6 DIY Valentine’s Day bows, and wreaths – Bowdabra Tutorial

Eager to bring a little love into your home without spending a ton? Luckily, we’ve hatched a few Valentine’s Day bows and wreaths decor ideas that will take less than a few minutes and hardly any materials.

We’ve got everything covered down to where to get the sometimes hard-to-find bow-making materials needed to craft these elegant bows and wreaths. Whether you want to keep it simple bow or go bigger by whipping up a large door swag or wreath, you and your Valentine will be in for a treat.

So, what are you waiting for? Scroll on, get inspired, and create! Watch this Facebook Live as Sandy Sandler, the creator of the Bowdabra teaches how to make these easy DIY Valentine’s Day bows, and wreaths!

Bow for Valentine’s Day (Starts at 0:45)

Materials required:

• 100-Yard Bowdabra Bow Wire
• Mini Bowdabra
• 1 ½” Red-White Ribbon Roll

Bow for Valentine’s Day

Process:

1. Sandy folds the bow wire in half and tucks it underneath the Bowdabra.
2. After cutting off the tails and cutting the dovetail pattern on the tail ends, she lays it down into the Bowdabra.
3. She places the red-white ribbon in and creates 4 loops and 1 button loop.
4. She secures the bow with several wire knots in the back and finishes off by fluffing the loops.

DIY Valentine’s Day Door Swag (Starts at 4:06)

Materials required:

• 100-Yard Bowdabra Bow Wire
• Large Bowdabra
• 21” Deco Mesh (Red and Silver)
• Red-White Polka Dot Ribbon Roll
• White Dupioni Silk Ribbon Roll
• Silver and Red Scrunchy Ribbon

DIY Valentine’s Day Door Swag

Process:

1. Sandy folds the bow wire in half and tucks it underneath the Bowdabra.
2. She takes two pieces of the 21” silver deco mesh and one piece of red deco mesh and scrunches them down into the Bowdabra.
3. After cutting off the tails from the red-white polka dot ribbon, she lays it down into the Bowdabra.
4. She holds the scrunchy ribbon (two pieces of red and two pieces of silver) and scrunches them down into the Bowdabra.
5. She lays down a red-white polka dot ribbon tail and white dupioni silk ribbon into the Bowdabra.
6. She places the red-white polka dot ribbon in and creates 8 loops.
7. She holds 2 pieces of silver scrunchy ribbons and scrunches them down into the Bowdabra.
8. She places the white dupioni silk ribbon in and creates 7 loops.
9. She lays down a piece of red scrunchy ribbon into the Bowdabra.
10. She secures the bow with several wire knots in the back and finishes off by fluffing the loops.

DIY Valentine’s Day Project (Starts at 12:18)

Materials required:

• 100-yard Bowdabra bow wire
• Large Bowdabra
• Yellow Butterfly Orchid Flower Decorative Picks
• Chicago Ribbon (Green)
• Lemons & Blooms Ribbon

DIY Valentine’s Day Project

Process:

1. Sandy folds the bow wire in half and tucks it underneath the Bowdabra.
2. She lays down a stem of yellow butterfly orchid flower decorative pick into the Bowdabra.
3. She places a total of 9 ribbon tails using both the ribbons (Green Chicago Ribbon, Lemons & Blooms Ribbon) simultaneously into the Bowdabra.
4. She places the ribbon inside the Bowdabra and creates 7 loops.
5. She finishes it off with a little piece of green Chicago ribbon in the center.
6. In the end, she secures the bow with several wire knots in the back.

DIY Scrap Ribbon Bow (Starts at 16:45)

Materials required:

• 100-yard Bowdabra bow wire
• Large Bowdabra
• Bunch of Scrap Ribbons (red burlap, red-white polka dot, red tulle, and white tulle)
• Red Flower Decorative Picks

DIY Scrap Ribbon Bow

Process:

1. Sandy folds the bow wire in half and tucks it underneath the Bowdabra.
2. After cutting off the tails from the scrap ribbons (red burlap, red-white polka dot, red tulle, and white tulle) and cutting the dovetail pattern on the tail ends, she lays them down into the Bowdabra.
3. She lays down a few red flower decorative picks into the Bowdabra.
4. She holds the two little pieces of red and white tulle and scrunches them down into the Bowdabra.
5. In the end, she secures the bow with several wire knots in the back.

DIY Valentine’s Day Wreath Bow (Starts at 20:30)

Materials required:

• 100-Yard Bowdabra Bow Wire
• Large Bowdabra
• Red Deco Mesh
• Red Heart Print Ribbon Roll
• White Snowflake Decorative Pick
• Valentine’s Day little Ornament

DIY Valentine’s Day Wreath Bow

Process:

1. Sandy folds the bow wire in half and tucks it underneath the Bowdabra.
2. She lays down a piece of red deco mesh into the Bowdabra.
3. She lays down 3 pieces of red heart print ribbon tails into the Bowdabra.
4. Then, she places a few white snowflake decorative picks into the Bowdabra and places a red heart ribbon in, and creates  9 loops.
5. She lays down a little valentine’s day ornament into the Bowdabra.
6. In the end, she secures the bow with several wire knots in the back.

DIY Poppy Flower Bow (Starts at 25:25)

Materials required:

• 100-yard Bowdabra bow wire
• Mini Bowdabra
• Wired Green Mesh
• Red Wired Ribbon
• Yellow Wired Ribbon
• Silver heart-shaped Little pick

DIY Poppy Flower Bow

Process:

1. Sandy folds the bow wire in half and tucks it underneath the Bowdabra.
2. She cuts off 3 little pieces from the yellow-wired ribbon roll with curvy ends and places them into the Bowdabra.
3. After cutting the little 4 pieces from the red-wired ribbon roll with pointed ends, she places them into the Bowdabra.
4. She holds the two little pieces of green mesh ribbon and scrunches them down into the Bowdabra.
5. She lays down a little silver heart-shaped pick into the Bowdabra.
6. She secures the bow with several wire knots in the back.

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