DIY Tutorial - Headband & Bow Organizer

Lost hair accessoiries

It's a common issue amongst us girl-mommies. Elastics, hairclips, headbands & bows being thrown in a corner somewhere or hidden in a closet without us knowing that it was ever put there and when you need that one item for today's outfit, the pre-school time suddenly goes from being under control and running on time to last minute hunting for the right item and getting close to being late. It's something I decided I wanted to avoid from day two of the school year.

We still have not done anything about accessories for the walls and other decorations so I figured this would be a good start to make the bedroom look a bit more appealing by creating a headband and bow organizer while my daughter was at school. I know that she always appreciates it when I create something for her so I got to work.

Needed supplies

As I have bought quite some supplies over the past months, I was sure that I could collect a few needed items to create this organizer. I decided to go for a simple yet effective design. Only a few supplies were needed:

Besides the ribbon of your choice, you will need a cord, a stick, and scissors. Depending on how you prefer to glue things together, you can use a glue gun or regular glue. I used a glue gun myself. The stick I used is a cake pop stick, I knew they'd come in handy for crafts!

The process

I think this design is so simple that anyone can make it, you honestly don't need super crafting skills and I challenge you to just give it a try because it will bring great pleasure once you finished it! We start by attaching the cord to the stick as shown below:

I never cut off the cord immediately because sometimes along the way, you may discover some adjustments are needed so I always do this last.

Now you glue the ribbon to the stick by simply rolling it around it and adding some glue. Be careful if you use a glue gun here because you need to press the ribbon and it will get hot on your fingers!

Starting at the top of the ribbon, fold it as shown in the image and glue it to secure the loop. Now fold it back and secure the loop so it will stay in place as you can see in the image. Repeat until you have enough loops, I created 10 as I know all headbands and bows will fit on it, of course you can choose to make it smaller or bigger.

The End Result

I added a towel holder with double-sided tape at the door of the wardrobe as it's plain white and quite boring as is. Now it looks much nicer:

Also perfect to attach the bow hairclips as you can see.

I decided not to pimp the ribbon any further because once all loops are used, you won't see the decorations anyway.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and if you have the same issue we had, I'd say: start crafting! You will be happy that you tried it, trust me! Thanks for stopping by and see you in the next crafting tutorial!