Butterfly Bobby Pins

I am not the most talented when it comes to actually making hair things. But there are a few things that I can do that are easy and I thought I would share them with you!

A couple posts ago I posted this hair-do! I added these decorative bobby pins that I had made myself. I really loved how they turned out and they were easy AND fast to make.

You will need a glue gun, a skinny piece of ribbon, a few bobby pins, and some embellishments of your choice (Jolene from Dip Diddly designs gave me mine from Ben Franklin's Craft store) but you can find these sort of things anywhere.

Take your embellishment and add a small strip of hot glue to the back of the embellishment.

Next, take your bobby pin and push it into the hot glue and hold it there for a few seconds.

After it is attached to the back, spread open the bobby pin.

Cut a small piece of ribbon that is not quite as wide as the embellishment. Add another small dollop of glue over the bobby pin and then slide the piece of ribbon up and over the hot glue. Push it onto the back of the embellishment. That should complete your decorative bobby pin.

I only did 3 because that is how many I needed for the hair-do I was using them for.

I added them to her hair, which looked beautiful! So if you are like me and not that good at making hair things, this should be a simple project that you can actually do! My daughter loved helping me make these! Look forward to a few more EASY hair related craft ideas in the future!!! Also if you live in Utah like I do...Happy 24th of July! Hope you all have a wonderful Holiday with your families!

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Checkered Braids

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My Husband had surgery last Friday and I have been super busy trying to do all the stuff around the house AND take care of him this weekend. He is doing okay (nothing life threatening). I wanted to post this sooner but life just gets away with me sometimes! Too bad I have to work during the week!

This was pretty simple, and I love the way it turned out. When you do braids up front like this...the options are endless for the next day's hair-do.

Start by parting her hair on both sides down to the middle of her ear, and pull the rest back into a ponytail.

Section out 3 equal sections and then pull the middle one up and out of the way.

I braided 3 braids in the left section.

Then I braided 3 braids in the right section but only part way down.

I braided 4 in the middle section. Once again pulling these up and out of the way.

Take the top of the 3 braids on the left side and connect it to the top braid on the right side. Notice I connected them on the back/right side of her head?

Then braid this piece. Add the next braid down on each side into the middle piece. Repeat with the bottom braid on each side.

Grab the 4 braids from the middle section and weave them over and under the sideways braids,(alternating with each braid).

I slipped some decorative bobby pins down into the connection points of the connecting braid to cover the elastics. Curl the hair. I did half ringlets and half partial curls.

Top View

Side/Back View

Close-up of Back View

Side View

Front view.

Can you see my dying plants in the background. Maybe I should spend more time doing yard work and less time doing hair! LOL!