Learn how to make DIY Hair bows – Bowdabra Tutorial

Do you want to create your cute DIY hair bows? Watch this Facebook Live as Sandy Sandler, the creator of the Bowdabra teaches how to make these easy DIY hair bows! We’ve got everything covered down to where to get the sometimes hard-to-find bow-making materials needed to craft these cute DIY hair bows. So, what are you waiting for? Scroll on, get inspired, and create!

DIY Hair Bow (Starts at 0:38)

Materials required:

• 100-Yard Bowdabra Bow Wire
• Mini Bowdabra
• Brown Grosgrain Ribbon Roll
• Football Ribbon Roll

Process:

1. Sandy folds the bow wire in half and tucks it underneath the Bowdabra.
2. She places the ribbon in and creates 4 loops.
3. She places the football ribbon and creates 2 loops and puts 2 little pieces of korker ribbon.
4. She secures the bow with several wire knots in the back and finishes off by fluffing the loops.
5. In the end, she attaches the bow to a headband.

Hair Bow Project (Starts at 4:55)

Materials required:

• 100-Yard Bowdabra Bow Wire
• Mini Bowdabra
• Grosgrain Ribbon Roll (Pink-White Polka Dot Ribbon, White Ribbon)
• Two Little Decorative Picks

Process:

1. Sandy folds the bow wire in half and tucks it underneath the Bowdabra.
2. She takes two grosgrain ribbons, sticks them together, and puts them into the Bowdabra. She creates 4 loops.
3. She adds two little decorative picks.
4. She secures the bow with several wire knots in the back and finishes off by fluffing the loops.

Hair Bow With Double Ribbon (Starts at 9:58)

Materials required:

• 100-Yard Bowdabra Bow Wire
• Mini Bowdabra
• Brown-Gold Ribbon
• Grosgrain Hairclip

Process:

1. Sandy folds the bow wire in half and tucks it underneath the Bowdabra.
2. She places a little piece of brown-gold ribbon inside the Bowdabra and creates 2 loops.
3. She secures the bow with several wire knots in the back and finishes off by fluffing the loops.
4. In the end, she attaches the bow to a grosgrain hairclip.

DIY Lantern Bow Decorations (Starts at 12:21)

Materials required:

• 100-Yard Bowdabra Bow Wire
• Mini Bowdabra
• Red-White Ribbon Roll
• Little decorative picks, Little Pink Hearts
• Lantern

Process:

1. Sandy folds the bow wire in half and tucks it underneath the Bowdabra.
2. She places a red-white ribbon, and two little picks inside the Bowdabra.
3. She places the same ribbon in and creates 5 loops.
4. She secures the bow with several wire knots in the back and finishes off by fluffing the loops.
5. In the end, she attaches the bow to a lantern.

Hair Bow with Scrap Ribbons (Starts at 15:25)

Materials required:

• 100-Yard Bowdabra Bow Wire
• Mini Bowdabra
• White Satin Ribbon Roll
• Golden Ribbon
• Spring Ribbon
• Gold Mesh

Process:

1. Sandy folds the bow wire in half and tucks it underneath the Bowdabra.
2. She places the white satin ribbon inside the Bowdabra and creates 4 loops.
3. She places two pieces of golden ribbon in and puts the spring ribbon in and creates 6 loops.
4. She holds the little gold mesh and scrunches it down into the Bowdabra.
5. She secures the bow with several wire knots in the back and finishes off by fluffing the loops.

Black Hair Bow (Starts at 18:34)

Materials required:

• 100-Yard Bowdabra Bow Wire
• Mini Bowdabra
• Black Ribbon Roll
• Black-White Ribbon Roll
• Little Strings (Black)

Process:

1. Sandy folds the bow wire in half and tucks it underneath the Bowdabra.
2. After cutting off 3 little pieces from the black ribbon roll and cutting the dovetail pattern on the tail ends, she lays them down into the Bowdabra.
3. She places the black-white ribbon inside the Bowdabra and creates 4 loops.
4. She places 3 little black strings into the Bowdabra.
5. She secures the bow with several wire knots in the back and finishes off by fluffing the loops.

Hair Bow DIY (Starts at 22:24)

Materials required:

• 100-Yard Bowdabra Bow Wire
• Mini Bowdabra
• Yellow Floral Ribbon Roll
• Green Floral Ribbon Roll
• Korker Ribbon
• Hair Clip

Process:

1. Sandy folds the bow wire in half and tucks it underneath the Bowdabra.
2. She places the green floral ribbon inside the Bowdabra and creates 2 loops.
3. She places two pieces of yellow floral ribbon inside the Bowdabra and creates 4 loops.
4. She places a few korker ribbons.
5. She secures the bow with several wire knots in the back and finishes off by fluffing the loops.
6. In the end, she attaches the bow to a hair clip.

DIY Hair Bow (Starts at 26:40)

Materials required:

• 100-Yard Bowdabra Bow Wire
• Large Bowdabra
• White Satin Ribbon Roll
• Red-White Ribbon Roll
• Silver Scrunchy Ribbon Roll

Process:

1. Sandy folds the bow wire in half and tucks it underneath the Bowdabra.
2. She places the white satin ribbon inside the Bowdabra and creates 5 loops.
3. She places the red-white ribbon inside the Bowdabra and creates 14 loops.
4. She holds the silver scrunchy ribbon and scrunches it down into the Bowdabra.
5. She secures the bow with several wire knots in the back and finishes off by fluffing the loops.

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