Bowdabra

Birthday Mini Bowdabra Hair Bow

Celebrate your birthday in style with a Mini Bowdabra hair bow. This brightly colored hair bow is adorable in a little one’s hair and she will surely feel like a princess on her big day!

Design the bow with spiky ribbon sprays on the bottom, loopy bows on the top, and finish with a beautiful bottle cap in the center. Adorn the bottle cap with a princess sticker or a Happy Birthday sticker.

Materials Needed:

 

 

Instructions:

1. Begin by gathering all the materials you will need to make the birthday bow. Next, place the Hair Bow Tool & Ruler onto the Mini Bowdabra. Cut 18″ of Bowdabra Bow Wire and fold the wire in half. Place the wire into the Mini Bowdabra.

Birthday Mini Bowdabra Hair Bow

 

2. Dovetail the ends of the 7/8″ grosgrain ribbon and heat seal them to keep them from fraying.

Birthday Mini Bowdabra Hair Bow

 

3. Fold the ribbon in half to create a crease. At the crease mark pinch the ribbon.

Birthday Mini Bowdabra Hair Bow

 

4. Place the ribbon into the Mini Bowdabra crease down so that the ribbon is standing upright.

Birthday Mini Bowdabra Hair Bow

 

5. Use the ruler to make sure the ribbon is lined up evenly.

Birthday Mini Bowdabra Hair Bow

 

6. Continue adding ribbon strands until all six are in the Mini Bowdabra.

Birthday Mini Bowdabra Hair Bow

 

7. Scrunch down with the Mini Bowdabra Wand.

Birthday Mini Bowdabra Hair Bow

 

8. Place the two tail ends of the wire through the loop.

Birthday Mini Bowdabra Hair Bow

 

9. Pull the wire tightly.

Birthday Mini Bowdabra Hair Bow

 

10. Remove the bow from the Mini Bowdabra. You will see the center is flat with the ribbon strands lined up.

Birthday Mini Bowdabra Hair Bow

 

11. Pull the wire and knot it on the bottom of the bow. Set the bow aside this will be the bottom part of your bow.

Birthday Mini Bowdabra Hair Bow

 

12. To make the loops for the top of the bow cut another 18″ of Bowdabra Bow Wire and fold
the wire in half. Place the wire into the Mini Bowdabra. Next, place the end of 3/8″ wide grosgrain ribbon into the Mini Bowdabra.

Birthday Mini Bowdabra Hair Bow

 

13. Fold the first loop at the 1.5″ mark and place the ribbon into the Mini Bowdabra.

Birthday Mini Bowdabra Hair Bow

 

14. Fold a matching loop on the other side.

Birthday Mini Bowdabra Hair Bow

 

15. Fold a loop below the first at the 1.5″ mark.

Birthday Mini Bowdabra Hair Bow

 

16. Fold a final fourth loop at the 1.5″ mark and trim away excess ribbon.

Birthday Mini Bowdabra Hair Bow

 

17. Add another strand of ribbon into the Mini Bowdabra.

Birthday Mini Bowdabra Hair Bow

 

18. Make four more loops slightly smaller the first loops.

Birthday Mini Bowdabra Hair Bow

 

19. Add a final coordinating ribbon.

Birthday Mini Bowdabra Hair Bow

 

20. Scrunch down with the Mini Bowdabra Bow.

Birthday Mini Bowdabra Hair Bow

 

21. Place the two tail ends of the Bowdabra Bow Wire through the loop.

Birthday Mini Bowdabra Hair Bow

 

22. Pull the wire tightly.

Birthday Mini Bowdabra Hair Bow

 

23. Remove the bow from the Mini Bowdabra and bring the wire around to the back of the bow and knot. Trim away excess wire. Fluff bow.

Birthday Mini Bowdabra Hair Bow

 

24. Fluff the loops separating them from one another. Glue a bottle cap with image to the center of the bow.

Birthday Mini Bowdabra Hair Bow

 

25. Glue the top of the bow to the bottom of the bow.

Birthday Mini Bowdabra Hair Bow

 

26. Use the Bowdabra Bow Wire to tie a barrette to the bow. Trim away excess wire.

Birthday Mini Bowdabra Hair Bow

 

27. Your birthday Mini Bowdabra hair bow is complete and ready to be worn for the party celebrations!

Birthday Mini Bowdabra Hair Bow

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