How to Make Your Own Hair Accessories

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There are so many new trends in hair accessories that are available for purchase this season. But why waste your money when you could easily make them yourself?

Check out this feather headband from Barney’s New York. For sixty-five dollars it can be yours.

But at your local craft store a headband, a bag of feathers, and a bottle of glue are only a few dollars.

More elaborate feather headbands like this one,can also be made by making a bow out of tulle and gluing it, feathers, and a jewel on to a headband. It is just that simple. Use pinking shears to give the bow a unique shape.
If you like butterflies checkout this clip from Torrid. You can get a box of these butterflies at craft stores for around $9.99 and glue them onto your own clips, headbands, and pins.
Check scrap bins at places like Wal-Mart for small pieces of material to make bows, you may end up with an awesome headband like this polka dot one.
A new trend in hair accessories is mini hats and veils. Hats, netting, flowers, feathers, and clips can all be bought at craft stores, all you need is a model to follow and then add your own flair. Check out these:

Ladys Hat

For a pillar-box hat like this one try covering a pickle jar lid with material and then attaching it to a headband or clip.

A new favorite in hair accessories is lace. Lace is easily found at fabric stores, but try a more creative approach. Go to your local thrift store and find some lace curtains to cut up, dye them any color you like.

Do you have an old flower arrangement that is worse for ware? Try pulling the flower tops off of the stems and decorate them with sequins and tulle. Then make your flower into the accessory of your choice.

If you like a little bling try making rhinestone accessories. Self-adhesive rhinestones are available everywhere now, even at the dollar store. These stone can be added to all types of accessories.

A fun, inexpensive accessory you can make is to take a men’s tie and make it into a cloth headband by cutting it to size. You could also sew it into a hatband by stitching it around a hat.  Men’s ties come in a variety of colors and patterns; try buying one used.

Make hair sticks out of beads, pins, and wood chopsticks. Spray-paint your chopsticks the color you wish, and then put your bead on the pin. Push the pin into the chopstick.  If your pin won’t go in, try soaking your sticks in water to make them softer.

Use a thin wire and beads to make a wavy headband. Take two long thin wires; bend them into the shape of your choice. String the beads onto the wires. When finished connect the ends of the two wires into a headband shape.

You can also put your wire onto a bobby pin and make a multi colored, beaded bobby pin.

Spray paint puzzle pieces and glue them onto clips and headbands for a crafty look.

You can make accessories out of almost anything, so check scrap bins, thrift stores, and junk drawers for shiny things and materials that you like.

About Patricia Van Buskirk

Patricia Van Buskirk is a graduate of the University of South Florida with a degree in Creative Writing. As a resident of Tampa Florida, Patricia enjoys keeping green by shopping at local thrift stores. She loves to meet new people and always enjoys making her company laugh.

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