Flower Clips From A Lei!
Cute flowers to jazz up your spring wardrobe!
Posted by Taylor H.
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I found several cheap flower leis around my house, and I've been wanting some cute hairclips for summer, so I decided to rip them apart and make these fluffy flower clips! This project would also work for embellishing a tank top, fashion rings, and many other things!
I hope you enjoy my tutorial! It is the first one I've ever written, so feel free to ask if my directions aren't clear. :)
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You Will Need (6 things)
- Spool Of Thread Or Something To Draw A Small Circle With
- Felt
- Glue
- Pen Or Pencil
- Template / Something Circular
- Pen / Something To Write With
Steps (9 steps, 10 minutes)
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1
For this project you need:
A lei
Glue/a glue gun
Felt(any color)
A pencil
Buttons/rhinestones (Optional)
Scissors
A spool of thread or another small circle -
2
Rip apart your lei and cut off any plastic attached to the flowers, if necessary. Picture shows the unwanted plastic bit.
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3
Fold your Felt in half and draw a small circle (About 1 inch, depending on the size of your flowers) slightly hanging off of the fold and cut it out, so that you have an 8-shaped piece of felt.
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4
Gather your flowers. I was making my sister a pink one, but you're welcome to mix or match the colors. Get crazy!
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5
Keep on adding flowers! Add some hot glue each time you add a flower, and be careful not to burn yourself! Build up your flowers to your desired thickness. I like mine fluffy and thick.
Tip: if your lei had two different sizes of flowers, add the smallest flowers last to give it more dimension!
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6
If desired, dab some hot glue in the center of your new flower and add your rhinestone/button.
**Ugh, excuse my gross chipped nail polish.**
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7
Now to attach the hair clip.
Flip your flower over and glue your hair clip down on the circle. MAKE SURE THAT YOUR HAIR CLIP IS OPEN!
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8
Now put the remaining circle inside of the open hair clip and glue the circle completely shut.
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9
And you're done!!!
I'd love your feedback since, again, this is my first tutorial. I'd love to see your versions, too!