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!

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  3. Just knocked out 5 of these. Made of beautiful, but inexpensive, ribbon from Hobby Lobby. Using the braid, adding a tassel and occasional bead and gifting as beautiful book marks.

  4. Thanks for the tutorial! I have made some short ones for on clips. I plan to send them to my nieces for Christmas! thanks, they are so easy and very cute!

  5. I, too, found this on Pinterest and bought some ribbon to try it with. I’m left handed also, but for some reason, this just isn’t working for me. I’m getting really frustrated but I am not sure what I’m doing wrong :/

  7. My daughter has a few headbands that are waiting to be refashioned. I cannot figure this out. It looks simple but even following the steps my ribbon doesn’t look ANYTHING like this. 🙁

  8. This is a super cute idea! Unfortunatly I cannot figure it out, I’m doing something wrong but I’m not sure what! lol My daughter has 3 headbands waiting to be refashioned and I can’t figure this out.

  10. Thanks for posting the tutorial it is extremely clear. However I am having trouble with it and I dont know why! (I am only 11) mine looks knotty and untidy! Any advice??

    Thanks so much

  11. We did this with lanyard string at a camp I worked at one year. never thought about using it to make a headband! We called it snake because with the plastic like string, it felt like snakeskin. Thanks! Glad I have ribbon to try this out!

  12. Thank you for sharing this fab tutorial. I’ve never tired this technique before, but I’ve got so much ribbon that’s been hanging around for a while. Now I have something to do with it. 🙂

  13. These look great. And are so easy to make. I took it one step further, though. I made a braid with the 1/4″ ribbon and glued it to the headband. Then I made another braid with a different color ( either a lighter shade or a contrasting color ) out of 1/8″ ribbon. (A little tricky because it’s so thin.) Then I hot glued it down the center of the 1/4″ braid. It looks fantastic. I also wanted a two-toned braid, but couldn’t find any ribbon with a different color on the front and back, so I just used took 4 1/2 yards of 2 different colors and held them together while working the braid. So far I’ve made 8. Looking for a few more color combinations. Thanks for the tutorial.

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