Handmade felt bows for Mio

 

One of my favorite parts about having a daughter is all the cute clothes and accessories I can dress her up in. Mio’s hair has been getting long enough lately for her to sport little hair clips and ties, and even though she tends to eventually pull them out of her hair, that doesn’t stop me from trying to put all sorts of cute accessories in her hair. Alas, all the cute hair accessories I have found (my favorite place to find them is Etsy) can get pretty pricey if you get a lot of them, especially considering the fact that Mio often pulls them out and loses them while we’re out and about. So I thought, why not make them? My friend Estella and I have been taking advantage of our funemployment period by having weekly craft days, so I decided to make these felt bow hair clips as one of my projects!

I followed this simple tutorial online, and just attached a hair clip to each of them. You also have the option of attaching them to elastic bands and creating hairbands out of them. It was a lot of fun and they turned out adorable!

Felt bows for Mio's hair

 

So… after discovering how easy they were to make, I ended up making them en masse, so I could have one in every color. (I tend to become a little fanatical when it comes to crafts and DIY…) But aren’t they cute? She’ll always have a bow to match every outfit!

Look at all the colors!

To adorn Mio's hair

 

These are a bit big, and measure about 3 inches across, but I’m thinking of making pairs of mini bows for Mio soon, since I still have a lot of felt left over. If you have a little girl, I’d be happy to make some bows for her… or you can try the tutorial yourself! 🙂