Back to School Headband

This is how to make a nice headband for back to school. I'm ten and it makes a good project

Step 1: Recycle old clothes

1. Cut up a pair of PJs or other old clothes:

Step 2: Make a pattern from a piece of cardboard

2. Cut out a piece of cardboard. Make it as long as from one of your ears to the other ---over the top of your head. Use this as your pattern. Use a piece of hard paper from your recycling bin, like an ad for pizza.

Step 3: Cut out material

3. Lay paper pattern on a piece of material. We used an old pair of PJs and some fabric from the crafts box.

Step 4:

4. Cut 2 pieces of fabric. We made ours the shape of a flat football, wider in the middle. It reaches over your head, ear to ear. Babies like to play with these strips.

Step 5: Sew pieces together

5. Sew the two pieces of fabric together the sides you want to show facing each other. Sew the long edges.

Step 6: Turn inside out

6. Turn it inside out, so the nice side is on the outside now.

Step 7: Iron

7. Iron it smooth

Step 8: Tuck in edges

8. Tuck in the ends so the raveled edges are inside and iron

Step 9: Add elastic band

9. Cut 10 inches of elastic and sew into the two ends.

Step 10: Making headband one piece

10. It is important to make sure the headband isn't twisted when you sew the elastic to either end. It now one piece.

Step 11: Wear the headband!

Put on headband and look great!

Comments

[saosport]

beautiful

[jonzuckerman]

Absolutely incredible. So simple to make and it makes such a statement. I can't wait for her next instructable.

[Killer~SafeCracker]

Good job! A ten year old got featured!

[Killer~SafeCracker]

By the way you got my 2000 comment.

[Turnip123]

Good job! Its nice to see a younger community on instructables, A+ on the grammar as well!

[Killer~SafeCracker]

There has always been younger people on ibles.

[Turnip123]

Right, but nothing with the quality or grammar of this particular girl.

[trevadea]

totally!

[lavetta p]

Stylish and practical

[chinchymork]

?..

[amnesia92]

these are cute...im gonna show my little cousin and her friends....me n my friends might do it too!!

[bedeboop]

Beautiful job, gonna show this to my nieces!!!

[krabs]

Love it something i want to do for school!

[conversegirl]

This is so cool. I'm twelve and I couldn't make something half as nice! WOW YOU ARE SO CREATIVE! Good Job!

[hishealer]

Great instructable! I make these from little crochet strips too, it takes about an hour for one. Might be a great learning to crochet project...

[Cupajo]

Love seeing young DIYers! Gives me hope for the future! Good job!

[DebH57]

Very nice job and the little girl is adorable! I think I will try this with the kids I work with it looks like a great craft. Thanks for sharing this. Good luck in the contest.

[whopoder]

COOL! COOL! COOL! Hugs from Brasil ; )

[=SMART=]

Really good ! Your cousin looks cool in the last pic :)

[loppy96]

cool good project better than i could do

[kyannik]

Great job!

[ac1D]

You just proven that all those 12years old kid posting knex gun instructables could make good instructable, if they really wanted to. Good job, very nice instructable!