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Children are fickle. In less than a minute, my three year old daughter can change her mind several times. In one sentence she can tell me she both wants something and doesn’t want it. Bows is one of the things my daughter has been most fickle about. She has a whole bunch of them and either loves them or wants nothing to do with them. Wild, curly, unbrushed hair or hair with an abundance of ponytails, clips, and bows are both normal for her. Just a single clip, bow, or ponytail is a rarity. I thought that some holiday bows would be fun, but because of her wild fluctuations there was no way I was going to buy them. So, I figured out my own DIY 4th of July hair bows.
If my daughter actually wears her 4th of July hair bow, I will have to make some for more holidays. Or maybe if she doesn’t wear it that means she will be more likely to wear future holiday ones? Who knows! But now that I have alligator clips I will probably make some more either way.
How to Make DIY 4th of July Hair Bows
Materials:
Creating:
To start, you need a red bow. The easy option is to go buy a red bow. The cheap option is to make one. I found this really easy tutorial on making simple bows. You will need red ribbon, an alligator clip, and floral wire. So short term this is actually probably more expensive. But, if you use all these things for other bows or projects it is cheaper long term. Anyways, it’s a great tutorial. I can barely tie a decent bow on my daughter’s dresses, but I think my hairbow turned out pretty good. If you do make your own, stop at the end of step 9 in the above tutorial.
Now that you have a red bow, it is time to make it more festive. The first thing I did was hot glue a thin blue ribbon around the middle.
Then, I hot glued little confetti stars all over the bow. I had these stars left over from my son’s nursery name sign. I initially was going to use a twine star I made when I made my 4th of July twine star decoration. But, it covered up too much of the blue so I didn’t like how it looked.
Lastly, I hot glued an alligator clip on the back. You would obviously be able to skip this step if you were using a store bought bow that already had one.
My bow was now finished, but it looked a little rough. I picked off the extra hot glue from the front to make it look better. Then, I put it in my daughter’s hair.
Outcome of DIY 4th of July Hair Bows:
When I showed my daughter her new bow, she immediately wanted to wear it. She wore it for a few hours before she decided she was done with it. Hopefully she will be more enthusiastic about it on the actual 4th of July. What silly things are your kids fickle about?
