Tutorial Tuesday: DIY Headband Holder

When I found out I was having a girl, I went headband CRAZY. I made so many, I often forget what options I have because they're all stuffed into a ziplock bag. One night when I was falling asleep this idea came to me...

I had this wooden piece leftover from a project I ended up not doing, and I had the idea to glue the clothes pins on as a way to display all the headbands Marley has.

 

Here's what you need:

 

 Wood glue, paint, clothes pins, and a base of some kind.

Sidenote: I had never seen this glitter paint before, and I LOVE it! Found it at Wal-Mart, its cheap and ADORABLE.

 

If we hadn't just moved in to our apartment, I would have probably spray painted the clothes pins to save time. But I didn't want to seem like a crazy craft lady to our new neighbors, so I painted each one with the glitter paint.

 

It required 3-4 coats because its pretty clumpy. Once that was dried, I colored the sides with a silver/metallic sharpie. That worked great because it blended with the metal on the pins.

Figure out how many pins you want to use, and space them accordingly. Mine are probably about an inch apart.

 

Let the wood glue dry, and decorate the front however you want! I bought stickers from JoAnne's because I don't trust my handwriting in "high stress" situations.

(I always choke or spell things wrong!)

For the flowers I did a simple rosette out of fabric and used wood glue to apply.

To hang it, use command picture hanging hooks (They look like velcro) if your wood piece has no hardware on it like mine. Make sure you use enough so

it doesn't come crashing down.

 

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