. Now just, if you flip it over, and look for that nice center here, pull down the ends, and now it's just a matter of adjusting. You don't to pull too hard so that your center gets too tight because you want it to have a nice knot there, a nice looking knot, and just play with that pulling the ends to make them even and take advantage of the wired ribbon to shape the bow. Pull it open to give it fullness and pull your ends until you're satisfied with the look of the ribbon. Okay? Now to cut the ends, I like to cut them with a little bit of a triangle cut out. So if you fold the ribbon in half, decide on your length, and cut at a diagonal like that, and you get a nice pointed ribbon end and then you can do the same on the other side. Okay."