Making Ribbon-Covered Butterfly Hair Clips

I haven't been around here for a while, so I thought I would give you something nice. A ribbon-covered butterfly hair clip in six steps.

I came across a crochet butterfly pattern a few months ago called from Everlaughter by Patricia Eggen. She mostly does appliques, but also has a few other patterns for sale. The butterflies really caught by eye, so I saved the pattern because I knew I would find a way to use it.

And so I did.

We're having Katie's and Ivy's birthday party this Saturday, and since I made ribbon rainbows last year for the Rainbow Party, I thought I would continue the tradition this year. What four-year-old girl doesn't love hair clips, anyway?

Want to make some? Super-simple. Here we go! Six steps.

You'll need:
Butterfly appliques (I'm not going to share the pattern - it's copyrighted)
1.75" hair clips--one for each butterfly -- the straight ones are best
Ribbon to cover the hair clips; I used gross grain.
Hot glue and your trusty glue gun

 
Step 1: Pinch a clip open, and, starting on the inside, lay down a nice line of glue all the way to the end of the clip. Take your ribbon and with right side up, insert in the clip and press firmly.

  
Step 2: Now with the clip closed, lay down another strip of glue on the outside of the clip. Fold the ribbon over and press firmly to stick it down.

  
Step 3: Flip the clip over so the top of the other side is showing. Apply another strip of glue, fold the ribbon around the end of the clip and press firmly to he clip all the way to the end.

  
Step 4: Pinch the clip open and add one more strip of glue to the inside of the clip. Fold the ribbon over and stick down by pressing firmly.

There. You now have a ribbon-covered clip.

Step 5: On the top of the clip, you'll put down one last line of glue. Take your butterfly applique and press down firmly so that it's secured.

 Let it cool and it's ready to wear!

I made one or two for each favor bag.

These little applique hair clips are a great way to use up left-over yarn. You could make these clips with any kind of applique type item: fabric flowers, animal appliques, ribbon, etc.

I hope you enjoyed learning how to make a ribbon-covered hair clip with a butterfly applique! Check out Everlaughter for some more really cool applique patterns.And if you make some cool clips, link me up in the comments! I would love to see!