How To: Crochet Hair Accessories

A long time ago, I wrote a post about some hair clips I made. Today, since I'm not selling them anymore, I would do a tutorial on how to make them. They are super easy and super cute. I recently just gave a set to my friend's three year old daughter, and she loved them!

I've made several different kinds, but the directions are pretty much the same for any of them.

Supplies:

• Embroidery floss, various colors
• Hair accessories and clips (I bought mine at Hobby Lobby)
• Headbands (I bought a 6 pack of cloth covered ones at the Dollar Tree)
• Various buttons and plastic jewels
• Sewing needle
• Crochet hook (I used size a size B hook)
• Hot glue gun

 Start by crocheting some flowers and leaves. I'm not going to attempt to write a pattern for these. Instead I'll share some links for good patterns I've found online.
Verry Berry Handmade
Moogly Blog
Read Heart (video)

They're pretty easy to make and offer so much variety.

In several of the pictures, you can see that I made multiple sizes of flowers in the same color and layered them.
This can be done by changing the size of the circle you begin with. I then sewed the flowers, or flowers and leaves together.

Once you have your flowers done the way you want them, you can add any jewels or buttons. I did this in two ways. I sewed on all of the actual buttons with a coordinating thread or floss.
I used hot glue to glue on the jewel centers.

After that, it's just a matter of hot gluing the flowers to the hair accessories. I arrange them first to see how it looks, then hot glue everything into place. Make sure the flowers are attached firmly, so that they are not easy for little hands to pull off.

I just love these because they are so easily customizable. You could make them to match specific outfits or for specific events. How cute would a flower girl look in these? They make great gifts too!

For a more grown up look, I made a couple with an off white lace weight yarn. I did a dainty layered flower and attached it to a comb. It looked super cute in a country chic way. I liked tucking it into a twisted updo. Unfortunately, I lent it to someone and never got it back, so I can't show you pictures of that. The point is, it's really easy to make this idea work for grown up girls too!

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Buttons!

Wow! Three posts in one day. A record!

One of my stocking stuffers from Steve this Christmas was clay. It stays moist until you bake it. I used it to make my mom a jewelry stand. Now, clay isn't really my thing, but the other day I came across a blog that said something about making your own buttons. I didn't spend anytime reading it, but it got the wheels turning in my brain, and I thought I'd try it today.

So I started by shaping the buttons and using a needle to make the holes.

Then I baked them. For this particular clay, you bake it for 15 minutes at 325.

Then I dug out some sand paper and sanded down the buttons once they were hard.

I then painted them...

I haven't actually sewn them on yet, but this is what I'm gonna do with the black and red ones. The others I'll probably reserve for slippers I make.