Our headband had a flower that was starting to look a little tired and worn so we made it new again! This braided ribbon could embellish many things— a hair clip would be cute too! These headbands would make great handmade gifts for little girls to make each other!
Woven Ribbon Headband
Gather a headband and about 4 1/2 yards of ribbon. You can use any with — I chose 1/4 inch. The braiding will be two toned if the ribbon is different on the front and back, another nice look!
Begin by finding the middle of the ribbon. In the middle of the ribbon make a loop crossing the left side over the right. (which way you start doesn’t matter — I am left handed)
Now bring the bottom ribbon up and make a loop and send it through the beginning loop that you just made by crossing the ribbon.
Pull the right side snug.
Now repeat for the other side, picking up the right side, making a loop and sending it up through the loop just made on the other side.
Pull the left side snug. Make a loop with the left side sending it through the loop made on the other side.
Pull right side snug.
Continue braiding until you have a piece long enough to cover the headband. Clip the end.
Bring the other side over and then trim. Fold ends under and hot glue.
Hot glue ribbon to headband.
Finished!
This is a great tutorial! I love how the weaving is done first and then glued to the band, instead of weaving around the headband. It looks a lot easier!
So pretty! I will be making this very soon. 🙂 thank you so much for the wonderful step by step instructions! 🙂
Thank you so much for posting this. The blog “Be Different.. Act Normal” linked up to this post. Rather fortuitous, since just today I went to a renaissance faire that had braided ribbons and I wanted to learn to do that. 😀
this is great and so simple! thanks so very much for the tutorial. I’m going to link to this on my weekly international blog linking party so that my readers can see it too! Do drop by yourself, there’s always lots of good inspiration from around the world!
This little tutorial is giving me flashbacks to back when I made homecoming mums for my high school’s homecoming (that would have been in the early 90’s). Do they even do that any more?
Great tutorial, by the way. I’ll have to make a few decorated headbands for my daughter!
Oh boy, just what I needed…another project!!! I love it, I have already made one headband, your directions are incredibly easy!!
Thanks!
Very cool! Thank you!
Oh, this is wonderful! Perfect craft for some birthday presents!
You make this look SO easy!! 🙂 I’m going to have to give it a try…I have 3 little girls who love headbands!
I loved the look of the braid (on craft.com) and had to click through to see how you did it. I was surprised to recognize the method!
When I was about 10 plastic cord (we called it “gimp”) was all the rage and we used two colours and this type of braid to make bracelets.
I think I like it even better in ribbon, but if you are trying to teach young kids how to do this, gimp is great because its stiff enough that the loops hold their shape.
I’ll have to dig out my ribbon stash and try it.
Thanks for the inspiration!
Your little model told me that you made it and I didn’t believe her!! Oh, no!! So, so cute!! Great tutorial! Love it!
This is great to learn how to do. Thanks for the “tute”!!
Very cute….Immediately made me think of this last week on Project Runway. Andy’s winning dress was made with this same braid. They had to shop entirely at a party store.
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Oh, I really like this, and I think I can even do this! I will be making several for my granddaughter. She will love them – also my greatneices. Thanks for the great tut!
Wow, this is so pretty! Fun too. Thanks so much, I’ll be linking.