Seeking the perfect home spa gift, check out this towel wrap for your hair. This simple DIY towel wrap for your hair is a great gift packaged with lotion and other toiletries.

Bath bombs are a perfect addition to any home spa gift package. You might like my soothing DIY bath bomb recipe it is so simple to make and will soothe aches away.

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One of my favorite things to do is make and share gifts that have a purpose. You will find this DIY towel wrap is great for long hair for absorbing water to help it dry more quickly.

In addition to using these myself, I share them with friends who enjoy pampering themselves. It is the perfect wrap to pull long hair from your face for facials or applying make-up. They are such a simple gift with so many benefits – what’s not to love? Wrap it up with this amazing sugar scrub!

Needed Supplies and materials

The supplies and materials needed for this hair towel wrap are minimal. Here’s what you need. (This section includes affiliate links.)

Hair Towel Step By Step Instructions

To begin, start by printing my printable pattern.

Printable Towel Wrap for Hair Instructions

Fold the bath towel in half right sides together lengthways. Measure 36″ across the bottom of the towel (opposite) from the fold.

Printable towel image for hair instructions presenting necessary measurements

Cut out your shape.

White towel folded in half with pattern traced on it beginning and ending on the folded edge

On the long end (where the back of the head goes) place a 6-inch piece of elastic folded in half about 3 inches up from the bottom.

6-inch piece of elastic folded in half and pinned to the long end of the towel where the back of the head goes 3 inches in from the edge of the fabric with a seam

Stitch around the towel 1/2 inch from the edge leaving the bottom open. Zig zag stitch or overcast your seams to prevent unraveling.

Inverted towel with seam sewn 1/2 inch from the edge leaving the bottom open. Zig zag stitch or overcast your seams to prevent unraveling.

Turn the sewn fabric right side out and viola you have a finished towel wrap.

A completed towel wrap turned right side out with elastic loop at the bottom

My sweet friend Jenni will model how this works.  After your shower or bath you lean over and place your wet hair in the towel.

Model leaning over putting the towel wrap on

Then starting at your forehead you twist to the end–catching all of your hair inside.

Model demonstrating how to twist the wrap, beginning at the forehead and catching all of the hair inside

Take the end and pull it over your head and fasten in the back in the elastic loop!  How cool is that?

Model with the towel wrap on and the end tucked through the elastic loop at the back of the head

I found the idea for this great project at Perfect Little Stitches. I though adjusted the measurements for my version for a slightly different fit.

More Towel Gift Ideas

When making up gift baskets for those you want to spoil check out my Good Vibes Care Package. The towel wrap for hair and a child’s hooded towel are perfect additions.

Have fun sewing!

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Printable Tutorial

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DIY Towel Wrap for Your Hair

Step by step instructions for a towel wrap for your hair. It's such a simple and quick gift you can make them for family and friends.
Keyword diy towel wrap for hair, hair towel wrap, towel wrap for hair
Servings 1
Author Cindy Hopper

Equipment

  • Sharp fabric scissor
  • Tape measure
  • Fabric pencil
  • Sewing machine

Ingredients

  • 1 bath towel with at 36 inches of space between the ribbing
  • 6 inches of 1/2 wide elastic
  • A thread of your choice matching or contrasting

Instructions

  • Fold the bath towel in half right sides together lengthways. Measure 36" across the bottom of the towel (opposite) from the fold.
  • Cut out your shape.
  • On the long end (where the back of the head goes) place a 6-inch piece of elastic folded in half about 3 inches up from the bottom.
  • Stitch around the towel 1/2 inch from the edge leaving the bottom open. Zig zag stitch or overcast your seams to prevent unraveling.
  • Turn the sewn fabric right side out and viola you have a finished towel wrap.
  • Here a model demonstrates how the towel wrap for hair this works.  After your shower or bath, you lean over and place your wet hair in the towel.
  • Then starting at your forehead you twist to the end–catching all of your hair inside.
  • Take the end and pull it over your head and fasten in the back in the elastic loop!  How cool is that?

About Cindy Hopper

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Comments

  1. that’s really great idea! i loved it… as soon as possible i have to make 2 for me and my mum 🙂 thanks ..

  2. I just made this for my sisters birthday! Your tutorials are super easy to follow and the finished product was awesome! THANKS!

  3. My hubby is the sewing machine operator in our house and I sent him the link… he made me one today and I love it. Thank you so much for posting… With long hair, I’ve always wanted one of these, now I have one.

    Very cool!

  4. I’ve actually bought these – who would have known they could be so easy to make ……… duh moment here.

    Thanks for the easy instructions. I WILL be making some for home (so I can actually keep MINE) and one for my suitcase – that way I will ALWAYS have one when I travel.

  5. LOVED this. Along with a spa-type towel wrap, I made this as a set for my 11 yr old daughter for Xmas. She has long hair and used to really struggle with wrapping towels — either she didn’t wrap it tight enough, or SO MUCH towel weighed heavily on her little neck. As I made hers, I quickly made another for my sister; they were both delighted! I sew something maybe once a year, so my skill level is probably a 2 on a scale from 1 to 10. It still turned out great. Thanks!

  6. oh…this such a cool idea! i am going to have to try this and i know of a friend or 2 that would love one also. thank you!

  7. Looks so easy to make, I’ve bought these & love them. My kids are always begging me to use them, I should try this. I’m not much of a sewer, but it doesn’t look like it would matter for this project.

  8. Thank you for this! This is just the thing I could use for my daughter’s long hair! 🙂 No matter how much I rub with the towel it’s dripping everywhere..

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