Button Bracelet

My daughter starts her first Ice Skating lessons tomorrow so we were trying to figure out a way on how to do her hair to keep it out of her face. We came up with a french braid that starts at the top and up the back and ends up in the middle. We cut some ribbon to tie off her crazy hair knots. I will post a tutorial on the hair-do later. Anyways, we were trying to figure out what to do with the left over ribbon.

We came up with a bracelet...
First, I took the ribbon and measured it around her wrist. Then took an old button I had laying around and sewed it onto one end.
Then I folded the ribbon over to measure how long the button was, Then cut a hole big enough for it to fit through
Again, fold the tip of the ribbon so both of the cut ends of your slit are puffing out. Take a lighter and singe the cut. That way your ribbon will not fray later on.And there you have it folks. A matching bracelet to go along with her hair ties.I say this chick-a-D is ready for some ice skating. She has her hair done and a nice accessory to go along with it. I don't think my daughter could get anymore ExCiTeD?

Hair Bands

Ok, here it is. My 2nd post of my own personal crafts that I have made. With school starting back we have bought lots of back to school clothes, but unfortunately didn't get any hair bows. I went through some of my scrap crafts and clothes to see what I could come up with. This is what I got...3 HEADBANDS

and a FLOWER PONYTAIL HOLDER

As I was looking through all my crafts I had all different kinds of flowers. So I cut some off of the stems. I got a regular ponytail holder and cut a small piece of felt to wrap over the ponytail and superglued down to hold it together.
With this one I got one of my daughters old plain headbands and spruced it up with this big pink flower. First you have to find where the seam is on your headband. I'm holding it up in the picture
Next you take your trusty superglue gun and dab some glue on the flower and stick it on to where that seam is on your headband
VOILA! You now have a new and improved accessory.
This headband I made out of one of my old tank tops that I didn't want anymore and cut the hem/trim of the neckline out of it. Its perfect, because it is all sewn for you, and not to mention its made out of stretchy fabric. The only thing you have to do is measure your child's head and sew together an inch tighter. The butterfly came from an old clip that broke. Once again find your seam and superglue on.
VOILA! You have another.
The third headband I used that same tank top that I used from the previous headband, but this time I cut the hem/trim off the bottom of the shirt. It was a wider strip, but still was made out of the stretchy material. I used another flower I had and superglued it together.
VOILA! All accessorized out. Can I just say it is hard to take pictures of an active 2 year old. My school girl had already went to sleep, so little mini me had to be my model. She was happy to comply.There you have it, 3 new headbands and a flower ponytail holder. The best part, I didn't have to spend any $$$$. Go try it yourself. Start searching through your house for old junk and see what you can come up with.