red, white & blue poppy headbands!

It's almost 4th of July!! This is truly my favorite holiday {after Christmas} and I just love everything about it! However, this year I've been quite a slacker in the holiday decor department, so I haven't gotten around to many 4th of July crafts. But I decided to make some poppy headbands {just like these ones I originally made}. These literally cost me 75 cents, but would be around 1.50 if you needed to buy all of the supplies. 

 1. First, trace your spool of ribbon. I use 3 for each poppy, but have used up to 5 and it is just as adorable.

 2. Cut out your felt circles. To size mine, I cut right inside of the lines, right on the lines, and a bit outside of the lines. Make sure to take into account that when you singe the edges the circles will shrink a bit.

 3. Take a lighter to the edges and lightly singe the edges. You may have to experiment a bit, but if you leave the flame on them for too long they will shrivel up and lose their shape. I sort of "tap" the edges with my lighter {i know... it sounds really safe, doesn't it?}

 The edges will end up having sort of a wet look... my favorite!

4. Next, put a couple of small stitches through the felt to hold in place. Then, sew on 3 beads in a triangle shape.

 5. Tie the back of your string and cut the edges. In my original tutorial, I sewed the poppies right onto the headband. But for this one, I used a ribbon instead of a stretchy headband, so I was able to hot glue the poppies right onto it. If you do use the stretchy headbands, you won't want to hot glue them because when they stretch apart on your head the hot glue will break off.

6. Place a dab of hot glue onto the back of the poppy & press it onto your ribbon. Then, cut a smaller circle of felt for each flower and glue that onto the other side of the ribbon.

 7. If you are using ribbon for your headband, wrap the ends of the ribbon around a hairtie and and knot a couple of times. I put a couple of stitches in mine for reinforcement, but I don't think this was necessary. But make sure to take into account how much the hairties stretch. When I first tried this method, my headband was big enough to fit Goliath.

 Here's the final project! {Please forgive my messy house. My dog recently gained privileges to go into this room and the couch has been taken over by her & her blankets!}

ok, this taking pictures of yourself is waaaay harder than little miss momma makes it look! i took about a million and only ended up with these 3 {that really aren't good, but they're the only ones you can clearly see the headband in!}. 

So i give up, here's a clear picture! I can't wait to wear it this weekend! And this craft is seriously so easy & quick so if you're a procrastinator like me, you still have time!

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