How to Make Cheerleading Hair Bows

Video Transcript

"Hi everyone, I'm Lucy Spain here to show you how to make cheerleading hair bows. The most common cheerleading hair bow is going to be a collection of two simple ribbons that you can buy at any local craft store. You're going to tie them together to simply form a bow, loop that through your ponytail holder so it's nice and secure and won't fall out while you're running around. You want to make sure you use your school colors, or you can use one of your school colors and white or black. A step up from that is going to be a simple ribbon that we're going to decorate with puffy paint. You're going to want to get a wider ribbon this time from your craft store and get colors of puffy paint that correlate with your team colors. On one side of the bottom of the ribbon you can write your name, school name, mascot, or some team player's numbers. You're going to want to make sure you cut triangles at the bottom of all your ribbons. This is going to keep them lasting long and from fraying. Last but not least, we have the fanciest cheerleading ribbon which is going to be made with a sewing machine. This is going to be taking a thick piece of ribbon from a craft store, like so. You're going to want to loop it into a bow and then we're going to take a hot glue gun and actually attach this to a barrette like we have here at the bottom. Once you have it attached to your barrette, you can simply unhook the barrette, clip it in through your ponytail holder, and attach the ends. These bows are going to be a little more difficult to make, so if you have a mother of someone on your squad that has a sewing machine, this would be a great time for her to help you out and get into your team spirit. And this is how you make a cheerleading bow."