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)

  1. 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. 2

    Rip apart your lei and cut off any plastic attached to the flowers, if necessary. Picture shows the unwanted plastic bit.

  3. 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.

  4. 4

    Gather your flowers. I was making my sister a pink one, but you're welcome to mix or match the colors. Get crazy!

  5. 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!

  6. 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.**

  7. 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!

  8. 8

    Now put the remaining circle inside of the open hair clip and glue the circle completely shut.

  9. 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!