Cute Clips

It has been long over a month since I have posted. We moved and I haven't really had a chance to do much else than pack and unpack. But we are here in our new house and I have already started to do stuff.

I figured it was about time that I posted a crafty idea.

I have seen clips like this at craft shows and in stores and I figured I could make my own. My sister-in-law makes them aswell. Her daughter has a bug clip to match every outfit she wears.

I will start with the most basic clip. It is really basic, but looks so cute.

Start with these metal Alligator clips. You can get them in beauty supply stores. I got mine off ebay.

Any color of ribbon you want. You can match any color to any outfit.

I think these little bows look so cute in a little girls hair. They can be worn as a barrette or they can be put over top of pig tails. Anyway you want, they are simple and cute.

Use a hot glue gun and glue the ribbon around the clip. You can glue ribbon on the bottom if you want or leave it open and just glue to the base, just past the pinchers or spring. I find that when there is no ribbon on the bottom, they hold better in the hair. Also, you can glue the ribbon tight against the clip in the pinchers or you can pull it over them. You'll see the difference in the next clip I cover with yellow ribbon.

Make a simple Bow. Measure your ribbon to twice as long as the clip and fold ends into the center and glue. Then wrap a small piece around the center and glue it.

Glue the bow to the covered clip and you are done. Easy to make, but so cute when worn.

The next clip is a little ladybug.

Start by covering the clip with ribbon. You can see the difference in the end of the clip from the last one I showed you. Instead of following the clip around the end, this one just goes from one pincher to the other. I actually prefer this look more.

Make two loops. Make one smaller than the other. It has to fit inside the larger loop. Glue the end at a 90 degree angle with the other end. so that the front is a point. You don't have to make these two loops the same color. It is also cute if you do different colors.

Cut a small piece of the edge off a small piece of ribbon. Using a match or a lighter burn the cut side (where it would fray). Don't let it turn black and burn, but you will notice that your edge will start to curl inwards. This is what you want. Do two pieces of this. These are the anteni.

Glue your two loops together and glue the anteni onto the top of the loops. Take and small piece of ribbon and wrap it around the tip of the ladybug. It makes the 'head' but also covers up where your anteni have been glued.

Then glue the bug to the clip. Theses can be worn alone in the hair or they can be worn on a head band.

Dragon Fly

Again, start by glueing ribbon around the clip

Take two pieces of ribbon. One slightly shorter than the other. Bring the ends into the center and glue to the clip. The ends are in the middle underneath and can't be seen

Make two anteni the same as with the lady bug and glue to the clip and then take a piece of ribbon, fold each end in 1/4 inch and glue over top of wings and anteni.

These are so cute. Again these can be worn in the hair or clipped onto a stretchy head band. My little girl has lots of hair and can wear clips like this, but when she was younger I would clip them to a stretchy head band and wear them like that.

You can choose any color combination you want. There are so many ribbon colors to choose from, you really could make a clip for every outfit!