Hair Ties for the Tennis team

I made some hair ties for the ladies on my tennis team. It just takes a few minutes to make these hair ties. They can be made for any sports team. The colors of our tennis team uniforms are black and berry. So far we have played three teams with the exact same colors. 

First you will need to find some 5/8" fold over elastic. This is usually near the velcro at fabric store. It comes in a wide variety of colors and patterns.

For this project your will need:

5/8" fold over elastic 

Sharp scissors

Ruler

Cardboard

To make these little hair ties  cut the elastic into 9-inch pieces. Then tie the ends with a small knot.

I just cut a piece white card stock to the size I needed. If you are adding three or four colors your card stock with need to be longer. I added a tennis ball sticker and wrote Good Luck! on the tag. But you could also make these for party favors or Halloween treats in orange and black. 

I hope that our tennis team has a good match this week!

DIY Hair Ties

These hair ties are all over Etsy. They also sell them at stores like Anthropology and Sephora. But you can make your own hair ties in holiday or team colors.

You will need 5/8 inch elastic. I bought my elastic at JoAnne's Fabric and it was located by the button section at the JoAnne's by my house.

The directions are so easy! Cut the elastic to about 8 inches in length. Cut the ends on a diagonal. Use your sharpest scissors. Seal the ends with some clear nail polish. Once the nail polish has dried simply fold the elastic in half and tie with a knot.

To package the hair ties - I cut some cardboard in to 2 inch strips and the hair ties fit perfectly. If you have been reading my blog for a while you know that I save pieces of cardboard. But you might have a piece of super heavy card stock or scrapbook paper.

These would be cute party favors for a slumber party. Or a craft that the sleepover girls can make. They can also be made in team colors for your daughters sports team. And could be made for Valentine's Day treats in pink, red and white. Or Easter in pastels! The possibilities are endless.

Sorority Hair Bows

Tonight Noelle and I made hair bows for some of her sorority sisters. These are meant to tie around a pony tail.

If it wasn't so late I would have had Noelle model this - but we were both in our pajamas when we made this project.

Incase you want to make some hair bows - you need to cut a 3/4 yard of ribbon and cut each end in "v" shape.

Then we used self adhesive pearls to make three triangles for Tri Delta sorority.  We just put the pearls on one side of the hair bow.

This would be a fun project to make on a red or green ribbon for Christmas and use self adhesive rhinestones to make wreaths and Christmas trees.

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