flower headbands

Let me just preface this with a disclaimer... I am not a fan of baby headbands with satellite dish sized flowers on them. I do, however, think that reasonably sized flowers on a pretty ribbon are perfectly acceptable. After finding plenty of cute etsy sites online to buy a few for my baby girl, but never getting around to actually order them... I decided to try making them myself. How hard could it be, right?!

1. What you'll need: pretty ribbon, flowers to match, a package of 1/4" elastic, scissors, and a hot glue gun. You can find all of this at your favorite craft store (I went to A.C. Moore since it's right next to Target - and who doesn't need a reason to swing by Target?!).

2. Pull the flower head off of the stem and, using your scissors (duh), cut the little green nub as close to the flower as you can.

3. This is what your flower(s) should look like when they're ready.

4. Now measure and cut your ribbon to fit ALMOST entirely around your baby's head (or your own head if it's for you). Leave about two inches between where the ends meet. (So if your baby's head is 19", cut your ribbon 17".)

5. Fold in both ends of the ribbon about 1/4" and glue for a clean edge.

6. Cut a 2" piece of elastic and hot-glue on the backside of both ends of ribbon.

7. Finally, hot glue the flower to the ribbon in the location of your choosing. Voila'! You've made an adorable baby accessory! :)

8. I decided to make myself a matching headband so Norah and I could be twinsies at church. I love having a girl!

Cute ribbon, right?! It may be hard to see, but the dots are the same blue as the flower.

Me and my mini.