Create a Gorgeous Mother’s Day Gift in Under 30 minutes

Creating a gorgeous DIY Mother’s Day gift is a thoughtful and personalized way to show your mom how much you care. Whether you choose to make a bow, wreath, or swag, your mom is sure to appreciate the time and effort you put into making her gift extra special.

In this tutorial, with just a few simple bow-making materials, we will explore how to make a beautiful Mother’s Day gift, bows, wreaths, and swags.

Watch this Facebook Live as Sandy and Joette from Bowdabra teaches how to make these stunning DIY Mother’s Day gift, bows, wreaths, and swags easily!

 

DIY Mother’s Day Bow (Starts at 0:30)

Materials required:

• 100-Yard Bowdabra Bow Wire
• Mini Bowdabra
• Pink Plaid Ribbon Roll
• Rose Ribbon Roll

 

Process:

1. Sandy folds the bow wire in half and tucks it underneath the Bowdabra.
2. After cutting little tails from the pink plaid and rose ribbon rolls, she holds them together and places them into the Bowdabra.
3. She holds both the ribbons together, puts them in, and creates 4 loops followed up by 1 button loop.
4. She secures the bow with several wire knots in the back and finishes off by fluffing the loops.

 

DIY Mother’s Day Gift (Starts at 4:34)

Materials required:

• 100-Yard Bowdabra Bow Wire
• Mini Bowdabra
• Large Bowdabra
• Glitter Tulle
• Mother’s Day Balloon Stick
• Silver Scrunchy Ribbon
• Tiny Jar, Marbles, Gift Bucket, Pool Noodle
• Deco Mesh (Pink)
• Greenery (Fern) Picks, Floral Picks
• Hot Pink Plaid, Green Burlap, and Beige Burlap Ribbon
• Candy Sticks And More Gift Items

 

Process: 

1. Joette folds the bow wire in half and tucks it underneath the mini Bowdabra.
2. She holds the 12”-14” glitter tulle and scrunches it down into the Bowdabra. She secures the bow with several wire knots in the back and finishes off by fluffing the loops.
3. Then she ties it on around the Mother’s Day balloon stick.
4. She places the silver scrunchy ribbon about 10” down into a little tiny jar. She places some marbles into it. Later she puts a slip knot around it with Bowdabra bow wire and puts this in a gift bucket. She also adds pool noodle to the bucket. After doing this prep work she puts all of these aside.
5. Next, Joette folds the bow wire in half and tucks it underneath the large Bowdabra.
6. She holds the pink deco mesh and scrunches it down into the Bowdabra.
7. She lays down a few pieces of greenery & floral picks into the Bowdabra.
8. She places 1 piece of hot pink plaid & 1 piece of green burlap ribbon (with a dovetailed end) inside the Bowdabra.
9. She places 1 piece of hot pink plaid & 1 piece of beige burlap ribbon together (with a dovetailed end) and creates 1 loop. In the same fashion, she creates another loop.
10. After that, she puts two more loops with the green burlap ribbon.
11. She secures the bow with several wire knots in the back and finishes off by fluffing the loops.
12. In the end, she places it on the gift bucket that she puts aside before. She puts a hole in the pool noodle from that gift bucket and places the balloon stick in it. To finish it off she adds some candy sticks and more gift items into the gift bucket.

 

Hair Bow (Starts at 19:16)

Materials required:

• 100-Yard Bowdabra Bow Wire
• Large Bowdabra
• Lavender, Purple, and Pink Glitter Tulle
• Believe-In-Magic Unicorn Ribbon
• Corker Ribbons
• Ponytail Holder/ Headband

 

Process:

1. Sandy folds the bow wire in half and tucks it underneath the Bowdabra.
2. She cuts half a yard of all of the glitter tulle ribbons. She holds the purple glitter tulle and scrunches it down into the Bowdabra. In the same fashion, she puts the pink glitter tulle and then the lavender one.
3. She places two dovetailed tails from the believe-in-magic unicorn ribbon roll and 3 corker ribbons inside the Bowdabra.
4. She secures the bow with several wire knots in the back and finishes off by fluffing the loops.
5. In the end, she ties the hair bow onto a ponytail holder or you can tie it onto a headband.

 

DIY Mother’s Day Bow (Starts at 23:15)

Materials required:

• 100-Yard Bowdabra Bow Wire
• Large Bowdabra
• Red-White Check Floral & Bees Ribbon

 

Process:

1. Sandy folds the bow wire in half and tucks it underneath the Bowdabra.
2. She folds the ribbon in half, cuts the tail with dovetailed ends, and places it into the Bowdabra.
3. She places the ribbon in and creates 7 loops and 1 button loop.
4. She secures the bow with several wire knots in the back and finishes off by fluffing the loops.

 

Butterfly Bow (Starts at 26:20)

Materials required:

• 100-Yard Bowdabra Bow Wire
• Large Bowdabra
• Yellow Floral Ribbon

 

Process:

1. Sandy folds the bow wire in half and tucks it underneath the Bowdabra.
2. She folds the ribbon in half, cuts the tail with dovetailed ends, and places it into the Bowdabra.
3. She places the ribbon in and creates 2 loops. Then she creates 2 more comparatively smaller loops and 1 button loop into the Bowdabra.
4. She secures the bow with several wire knots in the back and finishes off by fluffing the loops.

 

DIY Mother’s Day Bow (Starts at 29:05)

Materials required:

• 100-Yard Bowdabra Bow Wire
• Mini Bowdabra 
• Green Floral Ribbon, Green-White Gingham Ribbon

 

Process:

1. Sandy folds the bow wire in half and tucks it underneath the Bowdabra.
2. She places the green floral ribbon in, creates 4 loops, and snips it off.
3. She places the green-white gingham 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.

 

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