Pageant Hair Styles for Girls: Make A Barrette Hair Holder

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Make A Barrette Hair Holder

Make a Barrette Hair Holder

Many girls love hair accessories. Clips decorated with flowers and butterflies, and barrettes with rhinestones and silk flowers abound in the hair-care section of many department stores and in accessory boutiques. Though pretty, these can be expensive. However, you can make hair barrettes at home for very little money. Children and teens can help to create their own original hair accessories that they can appreciate.

Instructions

1. Choose the kind of barrette base you want to use. There are simple barrettes that look like large metal clips, and spring barrettes that have a curved center piece that holds the hair in place with more tension.

2. Remove the curved spring piece by pushing up on the curve. Place it aside out of the reach of children and pets. Set out your decorations, separating ribbons and beads by color. Pull apart the silk flowers you like best by removing the green backing from each bloom.

3. Heat the glue gun and draw a bead of glue across the top of the barrette. Press the end of any ribbon into the glue and wrap the ribbon tightly and evenly across the barrette, overlapping it slightly to avoid gaps. Cut the ribbon at the end; add a dot of glue to secure the other end.

4. Cut a length of ribbon twice as long as the barrette and another length one inch shorter than the first. String both pieces of ribbon with beads. The beads should be in a pattern with complementary colors. The ribbons don't need to have the same pattern, but should share colors and similar beads.

5. Look for the holes on either end of the barrette. Tie one end of each ribbon to one hole, and the other end of each to the other hole. The ribbons should hang in a two-tiered swag from the barrette.

6. Layer two or more sets of flower petals by placing them on top of one another. Stack them from largest to smallest, and don't stack more than three. Add dots of glue between the layers to secure them. Glue the petals across the barrette so the holes and ribbon ends are covered.

7. Cut the green stems from the backs of the flower centers. Glue them to the centers of the flowers. No metal should be showing. Allow the barrette to dry for about half an hour before wearing it. You may also want to secure the ribbons in place with drops of glue.