DIY Bunny Bows

I was looking for some inspiration on some Easter/Spring hair clips and found the blog Ten Cow Chick who had a tutorial on how to make Bunny Clips.  So I decided to create the same one and try a different approach.  The tutorial gives a great way to make the bunny clip for toddlers, but if you have an infant with hair, it might be too big.  So I made a smaller one.  And as always, if you don't have the time, or just don't want to try making it, you can purchase it at my Etsy shop.
Here's my go at it...

 Materials For Large Bunny

2 different colors of 3/8 in. Ribbon

Alligator clip

Embellishment for eyes/googly eyes

Hot Glue Gun

1/8 in. Ribbon

Directions:First you'll cut 4 pieces of ribbon 4 inches long, I used pink and white.  Then you'll take one end of the pink and glue it on top of one of the white.  (Just a small dot, leaving the other ends free.) Then loop them together by creating a small tear drop.  On my picture below, I made the tear drop too wide, to make the bunny ears more slender, you'll glue the bottom of the ribbons together.  Does that make sense?  Let me know if you need more clarification! 

Next, cut five strips of ribbon in 6, 5.5, 5, 4.5, and 4 inches.  You will loop these together like the picture above, where the side of one ribbon hits the bottom. 

Glue those five loops together like this.  Disregard the clip underneath, I will tell you when to do that in a bit.

  

Next, we'll make the face.  Cut a piece of pink ribbon about two inches long.  Loop them together the same way to make a tear drop, and then glue the top two corners down make a flat piece like the one shown below.

Then glue your two embellishments on for the eyes.

Next, make a small bow, by cutting the 1/8th in ribbon into a length of 5 in.  Tie a small bow and trim the edges to make it a very small bow.  If you need help tying a bow, check out my tutorial here.

Now take your alligator clip and about a 7 inch ribbon and glue them together.  I start gluing by putting the end of the ribbon into the alligator clip and closing it.  Then I place glue in the center line where the ribbon is exposed.  Next I close the ribbon over and squeeze the two pieces of ribbon together forming a tight bond. Then I continue gluing.

Now you'll have all of these parts: to glue together. 

Glue in this order,



Materials for Small Bunny

 different colors of 3/8 in. Ribbon
Alligator clip

Embelishment for eyes/googly eyes

Hot Glue Gun

1/8 in. Ribbon

Directions: 

First, Cut two pieces of ribbon at about 6 inches (it will be easier than with the 5.5 inches that I used)

Next, make a ribbon that looks like a rememberance ribbon.  Don't forget to glue each part down to each other.

Next, glue the ears back by making a little loop on the end.

Continue by creating a face like the one for the larger bunny using a length of about 2 inches. 

Next, glue each piece onto the alligator clip. 

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DIY Fabric Pacifier Clips Tutorial

I've taught myself how to make a different kind of pacifier clip.  I wanted something a little more durable.  The velcro didn't always seem to stay put through a lot of use.  So I decided to look around the internet for some pictures, and came up with this tutorial on my own.  Here's how it turned out.  If you'd rather not make one and would just like to purchase one as a gift or for your child, check out my Etsy Shop, where I have a few different options.  Hope you enjoy the tutorial!

Materials:
11 x 3 in. Piece of fabric (cotton fabric is easiest to work with)

1 Suspender Clip 

Coordinating Thread

4 in. of Coordinating Elastic or Ribbon about 1/4 in wide

Scissors or Rotary Cutter

Ruler or Meter Stick

Instructions:

Begin by cutting out your fabric to the size of 11 x 3 inches.

Fold your fabric hot dog style...there's the teacher in me :) inside out, and sew down the length of the fabric. 

 Once your fabric is sewn from end to end, you might want to trim up the edge.  Be careful not to cut the seam.

Next, you'll want to turn it right side out

 I used a long paint brush to help push it through.  This is where the crisp smoothness of cotton comes in handy.

Once your fabric is turned right side out, you'll want to fold each end in about a quarter of an inch.  This ensures that your pacifier clip looks professional and has clean edges.  

Next, you'll sew two parallel lines down the length of the fabric on each side of the fabric.  Make sure that your first seam is running down the back middle of your fabric before sewing. Sometimes I like to iron the fold down before sewing.  This helps me keep my lines straight. 

Once your finished sewing the seams on each side, cut your ribbon or elastic to about 4 inches.

Then place both ends of the ribbon into the center of one of the sides of fabric.  You need to make sure to push it down far enough so that you sew through the ribbon. 

  Next, you'll sew another seam through the ribbon.

The last step, you will slip the fabric through the suspender clip, fold it over and sew another seam.  Make sure to secure the edges on this seam by going over them.  I am not sure why I forgot to take this picture, but let me know if you need more info on doing this part. 

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