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January 8, 2015

easy DIY hair bow elastics {great gift!}

At four years old, my daughter has finally (finally!) decided to start leaving clips, bobby pins, and elastics in her hair, as opposed to ripping them out five minutes after we finish the hairstyle that took three times as long as it should have to do. So I made her some hair bow elastics.

Easy DIY hairbow elastics. These cute hairbows are easy to make and look darling!

I know, this isn’t the first hair bow tutorial you’ve ever seen, but these were so easy to make and turned out so cute I decided to share them anyway. These would be a great gift for any little girl.

A little girl wearing pink hair bows at the end of her braids

You have plenty of options for materials to make these simple DIY bow hair elastics out of: anything that doesn’t fray that’s thick enough to hold the bow shape will work. Felt is an ever popular choice because it’s available in tons of colors and it’s very cheap (a wool blend felt will hold up over time better, but acrylic felt will also work). I made the white bow out of a leather scrap cut from an old purse, and the gold bow is made from a remnant of home decor vinyl from Jo-Ann Fabrics.

DIY hairbows made from felt, vinyl, andleather

The vinyl I had was actually light yellow. I spray painted it with some Krylon Gold glitter blast, then covered it with a poly sealant spray.

A little girl with a gold bow in her hair

You could probably even use a quilting cotton as long as you ironed on fusible interfacing first.

Making a bow is crazy simple: just trace a bow template, cut out the piece, and hot glue together as shown:

Pieces for DIY hair bow

assembling a hair bow

I used a free gift bow template from How About Orange printed at 60%. What’s nice is that you can print the template at different sizes for different sized bows, and the post with the template also contains a free Silhouette cut file (just group the three pieces, then shrink them down so the longest piece is about 6 inches in length for a bow this size). I cut the vinyl version with my Silhouette. I chose the “thick fabric” setting, but put my blade on a 7 and also clicked double cut. I used tape around the edges of my vinyl to make sure it wouldn’t slide around on my mat. It worked like a charm!

hair bow elastics; little girl with hows in her hair

Click here to learn how to make elastic hair ties!

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  1. Alissa says

    January 8, 2015 at 8:27 am

    So cute will be making these this weekend!

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  2. Linda Gillian says

    January 8, 2015 at 2:49 pm

    So cute! I am going to love making these for granddaughters and for dolls!

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  3. Marie says

    January 16, 2015 at 5:07 pm

    These are so adorable! We would love it if you’d come link these up to the Creative Collection Link Party if you haven’t yet. http://www.bloominghomestead.com/2015/01/creative-collection-link-party-30.html

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  4. LaLa says

    January 16, 2015 at 5:51 pm

    This is so adorable. I have 2 daughters and will be making these immediately. I found you at the TT&J link party. Feel free to check out my easy hair tie DIYs at http://brokemommycrafts.blogspot.com/2014/09/another-hair-tie-project-this-hair-tie.html
    and
    http://brokemommycrafts.blogspot.com/2014/06/easy-flower-clip-tutorial-this.html

    Thanks for the inspiration…now to decide what material I will upcycle? …Is it bad that I want to make one for myself??

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  5. Kelsey Chavez says

    June 26, 2017 at 9:26 am

    Where do you find your leather and vinyl?

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  6. Emma says

    November 6, 2020 at 8:03 am

    If for girls and women in General, the best gift is hair accessories, for men, the best gift is just a haircut tool. I chose for my husband here https://wisebarber.com/best-hair-clippers/ , he was satisfied. This is the best gift during quarantine

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  7. Hairspies says

    February 3, 2021 at 2:37 pm

    Awesome tutorial, gonna try to make one today!

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