How to Make a Baby Bow

With these instructions you will learn how to

make your very own baby hair bow!
For this lesson you will need the following items:

* 3/8" ribbon (grosgrain is the best to start with)

* Wire to tie off center
* 1 alligator clip
* scissors
* Hot Glue Gun and Glue stick

Let's get started!

Above is all of the supplies you will need except

 your glue gun and sticks.

The first thing you will need to do is measure and

cut about 18" of your 3/8" ribbon. I recommend
starting out with grosgrain ribbon. You will also
need to cut two shorter ribbons as well for your
center (about 3-4") and to cover your clip (about
6"). Also, before you begin making your hair
bow, be sure to snip a couple of wires.
 To start off you will need to bring the short end
of your ribbon around and down the front of your
long ribbon as pictured.
Next, pull your long end of ribbon up and around
the front over your short end, as pictured.

Next, you will bring that end up, around and

under to the center, holding firmly at the center
of the bow at all times.
 Next pull the end of your ribbon up and around
the center of your bow, as pictured. You have
just created all 4 loops of your baby hair bow.
make sure the loops are all the same size. Hold
the center of your bow firmly and grab a piece of
wire for your next step.
Take your wire and place over the center of your
bow.
 Bring the two ends of the wire around the back
side of the bow and pinch slightly as pictured on
left! Twist the wire together tightly as shown on
right.
 Snip the wire down with your scissors as shown
on the left. You will now need to press that wire
down onto a hard surface to make it lay down and
not poke out. Be sure to have the wire lay down
sideways so it can be fully covered by the clip.
On the right you have your bow. At this time time
you need to trim your ends up and seal. Set your
bow aside and let's go on to make the center and
cover the clip.
For this example let's make a center knot for the
center of our hair bow. Take the shorter of the
two shorter strands you cut earlier. The above
pictures show exactly how to make the knot!
 Once you have made you center knot as shown
above, set it aside and let's go on to learn how to
cover an alligator pinch clip.
 Take your last short stand of ribbon and run a
small amount of hot glue along the end 1" of the
ribbon.

Quickly take the ribbon with hot glue and apply

 firmly to the alligator clip as shown above.

Next, apply hot glue to enough of the ribbon to

cover the top of the clip. Quickly and firmly press
ribbon over the top of the clip.

Next, fold the ribbon end over the back of the

clip (pinch part). Trim to the above shown length,
and hot glue.

You now need to grab all of your pieces. You will

now go on to learn how to attach the bow to the
clip.
Place a small dot of hot glue onto the middle back
of the hair bow, right over the wire (left). Turn
the bow over and while making sure centered,
place firmly onto the alligator clip, making sure to
cover the wire completely. The flat part of the
clip should be on the bottom. Hold the firm grip
for about 30 seconds to make sure the glue sets
and hold your bow nicely.

This is how your bow should look when attached

to the clip (unfinished)
 Next, lets attach your center knot. Place the
center of the knot over the center of the baby
bow completely covering the wire center (left).
Bring the ends around to the back of the bow and
hold firmly (right).
Once the center knot ends are wrapped around
the back of the bow you will need to trim down
those ends. Snip down so as much as the obove
(right) is showing. You now need to glue these
 down under the clip.

Apply a small amount of hot glue to the underside

of the trimmed end. Pinch open the clip and press
firmly down. Do the same to the other end.
And there you have it! You have just created your
own gorgeous baby hair bow!

Congratulations!

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