Ok. I stole, yes STOLE!, this idea right off of another website. I lifted the idea right off of
her site and put it on my own. I have only changed one thing~ the girls in the pics. And the buttons used. And the technique is probably lacking in finesse and accuracy. and oh well you get the picture...
Step 1: choose your buttons and measure out a strip of elastic. I used the girls heads to measure and made sure that the elastic overlapped so it could be sewed together. Ended up using about 19 inches of elastic per headband. I chose black elastic because I know my girls and white elastic would end up dirty way too fast. Took the girls with me to the store to pick out buttons. If I was more crafty I would have already had a ton, but I only have the random buttons that come extra with a shirt or pants or whatever...cuz the clothing manufactures have so much faith in their workmanship that they KNOW you will be needing the extra buttons, or else they are saying "ok. here you go clutzo we know you are going to end up ripping the buttons right off so we got your back." If they only knew that I am WAY too l-a-z-y to reattach the stupid buttons that come off, cuz I usually end up ripping the pocket buttons off cuz I am a clutzo....
Anyways buttons were on sale at the store MY lucky day 50% off!!! so we got TONS! More cute headbands to follow....good thing my girls LOVE wearing headbands. Let them each pick a package of buttons then I picked a few and then I noticed that there were some specialty buttons for .50 cents a pack on clearance so I picked a few more and then a few more.....ended up coming out of the store with like $10 of buttons and $3 of elastic. I measured out about 11 inches of headband and had the girls each line up their buttons (11 inches worth). The
website that I STOLE from recommended gluing the buttons onto the elastic so we did this with just Elmer's glue. (I figured that it would dry clear and any excess would just flake off...well it worked ok, but Sariah didn't like the end result and I think I agree next time we'll just line them up and go from there. The buttons didn't seem to want to stay attached and ended up falling off which is fine cuz they are going to be sewed on anyways, but kind of a pain...ah well live and learn
Each of the girls was already able to thread a needle-THANK YOU MERE'S-so I just gave them a quick review and away they went.
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| sewing fun! |
I let Leah play with the camera while they were sewing and these are some of the shots that she got...
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| I did get to teach the girls how to know their thread...pretty cool trick I learned from a wonderful Sister in an previous ward. |
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| Mommy messy hair and all..but as you can see by the buckies we are having Fun! |
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| Sleepy girl with her mi-mi...yes we still have a mi-mi, but at least she's potty trained. |
Here is my youngest sporting the finished product...pretty cute if I do say so myself...well of course she is, but so is the headband.
Step 1: choose your buttons and measure out a strip of elastic. I used the girls heads to measure and made sure that the elastic overlapped so it could be sewed together. Ended up using about 19 inches of elastic per headband. I chose black elastic because I know my girls and white elastic would end up dirty way too fast. Took the girls with me to the store to pick out buttons. If I was more crafty I would have already had a ton, but I only have the random buttons that come extra with a shirt or pants or whatever...cuz the clothing manufactures have so much faith in their workmanship that they KNOW you will be needing the extra buttons, or else they are saying "ok. here you go clutzo we know you are going to end up ripping the buttons right off so we got your back." If they only knew that I am WAY too l-a-z-y to reattach the stupid buttons that come off, cuz I usually end up ripping the pocket buttons off cuz I am a clutzo....
Anyways buttons were on sale at the store MY lucky day 50% off!!! so we got TONS! More cute headbands to follow....good thing my girls LOVE wearing headbands. Let them each pick a package of buttons then I picked a few and then I noticed that there were some specialty buttons for .50 cents a pack on clearance so I picked a few more and then a few more.....ended up coming out of the store with like $10 of buttons and $3 of elastic. I measured out about 11 inches of headband and had the girls each line up their buttons (11 inches worth). The website that I STOLE from recommended gluing the buttons onto the elastic so we did this with just Elmer's glue. (I figured that it would dry clear and any excess would just flake off...well it worked ok, but Sariah didn't like the end result and I think I agree next time we'll just line them up and go from there. The buttons didn't seem to want to stay attached and ended up falling off which is fine cuz they are going to be sewed on anyways, but kind of a pain...ah well live and learn
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